Doctor Who: E-Space Trilogy

This beloved three-part epic begins with Full Circle as the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and the TARDIS arrive on the planet Alzarius, where, with the inhabitants of a crashed Starliner and a group of young rebels called the Outlers, they are terrorized by a race of Marshmen. In State of Decay, a bloody battle ensues when the Doctor faces off against the wicked Great Vampire. Warrior's Gate concludes the trilogy with the hijacking of the TARDIS to a strange white void that appears inescapable-but is it? Fan-thrilling extras include commentary with actor Matthew Waterhouse and writer Andrew Smith; exclusive featurettes; digital remastering; and much more.

Full Circle
The TARDIS falls through a CVE into E-Space and arrives on the planet Alzarius. There the inhabitants of a crashed Starliner and a group of young rebels called the Outlers, led by a boy named Varsh and including his brother Adric, are being terrorised by a race of Marshmen who emerge from the marshes at a time known as Mistfall.
The Doctor discovers that the Starliner's inhabitants are not the descendants of its original crew, as has been claimed by their leaders the Deciders, but evolved Marshmen. With the Time Lord's help and encouragement, the Starliner is repaired and able to leave the planet.

State of Decay
The Doctor, Romana, K9 and Adric - an Outler from Alzarius who has stowed away aboard the TARDIS - arrive on a planet where the native villagers live in fear of 'the Wasting' and of three Lords named Zargo, Camilla and Aukon who rule from an imposing Tower. The Lords are soon revealed to be vampire servants of the last of the Great Vampires, a race referred to in Time Lord mythology.
The Great Vampire is about to be revived from its resting place beneath the Tower - in fact the spaceship in which the Lords, in their original human forms, came to E-Space - but the Doctor launches one of the ship's three shuttle craft and it pierces the heart of the creature, killing it. The Lords, deprived of their master, crumble to dust.

Warrior's Gate
The TARDIS is hijacked in the vortex by a time sensitive Tharil named Biroc, and brought to a strange white void. Biroc wants to free the others of his race who are being transported in a slave ship, captained by Rorvik, which is also trapped in the void. The only other thing present in the void is an ancient gateway leading to a decrepit banqueting hall.
This is the domain of the Tharils, who in a previous time were cruel masters to their human slaves but have now repented. The humans built the Gundan robots to kill the Tharils, and this led to the latter race's downfall.
Rorvik tries to break through the gateway, and thereby gain access to N-Space, by blasting it with his engines. The blast is simply reflected back, however, destroying the ship and freeing its prisoners.
Romana and K9 elect to remain in E-Space to help liberate the remainder of the Tharil race, while the TARDIS - now occupied only by the Doctor and Adric - is able to return to N-Space.

Full Circle

Directed by Peter Grimwade
Costumes by Amy Roberts
Executive Produced by Barry Letts
Incidental Music by Paddy Kingsland
Produced by John Nathan-Turner
Script Editing by Christopher H Bidmead
Title Music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Peter Howell
Visual Effects by John Brace
Written by Andrew Smith

State of Decay

Directed by Peter Moffatt
Costumes by Amy Roberts
Executive Produced by Barry Letts
Film Editing by John Lee
Incidental Music by Paddy Kingsland
Produced by John Nathan-Turner
Script Editing by Christopher H Bidmead
Title Music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Peter Howell
Visual Effects by Tony Harding
Written by Terrance Dicks

Warrior’s Gate

Directed by Paul Joyce
Costumes by June Hudson
Executive Produced by Barry Letts
Produced by John Nathan-Turner
Script Editing by Christopher H Bidmead
Title Music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Peter Howell
Visual Effects by Mat Irvine
Written by Steve Gallagher

This story features the largest quantities of blood ever seen in a Doctor Who story - by a considerable margin!

For the only time during his era as the Doctor, Tom Baker had to have his hair permed before filming commenced. It had lost its natural curl due to the actor being in ill health.