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Doctor Who: Shada

Doctor Who: Shada

First on BBC One, a little later than originally billed...

2017 · 137 min · ★ 7.1 · Science Fiction, Adventure, Animation

The Doctor visits his old Time Lord friend Chronotis in Cambridge, 1979. But the ruthless Skagra has also arrived to retrieve a book that will help unlock one of the Time Lords' greatest secrets: what is Shada? Filming for this story was never finished, and in this version the unfilmed material is completed via animation.

Directed by Charles Norton · Written by Douglas Adams

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