"Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka" (2003) TV mini-series

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Wilson Milam

Writer:

Paul Cornell (writer)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Animation

Plot:

The Doctor, a time-traveling alien explorer, is sent by his people, the Time Lords, to liberate a small...

Plot Keywords:

Telephone Booth | Internet Series | Telephone Box | Telephone | Doctor Who

Cast

Richard E. Grant	...	The Doctor (voice)
Sophie Okonedo	...	Alison Cheney (voice)
Derek Jacobi	...	The Master (voice)
Diana Quick	...	Prime (voice)
Jim Norton	...	Maj. Thomas Kennet (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anna Calder-Marshall	...	Mathilda Pierce (voice)
Andrew Dunn	...	Max (voice)
Craig Kelly	...	Joe (voice)
Conor Moloney	...	Dawson / Greaves (voice)
David Tennant	...	Caretaker (voice)

Directed by
Wilson Milam

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Paul Cornell		writer

Produced by
Mario Dubois	....	executive producer
James Goss	....	executive producer
Muirinn Lane Kelly	....	producer
Martin Trickey	....	executive producer

Music Department
Ron Grainer	....	composer: theme music
Russell Stone	....	composer: incidental music

Production Companies

• BBC Worldwide
• Cosgrove Hall Films

Distributors

• BBC Worldwide (2003) (worldwide)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2003) (UK)

Other Companies

• Cosgrove Hall Films  animation production
• Creation Music  theme arrangement
• The Sound House  sound recording

Runtime:

90 min (6 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

BBC Worldwide

Trivia:

David Tennant, who provides the voice of the Caretaker, was later chosen to play the Tenth Doctor in "Doctor Who" (2005).

Quotes:

The Master: Doctor! You're alive!
[Alien hisses]
The Master: I mean - how dare you profane a craft of the glorious Shalka Confederacy with your presence?

It is a shame this was not aired...

...however I have just watched the new series of Dr Who, 2005, the last episode was aired today as it goes. It was an excellent series and the writing, acting and production were first class!

The writer for the entire series was Russell T Davies, creator of "Queer as Folk".

Christopher Eccleston (The Dr) decided shortly after the first episode was aired that he would not do a second series so the last episode features a famous Time Lord regeneration phase at the very end, the Dr for the 2006 series emerges as none other than David Tennant (mentioned as the Caretaker's voice in this listing and recently seen in "Casanova" on the BBC).

I highly recommend the series aired in 2005, a cracking return to TV after the last series in 1989 (when it looked like Dr Who was to be canned for good!) and if "Casanova" was a judgement call then Tennant will be every bit as good in 2006!