Stories Animated Scream of the Shalka Scream of the Shalka 1 image Overview Characters Reviews 9 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 5 Transcript Overview Released Thursday, November 13, 2003 Written by Paul Cornell Directed by Wilson Milam Runtime 90 minutes Time Travel Present Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Black Hole Location (Potential Spoilers!) Lancashire Synopsis The Doctor's TARDIS materialises in the village of Lannet in Lancashire. An annoyed Doctor, who has apparently been transported here against his will, finds the village silent. Its inhabitants are all living in fear except for a barmaid, Alison Cheney. The alien Shalka have taken up residence beneath Lannet in preparation for a wider invasion. Despite his initial reluctance, the Doctor finds himself having to save the world again, aided by Alison and an enemy who has become an ally. Complete Completed Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Ninth Doctor [Scream of the Shalka] First Appearance Alison Cheney First Appearance Shalka Prime First Appearance The Master [Scream of the Shalka] First Appearance Show All Characters (4) Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 9 reviews 27 March 2025 · 40 words Review by Azurillkirby Thought I'd check this out after the most recent TV episode, and it was pretty good! I really wish they made more with the Shalka Doctor here, though I can't complain too much that we got the reboot instead. B. Azurillkirby View profile Like Liked 0 15 March 2025 · 202 words Review by RandomJoke I do really have a big soft spot for that Story. Always liked the idea of Richard E Grant playing the Doctor and while obvious not as good as many of the canon ones (mainly because it’s his first outing and fairly rarely do the Doctors get me in their first outing), I still very much enjoyed this one. I think Cornell is a great Writer, yes this might be lower in comparison to his other Who Outings, but the Idea of the Shalka and how it gets defeated is absolutely lovely. I do think the limited Animation are pretty solid too, even through I much more prefer Cosgroves later Who Outing with the Invasion Animation. Overall, it’s definitely an oddity. I do think with maybe more Outings, E Grant could have found more of his footing in the role. Because while as I said I really like this Story at parts it’s fairly obvious that Richard hasn’t fully found his way in the role yet. I guess the Story would have benefit more from having more follow-ups fleshing out this Incarnation, because there would have been certainly some great Potential in it (at least in my eyes). RandomJoke View profile Like Liked 0 1 March 2025 · 19 words Review by spellcastor I certainly witnessed this. I feel like I was going insane the whole time but I certainly witnessed it. spellcastor View profile Like Liked 0 30 January 2025 · 99 words Review by mndy Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! The animation is terrifying, the Shalka were sadly not that cool, the screaming got old very fast. But the rest is 10/10!!!! Richard E. Grant's Doctor is as good as they say. Really feels like a mix between Eight and Nine, amazingly. Maybe a bit of Twelve as well? Allison, the companion, is also very nice, dumps her boring boyfriend to go travel with the Doctor, as she should. But the android Master the Doctor just has hanging around in the TARDIS??? Android Master that the Doctor built??? Amazing. Congrats on the wedding. Very Twelve/Missy coded. No further comments. mndy View profile Like Liked 2 28 December 2024 · 69 words Review by eldritchlamb Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! PRIME: Stand aside, lower creature. MASTER: I pride myself that I'm the dearest companion to the owner of this craft, so I'm very much afraid I shall not. I think this was a fun watch. I loved the dynamic between The Master and The Doctor in this one, and the fact that they end up travelling together. I enjoyed the story and Richard E. Grant was a brilliant Doctor. eldritchlamb View profile Like Liked 1 Show All Reviews (9) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating125 members 3.64 / 5 Member Statistics Completed 201 Favourited 27 Reviewed 9 Saved 6 Skipped 0 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. BBC Books Scream of the Shalka Rating: 3.74 Story Skipped Book More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Past Doctor Adventures Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Funny ALISON: What are you? (He begins pouring some powder from the bag.) DOCTOR: Mildly annoyed. — Scream of the Shalka Show All Quotes (5) Open in new window Transcript Needs checking Part One (We see a shot of Earth in space. A meteor flies towards it.) [Island] (There is a volcano in the distance on this rocky island. Dawson, a man in a suit, picks up his radio, which emits static.) DAWSON: Mount Ruapehu Field Camp to Tracking Aircraft, over. Tracking aircraft, can you hear me? Show Full Transcript Open in new window
