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| Composition by Clayton Hickman. |
That fine Hitch-Hiker of the Universe, the late, much-missed Douglas Adams, said it was one of the Who tales he'd crafted that he was the least happy with back in those busy days of 1979, and yet Shada, the uncompleted, originally planned finale story of the show's wild, wacky and wonderful seventeenth season, has nonetheless lots to recommend in it since fan viewers finally got to see what had been preserved for it via VHS tape set and later DVD and Blu-ray releases. The story is far better than Adams gives himself credit for (with humour, subtle horror and always chock-full of fun concepts and ideas) - the Cambridge setting is a delight, Tom Baker and Lalla Ward are clearly having a great time with their characters/banter and situations which they find themselves in, and there's a terrific supporting cast alongside them.
What's not to like?
Perhaps one day, with the ever-developing realms of Artificial Intelligence software, a full live-action version of the story might just be created that could prove to be the ultimate, ultimate, ultimate edition that Adams can look down from in his celestial position on Betelgeuse and be more proud of. If such a thing does happen, I hope I'm still just about alive to enjoy it too...
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