WARRIORS' GATE

Written By: STEVE GALLAGHER

PART ONE

First Air Date: 3 January, 1981
5:20pm - 6:45pm

1. [We open on a machine that sits in a lowly lit room. The device pumps something at regular interval, and as we pull back we see it is attached to a valve, which is in turn attached to an unconscious body, lying on a cot. The body, we see, is not human but has cat or lion like features to his face. The body glows slightly in time with the pumping of the machine. We also see that the creature is chained, and as we pull back further we see that the room is full of these unconscious bodies, each one with its own pumping device. We pull out of the room into a brightly lit drab green metal corridor. Nearby there is a set of metal steps that go up to another level. There are other closed metal doors that we can see. From a hidden speaker we hear:]

MALE VOICE: Eighty...

[As we proceed further into the metal corridor, we see electronic equipment inset into the wall, which beeps quietly to itself.]

MALE VOICE: Seventy. . .

[Further down the corridor we see a complex set of struts and beams, while on a nearby wall we see spray painted in red “ALDO” followed in smaller letters by “KILLROY WAS HERE”.]

MALE VOICE: Sixty. . .

[Above this we see the metal walkways of an upper level.]

MALE VOICE: Fifty. . .

[In the upper level we see more spray painted walls, but it's unreadable what they say.]

MALE VOICE: Forty. . .

[We reach the second most upper level where we see two men in Orange Jumpsuits, boots, and watch caps playing cards. They are watching the action above them whilst doing so. One of them takes advantage of picking up another card while the other isn't looking and discarding one he doesn't like.]

MALE VOICE: Thirty, Twenty-Nine, Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Seven, Twenty-Six, Twenty-Five, Twenty-Four, Twenty-Three, Twenty-Two, Twenty-One, Twenty ...

[On the upper level a crew of people are at their stations, on what is obviously a bridge for this ship. We pass one individual, with white hair, but a stern face, obviously the person in authority. He watches the progress of the countdown patiently, but with intensity. We move on to the rest of the crew who are a rather lackadaisical bunch, and finally come to rest on another of those leonine creatures who appears to be chained to some sort of imaging device with a screen.]

MALE VOICE: Nineteen, Eighteen, Seventeen, Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen, Thirteen, Twelve, Eleven, Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Zero ...

[There is a surge of power.]

CAPTAIN RORVIK: h*t it! h*t it

[From another console nearby, another one of the crew, Packard responds.]

PACKARD: How can I h*t it? He's still not visualizing.

[Rorvik turns around and looks at the leonine creature in the chair to see that the screen he is attached to is still filled with static. He then turns back.]

CAPTAIN RORVIK: Jump them.

PACKARD: [In surprise] What the Timelines? You can't do it blind!

CAPTAIN RORVIK: I'll say what we can and can't do. Well anything is better than staying here!

[He gets up, and goes over to Packard's console, and hits the ignition control as Packard sits back in surprise.]

PACKARD: Ignition!

[The entire ship rocks as the vessel flings itself out of normal space.]

SAGAN: [From another console] We have lift off!

ALDO AND ROYCE: [From on the second level, the two men give a half hearted] hurrah.

[Packard doesn't look pleased at what Rorvik has just done. Rorvik goes over to the leonine creature.]

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [To the creature] Now we'll have to see, Biroc. [Looks at the nearby monitor to see more static] Show us where we're going. [No response] Right, [To one of the other crew] high-tension cable. We'll run it to his feet. That'll boost him.

PACKARD: [Still at his console, he turns to a nearby crewmember, Lane] k*ll him more like.

CAPTAIN RORVIK: Always looking on the gloomy side Packard.

ALDO: [From the second level, to Royce] He'll k*ll him.

ROYCE: [Producing a coin] Do yah . . . wanna bet?

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [Seeing that the cable is now hooked up, to another crew member] Connect the cable and switch on.

[Biroc's eyes widen as the pain of electricity flows through him. Rorvik backs away a little and watches]

SAGAN: [Monitoring his console] We're closing on something.

ALDO: [He holds another coin in his hand. To ALDO] It's fifty-fifty. Ok.

[He flips the coin into the air]

PACKARD: He's right! We're heading for a time rift!

[As the coin flips higher in the air we see it becomes disjointed and phased, as the flow of time around it becomes patchy, uneven, and slow. The crew flails around, also caught in the effect. As the coin reaches its aperture, it freezes completely in spot. A console explodes and the coin comes down still caught in the effect. It slowly spins on a table as the effect begins to subside. On Biroc's monitor, a shape begins to take form, that of a rotating police box. We close in on Biroc to see that the picture is being focused in his mind, and the possibilities are unfolding...]

2. [In the TARDIS The Doctor, Romana, and Adric are all standing around the console. The Tardis seems to be slightly shaking.]

ROMANA: Let's have another go [Reaches for the console]

THE DOCTOR: Haven't you done enough damage?

ROMANA: It's not me; it's the time rift. She won't respond to the coordinates.

THE DOCTOR: Here let me have a try.

[In resignation Romana relinquishes her spot at the console. The Doctor starts fiddling with it.]

THE DOCTOR: Just needs a little friendly persuasion that's all.

ROMANA: I have been friendly!

THE DOCTOR: Probably too friendly

[Romana gives him an ugly look.]

THE DOCTOR: I said a little friendly. Firm but friendly. Watch.

[The room stops it's gentle shaking, as the Doctor smiles.]

THE DOCTOR: There.

[And begins again as the Doctor loses his smile. He slams the console with his hand.]

THE DOCTOR: It's jammed. I've lost control. We're adrift in E-space.

ROMANA: Come on Doctor. We've got to do something

THE DOCTOR: [Raising a finger] Have we?

ROMANA: What do you mean?

THE DOCTOR: Maybe that's it.

ROMANA: What drifting?

THE DOCTOR: The way out of E-space.

3. [Back on the other ship, Sagan gets up from underneath his console and punches a few figures into his console.]

SAGAN: Helm readings show no space, no time just like before.

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [To Biroc] Damn you Biroc. Right back where we started. Stuck in this nothing for months and months and now this.

PACKARD: [As an alarm goes off] We've got damage!

CAPTAIN RORVIK: Well of course we've got damage! [Pauses and calms down] How bad?

SAGAN: Lane's taking a look.

LANE: [From over the speaker] Lane to Bridge.

PACKARD: [Into a microphone] What's the news?

LANE: [O.O.V.] The outer shells torn. A rip you can climb right through. In fact I just did.

PACKARD: Never mind the frills, what about the hull?

LANE: [O.O.V.] I'm checking that. Nothing structural that I can see.

[In the damaged area, Lane is trying to put out a sparking cable.]

LANE: [Into his communicator] The electrics are falling apart though.

[Tries to put out the cable with his handkerchief, while muttering. He gets a slight shock.]

LANE: Ah.

[Continues trying to put it out]

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [From the Bridge][Into mic] Lane will you stop messing around and give me a proper report. Lane!

PACKARD: What about the warp drive?

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [Into mic] Packard's worried about the warp drive.

LANE: [O.O.V.] If this power line goes up there won't be any warp drive.

4. [Romana is leaning on the console, her back away from The Doctor. The Doctor is punching buttons on the console and studying the results.]

ROMANA: Go on then. [Turns to look at the Doctor] Admit it, you don't know what your doing.

THE DOCTOR: [Nonchalantly] I don't know what I'm doing. I'm just following intuition.

ROMANA: [Turning around in hopelessness] It's no better than tossing a coin.

THE DOCTOR: What's so improbable about tossing a coin? Never heard of I Ching?

ROMANA: Superstition.

[In the background, Adric who is watching all this pulls a coin out of his pocket.]

THE DOCTOR: Random samplings that affect the broad flow of the material universe.

ROMANA: The Holistic view?

THE DOCTOR: The Holistic View.

ROMANA: [Rebuking] Astral Jung.

ADRIC: [Leaning down to where K9 is sitting] What's the I Ching?

K9: ANCIENT CHINESE BOOK OF PHILOSPHY ACCESSED BY RANDOM SAMPLING.

ADRIC: So how does that work then?

K9: ONE TRADITIONAL METHOD IS TOSSING OF COINS. THE I CHING METHODOLOGY CASTS DOUBT ON NORMAL CAUSALISTIC PROCEDURES.

[Adric flips the coin in the air and displays the result]

K9: AND OF COURSE VICE VERSA.

[Adric pats K9 on his head with a smile.]

5. [Rorvik and Packard are still at the console, waiting]

LANE: [O.O.V.] You were asking about the warp drive?

PACKARD: [Leaning forward] Yes?

LANE: [O.O.V.] Don't ask. It's sh*t to hell.

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [Downtrodden] Okay, Lane. Back in here.

[Static suddenly fills the com-channel.]

CAPTAIN RORVIK: Lane? [Leaves the console]

PACKARD: Lane? LANE? LANE! HMM! HMM! Communications are breaking up now!

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [Standing next to the unconscious Biroc] what about you Biroc? Are you breaking up? Why no pictures?

ALDO: [Watching with Royce from the lower level] [To Royce] He's going.

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [To Biroc] You blew out my warp drive. You did that on purpose!

ROYCE: [To ALDO] What a waste. Wouldn't get much for his scrap value.

[Packard comes over and starts unstrapping Biroc.]

PACKARD: We've got to get him patched up. We'll lose him!

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [Waves him off] Typical Packard. Always thinking of your bonus.

[Packard moves back to his console.]

CAPTAIN RORVIK: Sagan, Kilroy. Take him below and get him fixed up.

[They both get up from their nearby console and finish unstrapping Biroc, and haul him between them off the bridge.]

ALDO: [To Royce a little angry] We're back in nowhere.

ROYCE: [To Aldo] Well, nowhere is somewhere.

ALDO: [To Royce] Somewhere that's not even suppose to exist.

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [Turns around] Report from the helm.

[Packard leans back in his chair with an “I don't believe this” look.
Rorvik leans close to his ear.]

CAPTAIN RORVIK: That's you Remember?! Instrumentation status.

PACKARD: [Indicating the blown out console] What do you want me to say?

[Rorvik looks at it, then closes one of the panels on the console with a sigh.]

6. [Down below Sagan and Kilroy carry an unconscious Biroc through an airlock between hulls. Passing through one door they stop as they wait for the second one to open. As they wait we close in on Biroc to see that he is in fact very awake and faking his unconsciousness. The door opens and they carry him through. In the corridor he suddenly comes to life, and brushes the men away, one being h*t viciously by his heavy chain. They both roll on the floor in pain.
Biroc moves off down the corridor, and then down a pair of stairs obviously in some pain. He moves to a door, where his hand hovers over the nearby access panel.]

[Lane comes through a similar door, trying to put out his smoking handkerchief.]

[Biroc finds the control to open the door, and goes through. Biroc goes through to see Lane standing there. Lane sees Biroc but is surprised beyond belief. Biroc eyes him coldly, and then moves through the door that Lane just came through. Lane watches him go then proceed to pull his communicator and activate it.]

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [Over commlink] Bridge, yes? Lane is that you?

[Lane can't quite get the words to come out.]

CAPTAIN RORVIK: Well?

7. [The Doctor is still fiddling with the controls of the TARDIS.]

THE DOCTOR: It's always darkest before the storm.

ROMANA: [Correcting] Dawn.

THE DOCTOR: Dawn. Isn't that right K9?

ROMANA: According to your theory, we just press any button and hope for the best.

THE DOCTOR: Yes, well that might help.

[The Doctor goes to touch a control, but Romana stops him.]

ROMANA: Not that button!

THE DOCTOR: [Pulling his hand back.] You didn't really think I'd activate the Reverse Bias did you? It's extremely difficult to generate non-determined action. I mean ... huh. [Looks at his hand.] Maybe subconsciously I wanted to press that button.

ROMANA: [Gives an “I don't believe this” look] In full flight?

THE DOCTOR: [Still looking at his hand] Yes. In full flight.

ROMANA: Doctor, can I have a word with you?

[She pulls him back behind the hat stand and whispers:]

ROMANA: Do you have a death wish?

THE DOCTOR: No, I don't think so. Don't you want to get back to Gallifrey?

ROMANA: You know I don't want to get back to Gallifrey!

THE DOCTOR: Well, we'll burn that bridge when we come to it. It's all academic unless we find the CVE.

ROMANA: What about Adric?

THE DOCTOR: What about Adric?

ROMANA: Well if we get out of E-Space we'll be taking him away from his own universe.

THE DOCTOR: So?

ROMANA: Do we have that right?

THE DOCTOR: Oh, he'll love it on Gallifrey.

[Adric gets up from where he was next to K9, goes over to the console, flips a coin and presses a random button. The shaking suddenly stops.]

K9: HEXIGRAM 9. HSIAO CH'U. THE TAMING POWER OF THE SMALL. QUOTE, “IF YOU ARE SINCERE BLOOD VANISHES AND FEAR GIVES WAY.”

8. [In the blank white nothingness of the time lines, Biroc runs in a phased state, pushing his way forward.]

9. [From behind the coat stand:]

THE DOCTOR: [To Adric] What have you just done?

[He goes over to K9, while Romana goes over to check the console.]

THE DOCTOR: What's he just done K9?

K9: NONDETERMINATE ACTIVITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE THEORY YOU WERE OFFERING, MASTER.

THE DOCTOR: Ah, that's perfectly alright then.

[A sudden shudder from the TARDIS throws them all to the floor. The TARDIS doors open a crack and bright light begins to pour through them.]

THE DOCTOR: You all right Romana?

ROMANA: I'm fine.

THE DOCTOR: Adric?

ADRIC: I think so.

THE DOCTOR: Good.

[The light from beyond the doors hits part of the console, and various expl*si*n go off on the console. The light reaches to where the Doctor's hand is supporting him and he pulls it back as if just b*rned.]

THE DOCTOR: Ah! Time winds!

[He begins wrapping his hand with a handkerchief. K9 begins smoking as the Time winds reach where he's sitting. Biroc pushes his way through the doors from the deep mists outside, still in a multi-phased state. The doors close and he makes his way to the console.]

10. [Rorvik walks over to a hand rail that overlooks the lower level.]

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [To the whole crew] So now we've got a busted warp motor and no navigator. Nowhere to go and no way of getting there. [Silence]
Yes? Any views on that?

[On his monitor we see a graphic representation of the TARDIS.]

SAGAN: Wait a minute!

CAPTAIN RORVIK: A minute. We've got all eternity.

SAGAN: I'm getting something on the short range scanner.

CAPTAIN RORVIK: What is it?

SAGAN: I don't know, but it's solid and it's moving.

PACKARD: [Indicating his console] I'm getting it over here too.

[Rorvik shuffles Lane out of his nearby seat so he can look.]

PACKARD: Looks like we've got company.

[They watch as the TARDIS spins and twirls on the scanner.]

SAGAN: They're coming in to land.

11. [Biroc is setting the controls of the TARDIS, still multi-phased. The Doctor and Romana get up off the floor, followed by Adric and they observe the intruder.]

ROMANA: He's out of phase.

THE DOCTOR: Of course, that's how he got in. He's on a different timeline.

ROMANA: But he should be torn apart!

[Biroc finishes setting the controls and slowly lowers his head to rest.]

12. [Rorvik and Packard are still watching the TARDIS on their screen.]

PACKARD: They may have someone who can fix the warp motor.

CAPTAIN RORVIK: So why are they caught between the timelines like us?

PACKARD: Well, we won't know that until we find out will we.

CAPTAIN RORVIK: And we still need Biroc back, or we'll have to get one of the other ones out of storage.

PACKARD: You can't revive any of them out here. You need the full apparatus.

CAPTAIN RORVIK: Oh, we can jury rig something if necessary. So some of them may die. [Gets up and addresses the crew] And that cuts into everybody's profits, a cut out of everybody's bonus. You want to complain, bring it to Mr. Sagan here because he's the one who managed to lose your navigator for you. [He turns to Lane in quieter tone] We're going out to that ship.

LANE: How will I find it?

PACKARD: Portable Mass Detector. [Turns around and yells down] Aldo, Royce! Break it out from the stores will you!

[Aldo and Royce sigh and slowly get up.]

ROYCE: Let's have the keys then.

ALDO: I gave them to you.

[Royce shakes his head. Aldo unzips Royce's breast pocket and holds up the keys. Royce grabs the keys and takes off down the corridor]

ROYCE: It's nonstop Aldo, nonstop.

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [To Lane] You'll be leading the way.

LANE: [Puzzled] Why me?

CAPTAIN RORVIK: In case they're hostile.

[Lane shakes his head in agreement for a second, and then the logic of that statement strikes him and he puts on the puzzled look again.]

13. [Biroc slowly lifts his head, and suddenly becomes fully focused in this time line. He walks around the console, and we now see that the column has stopped it's rising and falling movement. He walks over, looks at Romana, and then the Doctor, and then heads back towards the doors.]

ROMANA: Can he see us?

THE DOCTOR: About the same way as we can see him.

ROMANA: Who are you?

BIROC: [Speaking as though his voice was still multiphased] I am Biroc!

[Biroc begins to make his way towards the now open doors.]

BIROC: Others follow!

THE DOCTOR: Others?

BIROC: Believe nothing they say. They are not Biroc's kind.

ROMANA: What are you?

BIROC: The shadow of my past, and of your future.

[He turns and leaves through the open doors.]

THE DOCTOR: The shadow of his past...

ROMANA: ...and of our future.

14. [Biroc runs through the whiteness again, once again in his multi-phased state, and disappears into the mists.]

15. [The Doctor is checking the controls to see what Biroc has done.]

THE DOCTOR: Romana, check those coordinates.

ROMANA: They're all locked off at zero.

THE DOCTOR: Yes. Now listen, you two stay here and hold the fort.

[Romana give him a “that's not wise look”]

THE DOCTOR: I'm going to follow Biroc. Come on K-9. K-9?

[The Doctor goes over to K-9 and pats him on the back panel.]

THE DOCTOR: Come on. He wasn't built to withstand this type of punishment. [Pats him on the head] Come on, now, come on. [He knocks on his head].

ADRIC: Maybe it was the time winds.

THE DOCTOR: Ohhh ... [Rests his head on K-9's.]

[There is a zap, and then some beeping as the Doctor uses his finger to move K-9's head up and down slightly. The Doctor's head comes up.]

THE DOCTOR: He's still alive!

[He gets up and heads for the doors.]

ROMANA: [Stopping him] Doctor.

THE DOCTOR: Yes?

ROMANA: Zero coordinates.

THE DOCTOR: Yes. Ponder on that.

[He leaves.]

ADRIC: Ponder on what?

ROMANA: Don't you see? Our N-space is positive and your E-space is negative.

ADRIC: I see. Then this must be the intersection. Well somewhere near the intersection.

ROMANA: If the Doctor can find it.

16. [Biroc continues on through the whiteness, still in a phased state.]

17. [Romana is hard at work on K-9. There is a light beeping noise as she does so.]

ADRIC: You're sure you can repair him? [No answer] What's N-space like?

ROMANA: I've just told you Adric, it's positive.

ADRIC: [Nods his head] Well I must say I'm quite looking forward to going there with you and the Doctor.

ROMANA: What if The Doctor and I went different ways?

ADRIC: But you wouldn't would you? [She sighs]

18. [The Doctor makes his way through the whiteness, following Biroc.]

19. [Romana picks up a component off of K-9 that she has removed.]

ROMANA: Now, these are parts of opps...

[The component crumbles to bits in her hands.]

ROMANA: ...memory. How're you feeling K-9?

K-9: [His eyes light up] MISCONCEPTION OF THE FUNCTIONAL NATURE OF THIS UNIT. I NEITHER FEEL NOR FIND IT NECESSARY TO EXPRESS STATES OF EFFICIENCY OR DYSFUNCTION.

ADRIC: Does that mean he feels alright?

ROMANA: [Getting up] I'll have to check.

K-9: ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONING. RECOMMEND PRIORITY TRANSFER TO 3 HUMANOID LIFEFORMS APPROACHING THE TARDIS.

ADRIC: What? He's having delusions!

20. [Lane, carrying a bulky machine that beeps regularly, Rorvik, and Packard make their way through the bright whiteness. They stop as Lane checks his readings, then the beeping increases as he homes in on the TARDIS. They continue.]

21. [Romana enters the console room from the inner part of the TARDIS carrying a bunch of dusty boxes.]

ROMANA: These stores really are the limit.

[She blows some dust at Adric who is standing watching the scanner. He coughs in response. She goes over to K-9, and puts the boxes down.]

ROMANA: Nothings catalogued. Half the shelves are empty. This is all I could find. Adric?

[She looks over, gets up and walks over to where Adric is standing.]

ROMANA: Adric.

[He motions to the scanner with his head. She looks to see Lane, Rorvik, and Packard approaching.]

ROMANA: But that's impossible! The coordinates are at zero!

K-9: PROBABILITY COMPUTES AT 0.00057, MISTRESS.

[She runs over to K-9 to listen.]

K-9: PLEASE APPLY .67 ERROR CORRECTION TO THIS ESTIMATE. ERROR IN ERROR CORRECTION ESTIMATE ESTIMATED AT .3705.

ROMANA: [Over K-9] We should do something. He'll go like this forever.

[She reaches inside K-9 and does something. He abruptly stops talking.]

K-9: CORRECTION. ALL PRESENT AND CORRECT. KING'S REGULATION BRACKETS, ARMY CLOSE BRACKETS, REPORT OF THE ORDERLY SERGEANT OF THE OFFICER OF THE DAY, DEFAULT IS MARSHALL...

[His voice gives out as his power fades, and his head droops down in response.]

ROMANA: [Pats K-9 on the head] It's all going to be all right, K-9.

ADRIC: They've got g*n! Oh, I wish the Doctor were here.

ROMANA: So do I. Oh, never mind. It's all going to be fine. I'm fully qualified [She peers into K-9] Bring me a box.

[Adric comes over and opens one, and dumps the contents out on the floor. He begins to pick through the junk that was deposited.]

22. [Elsewhere in the nothingness, Biroc has made his way to the remains of what appears to be a cathedral like structure. There's a set of heavy double doors, which Biroc stops by, admiring the structure for a minute. He pushes the doors open and enters. The Doctor comes walking up to the structure a minute after Biroc enters. He peers inside, and then follows cautiously.]

23. [Inside, what appears to be an suit of armour, although we can't see what's inside, stands supported by a stone pillar. We see Biroc enter through a door from the reflection of a rectangular mirror which is set into a wall on the other side of the room from which he has entered. He pushes open the inner doors and enters the room which doesn't look like it's been entered for a long time. Biroc looks around at all the cobwebs and dusty objects in the room. In the centre of the room is a long abandoned banquet table, with elaborate chairs all around. There are corpses in some of these chairs, all of them in the final stages of decomposition. He studies this in sadness for a moment then moves toward the mirror. He then proceeds to enter the mirror as if it were water and the chain around his wrist drops to the ground, as it refuses to go past the surface of the mirror, in front of the mirror.]

24. [Rorvik, Lane, and Packard stand outside the TARDIS. Packard circles around it, with his g*n drawn. On the other side, Packard takes his g*n and beats the butt of it against the side of the TARDIS.]

CAPTAIN RORVIK: Well?

PACKARD: It's a solid object.

CAPTAIN RORVIK: [To Lane] Check it.

LANE: [Checking his scan] These readings don't make sense.

CAPTAIN RORVIK: Oh, give me a printout.

[Lane presses a button on the device and a small strand of paper begins to print out the readings.
Rorvik grabs it and begins studying the readings.]

LANE: It's a ship.

PACKARD: What for midgets?

LANE: Or a coffin for a very large, man. [Laughs]

CAPTAIN RORVIK: Yes, all right. That's enough of that. Let's bust it open.

[They move towards the TARDIS.]

25. [At the Cathedral, the Doctor enters the ancient dining room that Biroc has just left. He approaches the table and blows at some of the cobwebs.
Brushing them away, he sets up a cup that has fallen that was on the table. He tests the table to see how sturdy it is, then he moves over to the “suit of armour”, and now we see that there is another one next to it. WE can also see that it has a skull-like appearance underneath the helmet. The Doctor blows a cobweb off of one of them, straightens out a long axe that the other one is holding, and fixes it's helmet which was not seated correctly on it's head, bl*wing the cobwebs off of it as he does so. He pats it's head gently. He goes back to the other, taps it on the chest lightly, blows some more cobwebs from it. He moves away towards the mirror. Unseen by the Doctor, the one he just tapped begins to raise it's head and move, getting a good grip on it's axe. The Doctor is examining the chain that Biroc dropped, and in the mirror we see the armoured thing approach and raise his axe in anticipation of hitting the Doctor.
It swings with all it's strength down at the Doctor...]
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