History Trivia / DoctorWhoS18E5WarriorsGate

** Creator/TomBaker was particularly tetchy due both to his ongoing illness during the seasons and the departure of his then-lover, Creator/LallaWard, from the series. It didn't help that Baker and Ward were barely on speaking terms during the shoot, with the trivia subtitles saying that Ward mostly kept to herself crocheting in a corner when she wasn't needed for a shot, and that there was only one scene in the entire four-part serial where the two make eye contact [[note]]And yet, they were engaged to be married...[[/note]]. Both he and Ward were deeply displeased with their characterisations in the initial script -- which was one of the reasons Paul Joyce became so heavily involved in the re-write. He couldn't get his stars to perform unless their script concerns were directly addressed.

** Also, the production was hit by a strike of the BBC carpenters, which further delayed matters.

** The Gundans were originally Shoguns (simply "Guns" was also considered).
** The Tharils were originally named Tharks, Thars, and Tharls. The latter was altered at a late stage on the suggestion of Ian Levine, who fretted that longtime fans would confuse it with the Thals.

* HostilityOnTheSet: A lot on this production. Between Creator/LallaWard's completely undisguised dislike for Creator/MatthewWaterhouse (shown in her much more biting delivery of dialogue to him), Creator/TomBaker and Ward's frosty relationship (betrayed in the fact that the two only make eye contact once in the entire serial), director Paul Joyce and lighting designer John Dixon's open warfare and Creator/JohnNathanTurner finally briefly firing Joyce (Joyce was rehired when it was realized he was the only one who could make heads or tails of the shooting script), it's a miracle this story ever got finished. Note that the creative tensions yielded by, basically, every front over this serial also allegedly motivated script-editor Christopher Bidmead's premature departure from the series.

* HostilityOnTheSet: A lot on this production. Between Creator/LallaWard's completely undisguised dislike for Creator/MatthewWaterhouse (shown in her much more biting delivery of dialogue to him), Creator/TomBaker and Ward's frosty relationship (betrayed in the fact that the two only make eye contact once in the entire serial), director Paul Joyce and lighting designer John Dixon's open warfare and Creator/JohnNathanTurner finally briefly firing Joyce (Joyce was rehired when it was realized he was the only one who could make heads or tails of the shooting script), it's a miracle this story ever got finished.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/LallaWard was unhappy with Romana's leaving scene, thinking it was too rushed. Creator/JohnNathanTurner supposedly "didn't want the series to turn into a {{soap opera}}"[[note]] Ironic, considering one of his ideas for the following three seasons was ongoing character-based plotlines, or "[[{{Soaperising}} soap opera]]". The idea failed because they [[AngstAversion never quite got the hang of writing organic character relationships]].[[/note]] She loathed this story as it was her last, but she was pleased that she got an open-ended departure.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/LallaWard was unhappy with Romana's leaving scene, thinking it was too rushed. Creator/JohnNathanTurner didn't want the series to turn into a {{soap opera}}. She loathed this story as it was her last, but she was pleased that she got an open-ended departure.

** Very little of Stephen Gallagher's original script remain, mostly due to tensions on the set and the director's decision to rewrite the script into something resembling an art-film. Stephen Gallagher was contracted to write the novelization and based it on his original script; however he got holy hell from the BBC over this and was forced to rewrite it to match the episode as shown. The original novelization has never seen print, and may be lost.

* InspirationForTheWork: Stephen Gallagher was influenced by a radio serial he had done in 1979 called "The Babylon Run" as well as the films of Creator/JeanCocteau, such as ''Orphee'' (1950), in which mirrors provide a gateway into another world. He also drew upon elements of ''Literature/TheDemolishedMan'' and ''Literature/TheForeverWar''.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/LallaWard was unhappy with Romana's leaving scene, thinking it was too rushed. Creator/JohnNathanTurner didn't want the series to turn into a soap opera.

* HostilityOnTheSet: A lot on this production. Between Creator/LallaWard's completely undisguised dislike for Matthew Waterhouse (shown in her much more biting delivery of dialogue to him), Tom Baker and Ward's frosty relationship (betrayed in the fact that the two only make eye contact once in the entire serial), director Paul Joyce and lighting designer John Dixon's open warfare and John Nathan Turner finally briefly firing Joyce (Joyce was rehired when it was realized he was the only one who could make heads or tails of the shooting script), it's a miracle this story ever got finished.

* HostilityOnTheSet: A lot on this production. Between Lalla Ward's completely undisguised dislike for Matthew Waterhouse (shown in her much more biting delivery of dialogue to him), Tom Baker and Ward's frosty relationship (betrayed in the fact that the two only make eye contact once in the entire serial), director Paul Joyce and lighting designer John Dixon's open warfare and John Nathan Turner finally briefly firing Joyce (Joyce was rehired when it was realized he was the only one who could make heads or tails of the shooting script), it's a miracle this story ever got finished.

* CreatorBacklash: Lalla Ward was unhappy with Romana's leaving scene, thinking it was too rushed. Creator/JohnNathanTurner didn't want the series to turn into a soap opera.

** Creator/TomBaker was particularly tetchy due both to his ongoing illness during the seasons and the departure of his then-lover, Lalla Ward, from the series. It didn't help that Baker and Ward were barely on speaking terms during the shoot, with the trivia subtitles saying that Ward mostly kept to herself crocheting in a corner when she wasn't needed for a shot, and that there was only one scene in the entire four-part serial where the two make eye contact [[note]]And yet, they were engaged to be married...[[/note]]. Both he and Ward were deeply displeased with their characterisations in the initial script — which was one of the reasons Paul Joyce became so heavily involved in the re-write. He couldn't get his stars to perform unless their script concerns were directly addressed.

* WagTheDirector: Between the esoteric plot, an auteur director, unhappy producers and the two lead actors up in arms, it's a miracle that the script is intelligible. According to director Paul Joyce, who was unprepared for Creator/TomBaker and Lalla Ward's feud, "I don't think even Creator/TomStoppard or Creator/HaroldPinter could have written a scene that would have satisfied both Tom and Lalla at that point."

** And, as if the production didn't need MORE problems, the Privateer bridge set was briefly condemned as unsafe by inspectors in the middle of the production block using it until a compromise was made that limited the number of people who could be up on its upper level at any one time.

** The story originally opened with an attack on the Privateer by an "Antonine Killer" which led to the ship becoming trapped at the Gateway.

* TroubledProduction: In addition to the difficulties surrounding the writing of this story, virtually every phase of the production of this serial was problematic. Creator/TomBaker was particularly tetchy due both to his ongoing illness during the seasons and the departure of his then-lover, Lalla Ward, from the series. It didn't help that Baker and Ward were barely on speaking terms during the shoot, with the trivia subtitles saying that Ward mostly kept to herself crocheting in a corner when she wasn't needed for a shot, and that there was only one scene in the entire four-part serial where the two make eye contact [[note]]And yet, they were engaged to be married...[[/note]]. Both he and Ward were deeply displeased with their characterisations in the initial script — which was one of the reasons Paul Joyce became so heavily involved in the re-write. He couldn't get his stars to perform unless their script concerns were directly addressed. Meanwhile, Paul Joyce had little experience directing for television, and had considerable disagreements with Creator/JohnNathanTurner and lighting director John Dixon.[[note]]It got so bad that the Blu-Ray's trivia track explicitly admitted [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope they could not quote from Dixon's report due to legal reasons]]. A snippet that was shown briefly onscreen in the 2009 making of documentary, which mostly focuses on the TroubledProduction aspects, uses the word "incompetence", which does show the outright HostilityOnTheSet between Dixon and Joyce, while a later post-mortem by Turner has Turner taking on the responsibility for hiring Joyce, citing his high recommendations as a director, but saying that he was in over his head when it came to directing television.[[/note]] Ultimately, only about half of the production was directed by Joyce, with most of the final half being tackled by credited production assistant, Creator/GraemeHarper. Also, the production was hit by a strike of the BBC carpenters, which further delayed matters. And, as if the production didn't need MORE problems, the Privateer bridge set was briefly condemned as unsafe by inspectors in the middle of the production block using it until a compromise was made that limited the number of people who could be up on its upper level at any one time.

* TroubledProduction: In addition to the difficulties surrounding the writing of this story, virtually every phase of the production of this serial was problematic. Creator/TomBaker was particularly tetchy due both to his ongoing illness during the seasons and the departure of his then-lover, Lalla Ward, from the series. Both he and Ward were deeply displeased with their characterisations in the initial script — which was one of the reasons Paul Joyce became so heavily involved in the re-write. He couldn't get his stars to perform unless their script concerns were directly addressed. Meanwhile, Paul Joyce had little experience directing for television, and had considerable disagreements with Creator/JohnNathanTurner and lighting director John Dixon. Ultimately, only about half of the production was directed by Joyce, with most of the final half being tackled by credited production assistant, Creator/GraemeHarper. Also, the production was hit by a strike of the BBC carpenters, which further delayed matters.

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* AwesomeDearBoy: Freddie Earlle accepted the role without seeing the script because he wanted so badly to do a ''Doctor Who''.

* WorkingTitle: ''Dream Time''.

** Creator/ColinBaker was on the shortlist for Oackard.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The story originally opened with an attack on the Privateer by an "Antonine Killer" which led to the ship becoming trapped at the Gateway.
** Creator/RobertHardy and Creator/DerekJacobi was considered for Rorvik.
** On the short-list for Packard were Creator/ColinBaker, John Carson, [[Series/{{Eastenders}} Tony Caunter]], [[Franchise/StarWars Kenneth Colley]], James Ellis, Ronald Fraser, Brian Glover, William Gaunt, Don Henderson, DelHenney, Glyn Houston, William Lucas, [[Series/OnTheBuses Michael Robbins]], Maurice Roëves, George Sewell, John Stratton and [[Series/HowardsWay Stephen Yardley]].

** Creator/DerekJacobi was considered for Rorvik.

** On the short-list for Packard were Creator/ColinBaker, John Carson, [[Series/Eastenders Tony Caunter]], [[Franchise/StarWars Kenneth Colley]],
James Ellis, Ronald Fraser, Brian Glover, William Gaunt, Don Henderson, DelHenney, Glyn Houston, William Lucas, [[Series/OnTheBuses Michael Robbins]], Maurice Roëves, George Sewell, John Stratton and [[Series/HowardsWay Stephen Yardley]].

** Creator/ColinBaker was amongst those considered for Packard.

* WagTheDirector: Between the esoteric plot, an auteur director, unhappy producers and the two lead actors up in arms, it's a miracle that the script is intelligible. According to director Paul Joyce, who was unprepared for Baker and Ward's feud, "I don't think even Creator/TomStoppard or Creator/HaroldPinter could have written a scene that would have satisfied both Tom and Lalla at that point."