Stories TV Doctor Who (1963-1996) Classic Who S18 Serial: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Warriors’ Gate 1 image Overview Episodes Characters How to Watch Reviews 3 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 2 Transcript Overview First aired Saturday, January 3, 1981 Production Code 5S Written by Stephen Gallagher Directed by Graeme Harper, Paul Joyce Runtime 100 minutes Story Type Companion Exit Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Time Travel Pivotal Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) E-Space Location (Potential Spoilers!) E-Space, The Gateway Synopsis A strange creature forces its way into the TARDIS, steering it to a white void occupied only by the ruins of an old building and a spaceship. This empty space is a gateway to the past and future. The creature responsible for taking them there is Biroc, a member of the enslaved race known as the Tharil. The gateway offers the only exit from E-Space, but the void is contracting. Are the Fourth Doctor and his friends fated to spend eternity in E-Space? What final shocking revelation awaits the Doctor? Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved 4 Episodes Part One First aired Saturday, January 3, 1981 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Stephen Gallagher Directed by Paul Joyce Graeme Harper UK Viewers 7.1 million Appreciation Index 59 Synopsis The TARDIS is drawn into an empty white void, somewhere between universes. But they are not the only ones trapped there. Part Two First aired Saturday, January 10, 1981 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Stephen Gallagher Directed by Paul Joyce Graeme Harper UK Viewers 6.7 million Synopsis When Rorvik learns that Romana is a time sensitive, he takes her prisoner, forcing her to find a way out of the void. The Doctor attempts to discover what lies beyond the mirror. Part Three First aired Saturday, January 17, 1981 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Stephen Gallagher Directed by Paul Joyce Graeme Harper UK Viewers 8.3 million Synopsis While Biroc leads the Doctor to a view of the Tharil's lordly past, Romana learns more about the damaged freighter and the coldheartedness of its crew. Meanwhile Commander Rorvik, confounded by the time mirror inside the universal center gateway, ignores evidence that it's no simple mirror and decides to blast it, imperiling the lives of everyone. Part Four First aired Saturday, January 24, 1981 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Stephen Gallagher Directed by Paul Joyce Graeme Harper UK Viewers 7.8 million Appreciation Index 59 Synopsis The Doctor deduces that the freighter is a slave ship loaded up with Tharils to be sold as time machine components, but the immense weight of Rorvik's damaged ship, designed to contain the Tharils, is now collapsing the fragile void of the micro-universe in which they're all stuck, pulling everything inside ever closer. Show All Episodes Characters Fourth Doctor Tom Baker Romana II Lalla Ward Adric Matthew Waterhouse K9 Mark II John Leeson Tharil First Appearance Biroc First Appearance Lazlo First Appearance Show All Characters (7) How to watch Warriors’ Gate: Watch on iPlayer Blu-Ray The Collection – Season 18 DVD The E-Space Trilogy VHS The E-Space Trilogy (VHS) Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 3 reviews 6 July 2024 · 66 words Review by WhoPotterVian Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! An interesting and experimental episode, that goes into some weird directions. The Tharils are a fascinating premise, as people who once lorded over others who have become slaves. Adric also gets more to do here. However, Romana's exit comes out of nowhere. She just suddenly decides to stay behind and help the Tharils. It all feels like a very rushed ending for such an iconic companion. Like Liked 2 21 June 2024 · 152 words Review by thedefinitearticle63 Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order. Previous Story: The Quest of the Engineer That was quite possibly, one of the strangest 1 hour 40 minutes of my life. I genuinely don't even know what to put in this review. I was tempted to just put "wtf" and leave it at that, as that entirely sums up my thoughts on this episode. We say goodbye to Romana and K9. I like how sudden it was done. I'll definitely miss them as they're probably one of my favourite TARDIS teams, though I say that about every TARDIS team. You either love this story, or you hate it. There is no inbetween. Personally, I love it, but I find it difficult to find Doctor Who that I hate. Next Story: The Keeper of Traken Like Liked 1 8 May 2024 · 259 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers 3 This review contains spoilers! As The 4th Doctor is stuck in e-space, we teeter on the end of his era in this fascinating story. There is a strong moral throughout this story that The Doctor presents to the two sides about the need to treat any creature with the power of reason with respect and not as an opportunity for free labour. The timey-wimey aspect is exciting, flipping between different realms, states and times where the forties of our lion looking friends change and fade. The intersection between e-space and n-space reminds me of Big Finish’s Scherzo, this is a good thing. The direction, CSO and editing is wonderful here, it’s a refreshingly slick production. The lion looking alien being out of phase when he enters the TARDIS is extremely trippy - very impactful. The only way The Doctor and his human enemies will escape e-space is to listen to his reasoning. He is a great negotiator. Romana’s decision to stay behind with K-9 “to be true to herself” is far less satisfying. Whilst K-9 has a motive, being unable now to work beyond the mirror, Romana just does it to help a group of people she’s spent very little time connecting with. From what I’ve seen there is little to love about e-space, so it’s an odd place to call home, even if they do have a mission. I will miss Lalla Ward - she has been exceptional and played perfectly against Tom Baker. For K-9 however, this does feel like the right time to depart. Like Liked 3 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating256 members 3.46 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating238 votes 3.75 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating158 votes 3.75 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 506 Favourited 37 Reviewed 3 Saved 4 Skipped 0 Owned 9 Related Stories The Companion Chronicles S5 • Episode 4 The Invasion of E-Space Rating: 3.07 Story Skipped Audio Book Reviews (2) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: The Companion Chronicles Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Target Collection Doctor Who and Warriors’ Gate Rating: 3.56 Story Skipped Book Reviews (1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Target Collection Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Audio Adaptations Warriors’ Gate Rating: 3.56 Story Skipped Audio Book More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Audio Adaptations Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: One solid hope's worth a cartload of certainties. — Fourth Doctor, Warriors’ Gate Show All Quotes (2) Open in new window Transcript Needs checking Part One [Spaceship] (The life support system pumps air to the numerous hairy bipeds lying on tiers of cots around the room. We move out into a corridor.) SAGAN [OC]: Eighty. Seventy. (Past control panels on metal walls and graffiti on another - Kilroy was here - and - Aldo - scrawled in red.) Show Full Transcript Open in new window
