Published by BBC Books, part of Ebury Publishing
Format: Hardback
£16.99
Author:
Douglas Adams
, Gareth Roberts
Format: Hardback
EAN: 9781849903271
£16.99
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EAN: 9781849903271
Published: 15 Mar 2012
The Doctor's old friend and fellow Time Lord Professor Chronotis has retired to Cambridge University - where nobody will notice if he lives for centuries. But now he needs help from the Doctor, Romana and K-9. When he left Gallifrey he took with him a few little souvenirs - most of them are harmless. But one of them is extremely dangerous.
The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey isn't a book for Time Tots. It is one of the Artefacts, dating from the dark days of Rassilon. It must not be allowed to fall into the wrong hands. And the sinister Skagra most definitely has the wrong hands. He wants the book. He wants to discover the truth behind Shada. And he wants the Doctor's mind...
Based on the scripts for the original television series by the legendary Douglas Adams, Shada retells a classic Doctor Who adventure that never made it to the screen.
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A delight
- SFX Magazine
There are moments of glorious Adamsian whimsy here
- Sunday Times
Surprising, page-turning, fulfilling, satisfying and faithful to the spirit of that wonderfully gifted author who left us far too young
- Doctor Who Magazine
Tom Baker’s fourth Doctor is brought fabulously to life, scarf flapping, eyes and teeth flashing as he clowns around making flippant remarks while saving the universe
- Sun
Something of a Holy Grail for a Doctor Who fan
- Belfast Telegraph
Roberts… brings back the enchanting, not-really-for-grown-ups feel of late 1970s Doctor Who
- The Scotsman
a holy grail for fans... Douglas Adams's serials for Doctor Who are considered by many to be some of the best the show has ever produced. Shada is a funny, scary, surprising and utterly terrific story.
- The Guardian
a delight to read, largely because Roberts himself is an extremely witty writer... It's an absolute hoot to boot. 4.5/5
- sfx.co.uk
It may be to Doctor Who’s permanent detriment that Shada never was realised as a production, but, in book form, it finds a natural home and one ideally suited to its literariness and ironic flexibility. A remarkable achievement. 4/5
- cultbox.co.uk
At long last, a definitive version. Highly recommended. 9/10
- scifibulletin.com
Gareth Roberts was born in Chesham, Buckinghamshire in 1968. His scripts for Doctor Who on television include 'The Shakespeare Code' (2007), 'The Unicorn And The Wasp' (2008), 'The Lodger' (2010) and 'Closing Time' (2011), and he has also written many scripts for the spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures, as well as scripts for programmes as diverse as Emmerdale and Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased). He has written nine previous original Doctor Who novels, and lives in West London.
Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge in 1952, and was educated at Brentwood School, Essex and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read English. As well as writing all the different and conflicting versions of The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy he has been responsible for Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, and, with John Lloyd, The Meaning of Liff and The Deeper Meaning of Liff. In 1978-9, he worked as Script Editor on Doctor Who. He wrote three scripts for the programme - 'The Pirate Planet', 'City of Death' (under the name David Agnew), and 'Shada'. Douglas Adams died in May 2001.
