Doctor Who Season 17

Shada was never completed due to a strike. Until 1992, when the filmed parts were linked by Tom Baker's narration, and released on video. Parts Shada were also used in The Five Doctors. Douglas Adams partially reused the plots of Shada and City of Death in his book Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. A complete version of Shada with a new scene with Tom Baker and animation voiced by most of the original cast was released in September 2018 on DVD

Episode Details

Destiny of the Daleks

Arriving on a desolate planet, the Doctor is amazed to discover the signs of drilling being carried out. The Doctor is rescued by the Movellans, a race of physically perfect humanoids who have been locked in combat with the Daleks for centuries. He begins to suspect that they are on the planet Skaro, where the Daleks are now searching for their creator Davros in order to gain a strategic advantage.

City of Death

The Doctor and Romana visit Paris for a holiday. When the Mona Lisa is stolen, the Doctor comes upon evidence of sinister time experiments being carried out by a wealthy Count, Scarlioni. He soon exposes a plot by Scaroth, the last of the Jagaroth race, to re-write the history of Earth by avoiding the destruction of his space ship - but it was this explosion that led to the formation of life on Earth!

The Creature from the Pit

The Doctor and Romana arrive on the lush world of Chloris, a world with an overabundance of plant life but a lack of metal. They are captured by the tyrannical Lady Adrasta, who controls the planet's metal supply, and throws her opponents into an old mine to be devoured by a fearsome creature. The Doctor falls into the Pit while attempting to escape - how will he deal with the creature and defeat the cruel Adrasta?

Nightmare of Eden

A passenger spaceliner and a small cargo ship collide while entering Hyperspace. The Doctor and Romana offer their help in separating the two craft, and soon realize that Vraxoin, the most lethal and addictive drug in existence, is being smuggled aboard the liner. They attempt to track down the smugglers. The Doctor is also concerned when he finds a naturalist called Tryst using an unstable Continuous Event Transmuter, which stores entire ecosystems on laser crystals! This device starts releasing Mandrels, a dangerous lifeform from the planet Eden.

Horns of Nimon

The TARDIS falls into a massive gravitational field while undergoing repairs, and the Doctor and Romana encounter and repair a damaged spaceship. Romana is imprisoned after discovering that the ship is carrying a group of young slaves on board. The Doctor follows the ship to the planet Skonnos, where the youngsters are to be sacrificed to the Nimon, a bull-headed alien that has promised wealth and power to the Skonnons. Romana is transported to a dying planet, Crinoth, where she discovers that the Nimon on Skonnos is preparing for the migration of the entire race of the Nimon from Crinoth to Skonnos, having exhausted Crinoth's resources. Can she get back and warn the Doctor?

Shada