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Warriors’ Gate

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on January 1, 2023January 2, 2023
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Warriors’ Gate

This Story: Series 18, Story 5. Production Code 5S
Overall: Story 114, Episodes 548-551
Airdates: 3 Jan 1981 – 24 Jan 1981
Written by Stephen Gallagher
Directed by Paul Joyce & Graeme Harper (uncredited)

Links: [ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]

NOTE: This is the last story for both Romana & K9.

NOTE 2: I realized after I posted all the tweets for this the story is titled “Warriors’ Gate”, and not “Warrior’s Gate”.  Whoops.

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 548 - Warrior's Gate 1/4 (Serial 5S Story 114) - 3 Jan 1981. #DoctorWho 1/2

First ep of 1981. Also the final story for both Romana & K9. This one always was an odd one for me. I never thought it was actually bad, but I always found it confusing as hell, and pic.twitter.com/itLAdcJBbw

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 1, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 548 - Warrior's Gate 1/4 (Serial 5S Story 114) - 3 Jan 1981. #DoctorWho 2/2

as such I never could quite wrap my head around the story. See if it's any different this time. Felt a bit like story that couldn't be made properly with available tech in 1980. pic.twitter.com/k0V9Up8jui

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 1, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 549 - Warrior's Gate 2/4 (Serial 5S Story 114) - 10 Jan 1981. #DoctorWho 1/2

Romana II finally says her full name (Romanadvoratrelundar) in her last story. A group of guys with a ship are stuck in E-Space like the Tardis is, and Romana tries to use them pic.twitter.com/DOVqaVFV9R

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 1, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 549 - Warrior's Gate 2/4 (Serial 5S Story 114) - 10 Jan 1981. #DoctorWho 2/2

to get materials to fix K9. The Doctor is playing around with robot warriors. Basically, two episodes in and I'm confused again. Not sure why most things are happening here. pic.twitter.com/bClBGA8Kp6

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 1, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 550 - Warrior's Gate 3/4 (Serial 5S Story 114) - 17 Jan 1981. #DoctorWho 1/2

The story seems to revolve mostly around "time winds" and passing through a mirror. Adric is still pretty disconnected from the main story. As much grief as Underworld got for pic.twitter.com/Ek5IYEbTOw

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 2, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 550 - Warrior's Gate 3/4 (Serial 5S Story 114) - 17 Jan 1981. #DoctorWho 2/2

having entire worlds/areas done on blue screen, this story does much the same. You never hear about it. Still confused as to what is going on - something to do with time zones? pic.twitter.com/GfrVRpSMCF

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 2, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 551 - Warrior's Gate 4/4 (Serial 5S Story 114) - 24 Jan 1981. #DoctorWho 1/2

This is both Romana & K9's last ep. They stay behind in E-Space leaving just Adric with the Doctor as they return to N-Space. We get the phrase Dwarf Star Alloy, which crops up in pic.twitter.com/G5Hn85VC4l

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 2, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 551 - Warrior's Gate 4/4 (Serial 5S Story 114) - 24 Jan 1981. #DoctorWho 2/2

Tennant eps. This story was just as confusing as I remember - I basically can't figure out why anything was happening, although ep4 was a tad clearer, since things were wrapped up. pic.twitter.com/l1mWrd4bDx

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 2, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 551 - Warriors' Gate 4/4 (Serial 5S Story 114) - 24 Jan 1981. #DoctorWho 3/2

Admin note: By doubling up on Warriors' Gate tonight, I've now reached the end of my needing to double up. I will now go back to just one per day, as end date is now 23 Nov 2023. pic.twitter.com/2vDoPz6DSN

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 2, 2023

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