Shada BBC Worldwide
04/12/2017 BBC Worldwide UK
A newly-completed version of the abandoned Shada from Season 17, featuring animation and with voice work by the original cast. Available on DVD, Blu-ray and as a Blu-ray Steelbook.
Product Description:
"Delicate matter, slightly. It's about a book..."
Chris Parsons is happily engrossed in studying post-graduate physics at Cambridge, when one day he finds an old book, sitting on a dusty shelf in an ageing professor's library. Written in a language nobody can read and made of a paper that can't be torn, this is no ordinary book. And when it enters his life, everything changes for young Chris Parsons.
Soon finding himself aboard an invisible space-ship, chased by monsters made of molten rock; aboard an alien prison on a distant planet and attacked by a horde of mind-control zombies. Chris also meets a strange man with a very long scarf who claims he can travel through time and space... in a police box.
It's going to be a busy day for Chris Parsons.
An abandoned Doctor Who classic is brought to life. Starring Tom Baker and written by Douglas Adams, this is “Shada” for a modern audience, with footage upscaled to high definition, and incomplete footage now completed using high-quality animation.
DVD/BLU RAY
The 2017 HD presentation is 1080i in a 4.3 picture format and the default soundtrack is DTS-HD MA 5.1, with DTS-HD 2.0 Stereo DTS-HD 1.0 Mono options. The runtime is 2 hours 18 minutes 22 seconds, presented as a complete feature without being split into individual episodes. The discs have audio navigation.
Disc One features an audio commentary with actors Christopher Neame and Daniel Hill, character artist Martin Geraghty and animator Anne Marie Walsh, featuring Toby Hadoke. This specially recoded commentary covers Shada's production history from 1979 to 2017.
Disc 2 Extras are Taken Out Of Time; Now And Then; Strike! Strike! Strike!; Studio Sessions (1979); Dialogue Sessions; Studio Shoot (2017); Model Effects Filming; Deleted Scenes; Title Sequence Film; Live Action Reference Footage; 1979 Gallery; 2017 Gallery; ROM Content
There are English for the Hard of Hearing subtitles. There is also an 8 page booklet of production notes and photographs.
BLU RAY STEELBOOK
The Blu-Ray Steelbook comes with a small booklet 'Production Notes'
The blu-ray steelbook bonus disc features the Shada 1979 VHS Version and Shada 2003 sequel webcast, both with DTS-HD MA 2.0 stereo soundtracks.
OP: £19.99 (Blu-ray) / ?19.99 (DVD) / ?39.93 (Blu-ray Steelbook)
