Doctor Who: Shada

Douglas Adams · Gareth Roberts

Mar 2012 · DOCTOR WHO Book 165 · Random House

About this ebook

The legendary lost Doctor Who story from the unique mind of Douglas Adams

Inside this book is another book – the strangest, most important and most dangerous book in the entire universe.

The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey is one of the Artefacts, dating from dark days of Rassilon. It wields enormous power, and it must not be allowed to fall into the wrong hands.

Skagra – who believes he should be God and permits himself only two smiles per day – most definitely has the wrong hands.

Beware Skagra. Beware the Sphere. Beware Shada.

Ratings and reviews

Having seen a lot of the original series but not this particular story arc, I'm pleased to say that I very much enjoyed this novel and found myself impressed with how close Roberts emulated Adams' style. I can see myself reading it again in the future, and had a hard time putting it down. Small chapters were ideal for smartphone reading.

Very classic Dr Who and also very recognisable as Douglas Adams style. I hope it's not too much of a spoiler to say that there was a character who appeared and was killed off almost immediately and yet they were so well written that I cared about them a ridiculous amount.

A fantastic Doctor Who story. Douglas Adams and the fourth Doctor, a very fine combination indeed.

About the author

Douglas Adams (Author)
DOUGLAS ADAMS was born in Cambridge in March 1952. He is best known as the creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series. The book went on to be a No. 1 bestseller. He followed this success with The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980); Life, The Universe and Everything (1982); So Long and Thanks for all the Fish (1984); Mostly Harmless (1992) and many more. He sold over 15 million books in the UK, the US and Australia. Douglas died unexpectedly in May 2001 at the age of 49.

Gareth Roberts (Author)
Date: 2013-08-06
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 original Doctor Who novels, and lives in West London.