Warriors' Gate (TV story)

Synopsis
The TARDIS is hijacked in the vortex by a time sensitive Tharil named Biroc, and brought to a strange white void. Biroc wants to free the others of his race who are being transported in a slave ship, captained by Rorvik, which is also trapped in the void. The only other thing present in the void is an ancient gateway leading to a decrepit banqueting hall.

This is the domain of the Tharils, who in a previous time were cruel masters to their human slaves but have now repented. The humans built the Gundan robots to kill the Tharils, and this led to the latter race's downfall.

Rorvik tries to break through the gateway, and thereby gain access to N-Space, by blasting it with his engines. The blast is simply reflected back, however, destroying the ship and freeing its prisoners.

Romana and K9 elect to remain in E-Space to help liberate the remainder of the Tharil race, while the TARDIS - now occupied only by the Doctor and Adric - is able to return to N-Space.

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Tom Baker
 * Romana II - Lalla Ward
 * Adric - Matthew Waterhouse
 * K-9 - John Leeson
 * Rorvik - Clifford Rose
 * Packard - Kenneth Cope
 * Lane - David Kincaid
 * Aldo - Freddie Earlle
 * Royce - Harry Waters
 * Biroc - David Weston
 * Sagan - Vincent Pickering
 * Gundan - Robert Vowles
 * Lazlo - Jeremy Gittins

Crew

 * Assistant Floor Manager - Val McCrimmon
 * Costumes - June Hudson
 * Designer - Graeme Story
 * Executive Producer - Barry Letts
 * Incidental Music - Peter Howell
 * Make-Up - Pauline Cox
 * Producer - John Nathan-Turner
 * Production Assistant - Graeme Harper
 * Production Unit Manager - Angela Smith
 * Script Editor - Christopher H. Bidmead
 * Special Sounds - Dick Mills
 * Studio Lighting - John Dixon
 * Studio Sound - Alan Fogg
 * Theme Arrangement - Peter Howell
 * Title Music - Ron Grainer
 * Visual Effects - Mat Irvine

Story Notes

 * This is the final story in the 'E-Space Trilogy'.
 * This story had a working title of; Dream Time.

Ratings

 * Part 1 - 7.1 million viewers
 * Part 2 - 6.7 million viewers
 * Part 3 - 8.3 million viewers
 * Part 4 - 7.8 million viewers

Myths
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Filming Locations
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
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Continuity

 * 'The Keeper of Traken follows straight on from this story.
 * In NA: Blood Harvest Romana is retireved from E-Space by the Doctor.

DVD and Video Releases

 * Warriors' Gate was released on video in 1997 by BBC Worldwide as part of a boxed set containing: Full Circle, State of Decay and Warriors' Gate.

Target Novelisations

 * Novelised as Doctor Who and Warriors’ Gate in 1982 by John Lydecker.