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Intoni!? Ibali likaGqirha elibhalwe nguDouglas Adams. Edlala noTom Baker njengoGqirha wesine ekuphakameni kwamandla akhe. Edlala kunye noLalla Ward njengeNenekazi leXesha elingumlingane uRomana. Ecaleni kwerobhothi ethandekayo-inja K•9. Isiphelo sesizini esinamacandelo amathandathu sisetwe kwiiholo ezingcwele zaseCambridge nakwindawo engaphandle, eyayiza kuba libali lokuqala elipheleleyo elakhutshwa ngoo-1980…?
Kuphela akuzange kube njalo. Kwenzeke intlekele ngasekupheleni kowe-1979 kangangokuba neNkosi yeXesha ayinako ukuyoyisa. Intshukumo yemizi-mveliso kwi-BBC yamisa i-Shada phakathi kwemveliso. Lonke umboniso bhanyabhanya wawukwitoti, kunye nenye yeeseshini ezintathu zesitudiyo kwiZiko leTelevishini yeBBC. Kodwa akukho nto yayiza kudutyulwa.
Njengoko iindaba zaziphuma ngelo xesha, andizange ndikhathazeke ncam. Eli xesha likaGqirha Azange lindonwabise. Kutshanje ndifumene olunye uphononongo lwam lokuqala, apho, nge-hauteur enkulu nakwiminyaka eyi-15, ndabhala iXesha le-17 njenge-shoddy. Ibhantile, ikhangeleka ngathi inexabiso eliphantsi, uloyiso lokungakhathali kumdlalo onyanzelisayo, inkqubo yayibambene phantsi kobunzima bukaDouglas Adams kunye noTom Baker wokuthambekela kobudenge. (Ndingomnye wabambalwa abangasithandiyo isiXeko sokuFa kwasekuqaleni kwelo xesha lonyaka.)
UShada ukhutshiwe kuphakuko lomzuzu wokugqibela nguAdams (ngasentla), emva koko esebenza nzima njengoGqirha Who’s script editor. Abalingisi bebesoloko bethetha ngale projekthi, kodwa ndiyakrokrela ukuba igama lika-Adams belinokungcoliswa ukuba uShada ebephumile. Wavuma kuGqirha Who Magazine: Andizange ndiyithande ngokukodwa. Yayicekethekile – ubukhulu becala isiqingatha sesine esiphakathi solulele phezu kwamacandelo amathandathu. Ngoko xa yarhoxiswayo phakathi kwemveliso, ndacinga, ‘Phela!’ – kuba yayingentle kangako, yaye ngoku ndisindisiwe nabani na oyibonayo. Wayengathobeki. UDouglas Adams, owasweleka emncinci ngokothusayo eneminyaka engama-49 ngo-2001, wayethetha ngokungafihlisiyo kwaye wayeneliso elibukhali.
Kukho iipokotho zomlingo onokuzonwabela, kodwa enyanisweni i-Shada yi-serial ethe saa kodwa ikude ne-epic. U-Skagra, omnye we-Who's campest baddies, kwi-cape yesilivere edadayo kunye nomnqwazi omhlophe wefloppy, ubhabha ejikeleze iCambridge ephethe i-brain-drawing sphere kwibhegi yakhe.
UGqirha kunye noRomana bandwendwela unjingalwazi uChronotis, iNkosi yexesha ebenamagumbi kwiKholeji yaseSt Cedd's amashumi eminyaka. (Imeko eguqulelwe nguSteven Moffat kuthotho lokugqibela lukaPeter Capaldi.)
Uburharha (ukukhala okuphindaphindiweyo malunga neti kunye neswekile) kuwa phantsi. Isenzo sibanjwe kumazwe ahlukeneyo okutyhafa nguPennant Roberts, omnye wabalawuli abaninzi abahamba ngeenyawo ngelo xesha.
Shada… Zange ndakhe ndayikhalela ilahleko yayo. Kodwa ndim lowo. Uninzi lwabalandeli bakaGqirha ngubani abanto ukuba abagqibezeli. Bafuna iShada yabo! Zininzi iinzame ezenziwe ukugqiba iShada kwiminyaka engama-37 ukususela ekurhoxisweni kwayo. Kwangoko ngo-1980, umvelisi ongenayo uJohn Nathan-Turner ucebise ukunyuswa kwakhona ukuze kufakwe kwi-Season 18. UTom Baker kunye noLalla Ward babesenekhontrakthi kwaye bephethe i-Tardis. Eli yayilelona xesha lilungileyo kodwa neJN-T ayizange iphumelele.
Emva koko ii-aficionados zangena ukuba zibe ne-bash. Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-80 ndiye kwindibano ye-DWAS apho babevavanya uhlelo lweShada. Yayisisihlandlo sokuqala uninzi lwethu lubona imifanekiso eseleyo. Amaphecana amade awayengekho athatyathelw’ indawo ngamabali asongwayo, achwetheziweyo. Amanqaku aphezulu kwinzame kodwa kwakubuhlungu kakhulu.
Ngo-1992, uNathan-Turner waphinda wahlaba, ngeli xesha ukukhutshwa kweVidiyo yeBBC. Wabhalisa u-Tom Baker ongwevu kodwa odlamkileyo (ongezantsi) ukuba asebenze njengombalisi wamabali kwaye afefe charisma yakhe phezu kweepaseji ezingekhoyo. UShada wayengekakwazi ukuphila ubomi bakhe bonke.
Kwi-2003, abavelisi be-fan kwi-Big Finish baguqule i-Shada ibe ngumdlalo we-audio, yahlaziywa - ngokufanelekileyo kodwa ngokungaqhelekanga - kugqirha kaPaul McGann kunye noLalla Ward's Romana. Ikwafumaneka njengopopayi ongaqhelekanga kwiwebhusayithi yeBBC (ngezantsi).
Emva koko malunga neminyaka emithandathu eyadlulayo, u-überfan Ian Levine wachitha ubutyebi esenza iShada yakhe njengeprojekthi enomdla. UngumGqibe woMgcwalisi. Wawusika umfanekiso ka-1979 kunye noopopayi onomtsalane (ongezantsi), kwaye waphinda waqesha phantse bonke abasaphilayo ukuba bavakalise iinxalenye zabo, kuquka kwakhona uLalla Ward.
UTom Baker akazange abandakanyeke ngoko ke kwafunyaniswa isitshixo esinesandi esivakalayo sokuthetha uGqirha wesine. Yayiyeyona nguqulelo inobuchule ukuza kuthi ga ngelo xesha. Kodwa ngenxa yokuphoxeka okukhulu kukaLevine nangenxa yento evakala ngathi kukungqubana kobuntu, akazange akwazi ukucenga iBBC Worldwide ukuba iyikhuphe njengemveliso esemthethweni.
Ndiye ndazama zonke ezi nguqulelo kumashumi eminyaka. Imizamo yobugorha yonke. Kwaye bonke baye bandenza intloko.
Ngoku, kwi-2017, i-BBC yehlabathi lonke ivelise enye inguqulelo - ukusebenzisa iqela elinetalente eliye labonisa i-Power of the Daleks (ibali lokuqala likaPatrick Troughton njengoGqirha wesibini). Kwaye mhlawumbi olu lolona hlelo ngqindilili ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Ifilimu kunye nevidiyo eyasindayo ukususela ngo-1979 iye yaphinda yalungiswa ngokwedijithali. Umsebenzi omtsha wemodeli entsha kunye neziphumo ezibonakalayo ziye zadutshulwa, ngokuhambelana nenkangeleko yexesha. UMark Ayres urekhode amanqaku amatsha amnandi kunye neemvumi ezintlanu, ehlonipha umculo uDudley Simpson awayewubhala kolu ngcelele ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-70.
Andikho mkhulu koopopayi- lucimo-kodwa kubonakala ngathi benze umsebenzi ofanelekileyo wokuplaga izikhewu. Andikwazi ukuthi isitayile soopopayi singcono kakhulu kunenguqulelo ka-Ian Levine. Ukufana kweenqununu ngokuqinisekileyo kwakubukhali ngakumbi kwiShada yakhe. Kodwa loo nguqulo ngelishwa yayingafumaneki ngokubanzi.
Okubaluleke kakhulu, abalandeli ngoku banokuba namava abo okubukela ngokupheleleyo kunye namazwi azo zombini iinkwenkwezi zokuqala zomboniso. ULalla Ward uphinda ayidlale indima yakhe okwesine. Kuya kufuneka ayazi incoko yakhe ngentloko, ekubeni waqala wayifunda ngokutsha izihlandlo ezininzi ezidlulileyo. (Usetshatile kwaye waqhawula umtshato noTom Baker; watshata waza wahlukana noRichard Dawkins.)
I-USP yeyokuba kwihlabathi liphela baye banyusa umrhumo wokuba u-Baker aphinde aqale indima yakhe. Ngoku uneminyaka engama-83, usazibandakanya, laa mava amnandi ayancipha ngokuhamba kwexesha. Kwaye, mhlawumbi eyona nto ivuyisa abalandeli, kukho umboniso omangalisayo wokugqibela kunye no-Baker wakudala emva kwiitogi zakhe zika-1979 kunye neTardis.
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Kuyo yonke le nto, umzamo oxatyisiweyo kakhulu, ndisafumana uShada endaweni yokuphola. Ngemali yam, ukuba ufuna ngokwenene ukuntywila eShada kwaye ukonwabele isantya sayo sokuphumla, landelela phantsi inoveli yeeNcwadi zeBBC ukusuka ngo-2012, eguqulelwe ngumbhali omtsha woluhlu uGareth Roberts. Zivuyise kumdlalo wakhe wamagama enika imbeko kuDouglas Adams kwaye wakhe imifanekiso engqondweni yakho.
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