Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate was a novelisation based on the 1981 television serial Warriors' Gate.
Publisher's summary[]
The Doctor and his companions are trapped in an E-Space universe, struggling to find the co-ordinates which will break the deadlock and take them back to Normal Space.
When all else fails, the Doctor suggests programming the TARDIS on the toss of a coin. Before he realises what is happening, that is just what Adric has done ...
When the TARDIS arrives at its destination, according to the console read-outs the craft is nowhere – and nowhere is exactly what it looks like ...
Chapter titles[]
This book uses continuous prose, i.e. without chapters
Deviations from televised story[]
- Romana's farewell to the Doctor is handled differently, with more emotion and is less rushed than the televised version.
- The fate of the rogue Gundan is revealed.
- How the slavers spaceship ended up in the void is revealed.
- K9's fate is presented as a tragedy.
- The ending is different from the televised story, with Romana wandering off long after the spaceship explodes and the Doctor realising he can travel between universes with the mirrors.
- When Adric was seven, a Decider gave him a coin which appeared to be gold; in fact, it only had a molecule-thin coating which gave it the appearance of being made of gold. He always carried it around in his pocket.
Writing and publishing notes[]
to be added
Additional cover images[]
1982 Hardback edition
British publication history[]
First publication:
- Hardback
- W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
- Paperback
- Target
External links[]
- On Target a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal
- Warriors' Gate: The Lost Version, extracts from the original manuscript, withdrawn and revised before publication
