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{{quote|One good solid hope's worth a cart-load of certainties.|'''The Doctor'''}}
{{quote|One good solid hope's worth a cart-load of certainties.|'''The Doctor'''}}


The Doctor, Romana, K-9 and Adric are still stuck in [[Doctor Who/Recap/S18 E3 Full Circle|E-Space]]. While they're trying to figure out a way back into N-Space (our universe), the TARDIS is hijacked by a lion-headed [[Humanoid Alien]] that walks in through the TARDIS doors ''while the TARDIS is still in flight''. The alien brings the TARDIS to land, announces that his name is Biroc and that they should not trust the people they are about to meet, and departs as mysteriously as he came.
The Doctor, Romana, K-9 and Adric are still stuck in [[Doctor Who/Recap/S18/E03 Full Circle|E-Space]]. While they're trying to figure out a way back into N-Space (our universe), the TARDIS is hijacked by a lion-headed [[Humanoid Alien]] that walks in through the TARDIS doors ''while the TARDIS is still in flight''. The alien brings the TARDIS to land, announces that his name is Biroc and that they should not trust the people they are about to meet, and departs as mysteriously as he came.


Our heroes find themselves in a featureless white void, empty except for the TARDIS, a stranded spaceship (whose crew, led by Captain Rorvik, are indeed untrustworthy), and an incongruous ruined stone building.
Our heroes find themselves in a featureless white void, empty except for the TARDIS, a stranded spaceship (whose crew, led by Captain Rorvik, are indeed untrustworthy), and an incongruous ruined stone building.
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It turns out that the void is some kind of [[Pocket Dimension]] that is on (or, perhaps, somehow ''is'') the boundary between N-Space and E-Space. When they eventually find the way out, consequently, our heroes are able to choose which way out to go. The Doctor and Adric return to N-Space in the TARDIS, while Romana and K-9 decide to return to E-Space and help Biroc in his continuing quest.
It turns out that the void is some kind of [[Pocket Dimension]] that is on (or, perhaps, somehow ''is'') the boundary between N-Space and E-Space. When they eventually find the way out, consequently, our heroes are able to choose which way out to go. The Doctor and Adric return to N-Space in the TARDIS, while Romana and K-9 decide to return to E-Space and help Biroc in his continuing quest.


=== Tropes ===
== Tropes ==


* [[Almost-Dead Guy]]: "The secret to the gateway is... [thud]"
* [[Almost-Dead Guy]]: "The secret to the gateway is... [thud]"
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* [[Grey and Gray Morality]]: Between the Privateer crew and the Tharils. Rorvik and his crew have the air of [[Punch Clock Villain|ordinary people just doing their job]]. Of course, that job is ''slavers'', but as it turns out, the Tharils themselves were slavers of humans in the past.
* [[Grey and Gray Morality]]: Between the Privateer crew and the Tharils. Rorvik and his crew have the air of [[Punch Clock Villain|ordinary people just doing their job]]. Of course, that job is ''slavers'', but as it turns out, the Tharils themselves were slavers of humans in the past.
* [[Hand Signals]]: Romana tells Adric not to come out if she gives the danger signal...then mimes putting her hands up.
* [[Hand Signals]]: Romana tells Adric not to come out if she gives the danger signal...then mimes putting her hands up.
* [[Humans Are Bastards]]
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]
* [[I Choose to Stay]]: Romana
* [[I Choose to Stay]]: Romana
* [[Ironic Echo]]: The weak enslave themselves.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: The weak enslave themselves.

Latest revision as of 16:35, 22 October 2016


Here's some scenery, for those that think they need scenery.
One good solid hope's worth a cart-load of certainties.
—The Doctor

The Doctor, Romana, K-9 and Adric are still stuck in E-Space. While they're trying to figure out a way back into N-Space (our universe), the TARDIS is hijacked by a lion-headed Humanoid Alien that walks in through the TARDIS doors while the TARDIS is still in flight. The alien brings the TARDIS to land, announces that his name is Biroc and that they should not trust the people they are about to meet, and departs as mysteriously as he came.

Our heroes find themselves in a featureless white void, empty except for the TARDIS, a stranded spaceship (whose crew, led by Captain Rorvik, are indeed untrustworthy), and an incongruous ruined stone building.

Many confusing things happen. And Adric flips coins a lot.

It turns out that the void is some kind of Pocket Dimension that is on (or, perhaps, somehow is) the boundary between N-Space and E-Space. When they eventually find the way out, consequently, our heroes are able to choose which way out to go. The Doctor and Adric return to N-Space in the TARDIS, while Romana and K-9 decide to return to E-Space and help Biroc in his continuing quest.

Tropes

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