Doctor Who: The Doctor's Mind - Shada (VHS Edition)

[@nightshardthefanguidebrony847]

Acapella singers whilst the doctor on a bike is being chased by sphere that wants to absorb his mind... YEP definitely written by Douglas Adams

[@goneoffbeans2768]

Actually the acapella singers were actually a last-minute idea on location.

[@f1since08]

Jon Pertwee got half an episode chasing after a baddie in all kinds of clever vehicles. Tom Baker gets 3 minutes running away from a sphere on a bicycle.

[@thestigmister]

He didn't even get that properly

[@ListerDavid]

What was a Sphere doing on a bicycle.?

[@Deciheximal]

It borrowed it from the fish.

[@michaelpuglisi6767]

@@ListerDavid Why is a mouse when it spins? Never did know the answer to that one...

[@SamuelBlack84]

How very Tom Baker 😊

[@benbastianiartmusic1421]

I'm surprised they didn't use the clip of the Doctor running in the Five Doctors for the timescoop scene, although the punt part was probably better.

[@crimsondynamo615]

*NO CYCLING* “I beg your pardon.”

[@Suspect_27]

the soundtrack is what (almost) makes this version better than the 2017 ver

[@fletcherhamilton3177]

Rewatching this as an adult, I'm starting to think that this was very, very close to being _the_ best serial in Tom Baker's era . . .

[@bigaj1992]

The best definitely goes to Genesis though, I think.

[@crystalcomedy1117]

Plot twist the book that falls out of the doctors bike is really the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy!

[@whocrusader5179]

Haha

[@anthonybailey1966]

Page 42 is particularly interesting!!

[@pressureworks]

BRILLIANT.

[@ExplosiveCookie]

Such a shame this never got fully made - I do hope the rumours of a full animated version turn out to be true.

[@bythebreach]

I highly recommend the Gareth Roberts novelisation. Brilliantly written.

[@mustarddoctor]

Wait what!? First I've heard of it! Any links?

[@thelasttimelord7550]

No wonder I couldn't find the scene after the doctor boards the spaceship in shada

[@thelasttimelord7550]

Why wasn't this episode completed

[@ExplosiveCookie]

BBC strikes during production

[@LoriCiani]

I bought my eldest son the steel book version for his 30th birthday. Cambridge is an interesting place, I recognised a lot of the locations. I lived there twice, mid 70's and mid 80's. The 80's Cambridge was definitely better than the 70's, more life and they stopped turning off the residential street lights at 10pm. I could get home without the use of a torch when working at the Regal cinema.

[@439bananas]

The Regal is now a pub but they have retained 2 screens, I miss Cambridge.

[@jackal59]

That bridge is great for watching American college students trying to punt and falling into the Cam.

[@johnIZaUWL]

What might have been if they’d only pick up after that bloody strike 🤬😡🤬

[@Venkyra21]

>sphere moving towards him >rides towards it anyways as the sphere conveniently jerks away from him ducking XDD

[@ogharry2120]

the greatest chase scene in all of cinema

[@CacoQueen]

"Well I'm the Doctor and you can't have it."

[@bythebreach]

Proud to be the 600th subscriber!

[@DoctorWhoClips]

Excellent.

[@ForViewingOnly]

2:37 Was that intended to be funny? :-)

[@mrjacob0101]

What do you mean intended? The British humor is like that all the time, have you not seen Monty Python?

[@archiefraser8927]

We British love laughing at misery. That's why Peep show and the inbetweeners were popular

[@DJ_Maysonic]

Well it got a chuckle from me

[@uselessshroob]

Bet you the guy just tripped so they added that in for fun.

[@pressureworks]

You were knocked down by a flying football? Why didn't you just head it in for a goal???

[@Jokie155]

It's kinda weird looking at this scene with a completely different musical score. I quite like the theme they did for the full restored version in any case.

[@RBenjo21]

Fourth Doctor + Keff McCulloch = I was expecting a 7th Doctor crossover...

[@whocrusader5179]

Here’s that theme I love to hear again 2:40

[@mushroomhead3619]

Is that Rover from The Prisoner?

[@kingpininfo4506]

The Doctor was Number 1 all along :)

[@hgwells1899]

The shopper at 2:21 didn't have a clue what was going on. Probably thought, Who's that, Gareth Hunt? ;) Hope granny at 2:37 was in on it though, bless 'er

[@davidreece6193]

VHS looks clean as a daisy by today’s standards.

[@jonathanday6692]

The VHS edition had lots of background material and a complete copy of the script. Unless the DVD version comes with the script, it's not a real release... ...pleasepleaseprettyplease?!

[@Concreteowl]

Argh that incidental music 😭

[@thomasstevens2746]

Love this story

[@whovianmaverick6348]

I watch The Episode on dvd like months ago so Yeah I like This

[@KismetMulhaneski-to3wg]

The film quality is unusually easy on the eye for saying it's not been upscaled etc .

[@mrdoctorgilmore]

2:06 😂

[@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575]

I think that I prefer this version of the cliffhanger, rather than the new one.

[@leelanger1231]

I have this episodes book, it's awesome

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

But you _can’t_ have it, the Doctor said so!

[@jackmyers8687]

I'd swear this was filmed in Aberystwyth in Wales

[@ShameleonFactor]

Nah it was filmed in Cambridge

[@azurerainbow4637]

The 6-episode Doctor Who story Shada that didn't air long ago because of a strike at the BBC was the last time Douglas Adams wrote anything for Doctor Who.

[@Companion92]

I only know the book version until now. I need to get the new complete version on DVD.

[@SilverPhantom08]

Local nickname for the bridge it starts out on: orgasm bridge

[@therestorationofdrwho1865]

Even this ain’t exactly finished. Why was this not finished again?

[@mspeter97]

I think there was a big strike

[@Super_Mario128]

a Big Strike over the Play School clock of all things.

[@EditedAF987]

The Restoration of Dr Who there was a strike at the BBC studios and they couldn’t complete studio filming as a result

[@jeremyjasiak]

I like it

[@harryturner8701]

I was found the cliffhangers in classic who really tedious I mean a couple of times that’s cool Every 20 minutes there has to be a cliffhanger Ffs

[@rassilontdavros3004]

Yeah, this score really wasn't Keff McCulloch's best work.

[@r0bw00d]

That was the longest 3.5 minutes of my life.

[@eyebrowman1]

Y watch it then?

[@r0bw00d]

@@eyebrowman1 What? Do you think that I have ESP or something?

[@eyebrowman1]

@@r0bw00d if you're a Doctor Who fan how can 3.5 mins be arduous to watch?

[@r0bw00d]

@@eyebrowman1 I only saw this video once five years ago, so I don't remember anything about it. To answer your question, I'd have to watch the video again which, given my comment, I'm not tempted to do.

[@MadMan731]

I love how it ends on a cliff hanger.

[@Deciheximal]

Plot hole introduced retroactively: The 9th doctor reveals that there is a setting on his sonic screwdriver that repairs barbed wire. Surely then there is a setting that severs barbed wire, as well as one for chain link, and the 4th could have used it to escape.

[@EditedAF987]

anony mous considering that was something introduced in the new series it’s possible that he hadn’t added that setting yet. The sonic hadn’t become a magic wand at this point

[@elisnyder863]

He just designed that setting later.

[@ZoomerUnion]

The sonic screwdriver wasn't fitted with all its modern bells and whistles until the time war

[@TRANZEURO]

Since this story was never completed I think it might be cool if they incorporated this story into 'Nu Who'.Perhaps as part of the upcoming series 11 or at some other point in the future.

[@DoctorWhoClips]

No thank you.

[@TRANZEURO]

Lol,I would love to see 'Shada' done properly and completely as a televised DW story not just in audio or animated form.But everyone is entitled to their opinion.

[@sillygoose635]

@@DoctorWhoClips Um, yes, thank you.

[@theholysnacc]

Off he goes, peddling down the street at high speeds of God knows how fast! Good that it's finally complete though!