This serial was never broadcast as part of Doctor Who (1963) because a BBC strike interrupted production, meaning that it was never completed in the studio. Two short clips from the unfinished episode were used in the 1983 special episode "The Five Doctors". Years later, all available video footage was combined together for this special video release.
In 2003, Shada was remade by Big Finish Productions as an audio book/Flash animation for BBC Interactive. The remade version starred Paul McGann as The Doctor, with Lalla Ward reprising her role as Romana and John Leeson as K-9.
Tom Baker named this as one of his favourite Doctor Who stories, he had fond memories of the location shoot in Cambridge and he was disappointed not to finish it in the studio.
Fans voted this number 95 in a countdown of the 163 Doctor Who (1963) stories in Outpost Gallifrey's 40th anniversary poll in 2003.