Scream of the Shalka

Scream of the Shalka
Cast
Doctor Richard E. Grant (the Shalka Doctor)
Companion Sophie Okonedo (Alison Cheney)
Others Conor Moloney – Dawson / Greaves Andrew Dunn – Max Craig Kelly – Joe Anna Calder-Marshall – Mathilda Pierce Derek Jacobi – The Master Diana Quick – Prime Jim Norton – Major Kennet David Tennant – Caretaker (uncredited)
Production
Directed by	Wilson Milam
Written by	Paul Cornell
Script editor	None
Produced by	Muirinn Lane Kelly
Executive producer(s)	Martin Trickey James Goss Mario Dubois
Production code	None
Series	None
Length	6 episodes, 15 minutes each
Originally broadcast	13 November – 18 December 2003
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → — "The Feast of the Stone" (short story)

Scream of the Shalka

Author	Paul Cornell
Series	Doctor Who book: Past Doctor Adventures
Release number	64
Subject	Featuring: Shalka Doctor The Master and Alison
Set in	Period between Unknown
Publisher	BBC Books
Publication date	February 2004
Pages	248
ISBN
Preceded by	Deadly Reunion
Followed by	Empire of Death

Scream of the Shalka is a Flash-animated series based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was produced to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of the series and was originally posted in six weekly parts from 13 November to 18 December 2003 on bbc.co.uk's Doctor Who website.

Although Scream of the Shalka continues the narrative of the original 1963–89 programme and the 1996 television film, the show's 2005 revival ignored its events. The series was scripted by veteran Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell, with Richard E. Grant providing the voice for the Ninth Doctor. This performance followed years of rumours that Grant would play the Doctor in a film or new series, and indeed he had appeared as the "Conceited Doctor" in the Comic Relief special Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death in 1999. Grant subsequently went on to appear in the revived television series of Doctor Who as a guest villain in 2012's "The Snowmen" and 2013's "The Bells of Saint John" and "The Name of the Doctor". The Doctor's companion for this adventure, Alison Cheney, was voiced by Sophie Okonedo who a year later would be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Hotel Rwanda. She also appeared in the 2010 series of Doctor Who, as Liz 10, in the episodes "The Beast Below" and "The Pandorica Opens". Derek Jacobi reprised his role as the Master in 2007's "Utopia". David Tennant appeared in a cameo role as the Caretaker, later being cast as the Tenth Doctor in 2005.