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Classic Who "Warrior's Gate" Parts 1&2 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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2024-03-01 13:45:01
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Ryan

The issues between Baker and Ward had now gotten so bad that you can see they only make eye contact once in the whole thing and are kept apart for most of it. Which on its own might not have been so bad, except that it was also Romana's exit, resulting in her final appearance being severely compromised in a way not seen since Dodo. On top of that, director Paul Joyce was totally inexperienced in television and was even briefly fired until John Nathan-Turner realized he was the only person who seemed to have any idea how to handle this highly esoteric script. Then the BBC carpenters went on strike, plus the Privateer set was deemed unsafe for more than a few people to be in at a time. The result is a real Tyler's Bullshit of a story, and Romana deserved far better for her swan song. At least we get some of the greatest special effects of the entire classic series along the way.

Andrew Vignaux

"Are you alone?", "Not now you're here", Packard and Romana, "Warriors' Gate" This is a very odd story - it reminds me a bit of "The Mind Robber" - and not just because episode one of "The Mind Robber" had people wandering around in a large blank space. It is more that - the setup is so different to anything else we've seen and it takes a while to grasp what is actually happening. They really got their money's worth out of their new video effects device here. We've seen it used from the first story this season in "The Leisure Hive" with the Recreation Generator. And in this one we have all the strange "time" effects when Biroc is moving around - and other "time" things like the coin getting tossed. Incidentally, tossing the coin always reminds me of the coin tossing in the play/film "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" - there's kind of an odd timelessness in that play too. And, Aldo and Royce in this story are really odd - but fun in a bored-out-of-their-minds way - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Romana steals these episodes - her dialog with the ship crew is great. And she calls herself "Romanadvoratrelundar" again - (is that the first time for Lalla?) The character "Sagan" was named after Carl Sagan. A small blooper - but it worries me. Adric takes one of K9's ears to aid triangulation but when K9 finds the Doctor he has both of his ears. "How can you navigate if you can't see where you're going?", "I use a digitally-modelled time-cone isometry parallel-bussed into the image translator.", Packard and Romana, "Warriors' Gate"

Ian Smith

At last! Someone else who recognizes the similarities between the spacecraft in this story and Firefly - I thought I was the only one :) I wonder if Joss Whedon was a Who fan?

Vanessa J McNamara
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I saw a behind the scenes with the Director. He does seem the type to be difficult to work with, but also seems quite brilliant, with great attention to detail. He was intensely invested. I suspect he got frustrated with the usual BBC constraints.

Vanessa J McNamara

I really love this story, except I felt it was rushed. It could have used another episode. I’ve always found the contrast between the gothic against the white background, and between the two “sides” interesting. The Director was one of those picky creatives and personally I love his style.