Customer Ratings & Reviews

Finally get to see Shada completed. If you're a classic Doctor Who, you don't want to miss this completed adventure. It was completed by using animation. But they did get many of the original casts voices. That is better than nothing. It was great to watch. I'm glad I got the DVD.

I've been hearing about this forever. Was so happy to see you had it available on your website.

this isn't too bad actually considering the animation. Love tom baker as the doctor

Shada was never finished because of a labor strike at the BBC. Here is all of the story that was recorded prior to the work stoppage, with Tom Baker (the 4th Doctor) providing narration to cover the missing sections. In 1993, the BBC presented a special documentary "More Than Thirty Years In The Tardis," chronicling the entire history of Doctor Who up to that time.

Over the years there has been a few versions of this story produced to bring this one to us. Although many do not like the animation used, it is very watchable, and it comes with the animated version redone with Paul McGann as the Doctor.

I found this quite entertaining even with the tom baker narratives filling the unfinished areas. Douglas Adams was one of the best at his craft.

Of the 3 releases of Shada it has some great combinations of past Shada versions and updated scene with Tom Baker

Shada is a Tom Baker Doctor Who serial that never completed filming because there was a strike. What is on this DVD is the footage that they did film linked up with Tom Baker giving narration for the footage that was not filmed. While this is helpful and makes for an overall enjoyable experience, at times it feels like Tom Baker is telling you a story rather than acting in it. With that said the story is enjoyable. Another version of Shada is on disc 1, but to get to that version you'll have to put the DVD in the computer and play the flash file. Paul McGann who played The Doctor in Doctor Who: The Movie is The Doctor in this version of Shada instead of Tom Baker. It isn't live action like the Tom Baker version, but instead animated. It's a shame that this isn't playable on a regular DVD or Blu-Ray player, but at least it's included. On disc 2 is a nice documentary called More Than 30 Years In The T.A.R.D.I.S. This documentary features those that acted in the Doctor Who serials as well as the two Doctor Who movies Hammer Studios put out, and it gives you a nice history of how things were on and off the screen and the cultural impact Doctor Who had. In a way I think of this set as more of a big bonus feature set than a complete Doctor Who story. You're not going to get the full story of the Tom Baker version of Shada since it doesn't exist, between this version with linking narration and the flash video version of Paul McGann's Shada you get as complete of a version as you can get. As long as you understand that and if you want to complete your Doctor Who collection, I would recommend getting this.

the 30 yeas in tardis documentary is outstanding for any fan. the reconstruction may put some people off but it's narrated by tom baker and is probably better for it. must have!!!