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|image= Warriors Gate novel.jpg | |image = Warriors Gate novel.jpg | ||
|series = Publication Order | |series = Publication Order | ||
|number= 71 (given to later editions) | |number = 71 (given to later editions) | ||
|doctor = Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Romana II]], [[K9 Mark II]], [[Adric]] | |companions = [[Romana II]], [[K9 Mark II]], [[Adric]] | ||
|enemy= [[Gundan]]s, [[Rorvik]] | |enemy = [[Gundan]]s, [[Rorvik]] | ||
|setting= [[The Gateway]] | |setting = [[The Gateway]] | ||
|writer= [[Steve Gallagher|John Lydecker]] | |writer= [[Steve Gallagher|John Lydecker]] | ||
|read by= [[Jon Culshaw]], [[John Leeson]] | |read by = [[Jon Culshaw]], [[John Leeson]] | ||
|cover= Andrew Skilleter | |cover = Andrew Skilleter | ||
|publisher= Target Books | |publisher = Target Books | ||
|publisher2= W.H. Allen | |publisher2 = W.H. Allen | ||
|release date= [[15 April (releases)|15 April]] [[1982 (releases)|1982]] | |release date= [[15 April (releases)|15 April]] [[1982 (releases)|1982]] | ||
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 1 Chapter, 124 Pages | |format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 1 Chapter, 124 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20146-9 | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20146-9 | ||
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|next=Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken (novelisation) | |next = Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken (novelisation) | ||
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Revision as of 10:59, 18 March 2023
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 has no named 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 televisted story, with Romana wandering off long after the spaceship explodes and the Doctor realising he can travel between universes with the mirrors.
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
