Warsong

Thalleous and Omega meet

Warsong was the third serial of season 21b

## Synopsis

"He's one of my own race, Turlough. One of the originals."

Ardonia: A planet isolated from the rest of the universe. This world is on the brink of war, and matters aren't helped when two strangers arrive on the planet.

The Doctor and Turlough are soon at the mercy of a vicious tyrant and his alien ally - and are soon to find out about the awesome power of the Warsong

## Plot

### Episode 1

In the Sendaris palace, a deserter is to be executed by the orders of Thalleous Sendaris; however, the deserter escapes. Taking with him a vital piece of the "Warsong", a new weapon in the war against the Voltaris. Thalleous angrily calls for the deserter's entire bloodline to be executed as retribution

After clearing up the situation on Raghi, the Doctor suggests to Turlough that they should take a break and visit the planet of Abydos for some relaxation, however, they are picked up by a mysterious force in the Vortex and sent into a seemingly empty part of space.

The TARDIS arrives and after stepping out of the TARDIS, the Doctor and Turlough discover that there is an entire world in the seemingly empty space; asking the first person they find, a merchant of peas, they discover that the planet is called "Ardonia". That is when a group of figures attack the town that they have landed in; the Voltaris have arrived.

Meanwhile, in the Sendaris palace, Thalleous is sitting in a room called "The War Room", that is when a mysterious figure appears to him, one that Thalleous knows of old. The figure calls itself the Arbiter and says that foreign demons called "The Doctor" and "Turlough" have arrived during a Voltaris attack. When Thalleous asks what to do with them, The Arbiter suggests a novel solution; have them killed and make it look like they were killed by the Voltaris.

The Doctor and Turlough are nearly captured by the Voltaris, however, they are "rescued" by soldiers of the Sendaris, however, they haven't been sent to rescue them. They've been sent to kill them.

### Episode 2

Just before the soldiers can kill them, The Doctor and Turlough are rescued by a most mysterious group, felinas rebels. The felinas resemble humans, but with cat-like features (such as cat ears, whisker-like beards, and cat paws). They have gone against Thalleous Sendaris after realizing that he is a tyrant. They ask the Doctor if he really was sent to stop him. The Doctor answers somewhat truthfully yes, but wonders if he was brought to Ardonia to stop him.

The Arbiter appears again, and he isn't very happy. He tells Thalleous that the foreign devils were rescued by felinas rebels. Thalleous then asks if he should send troops. The Arbiter says no, he has his own tricks.

While the Doctor and Turlough are getting comfortable, trouble breaks; mysterious ghouls have materialized within the felinas camp. Whenever one touches something it vanishes, and they're heading straight for the Doctor. The Doctor is captured but Turlough manages to escape.

The Doctor finds himself in the Sendaris palace, he is captured by Sendaris guards and brought before Thalleous Sendaris. He is placed in the very same place that the deserter was. That is when Thalleous gives the order to execute the Doctor. The executioner steps forward and stabs the Doctor in the back, The Doctor has been killed

### Episode 3

The Doctor's body is thrown out of the palace, however, he wakes up remarking his luck that he has two hearts instead of one, the Doctor faked death so that he could figure out who made the "ghouls", which the Doctor finds familiar.

Thalleous Sendaris is again visited by the figure; he angrily shouts that the Doctor is still alive and to capture his companion to use him as bait

The felinas camp is a wreck afterward, however, the felinas have gotten even more spirit from this. They decide to ally themselves with the Voltaris and attack the Sendaris palace. However, on the way there, they are attacked by more of the ghouls and Turlough is taken.

The Doctor finds his way back into the Sendaris palace and finds the War Room, however, he also finds Turlough strapped to what appears to be an anti-proton gun, however, Thalleous enters the room and corrects him. It is the Warsong, a device by the Arbiter himself. Just then the "Arbiter" appears in the War Room, however, the Doctor recognizes him by another name

Omega

### Episode 4

Just then the felinas and the Voltaris attack, in the confusion the Doctor is able to remove Turlough from the Warsong; however, he is unable to disable it in time and it is used on some of the Voltaris, causing them to rot and then disintegrate.

Thalleous Sendaris confers with his advisors: Galleous, Ossivan, and Shenma. He tells them that the Warsong worked and that they can use it to stop the Voltaris threat. The figure of Omega stands nearby, watching as the Sendaris advisors agree to use the Warsong; however, what they don't know is that it will make the entire planet of Ardonia into a world similar to that of Omega's anti-matter dimension

The Doctor and Turlough find the deserter (who is named Vorstrian) and make an agreement to stop Omega, however, they are captured by Sendaris soldiers and brought before Omega; who says that the Doctor is a stupid child to keep on fighting him. However, the Doctor manages to use the device that Vorstrian stole to destabilize Omega's disguise and the Sendaris soldiers flee, allowing them to escape.

They find themselves in the Warsong control room; Omega and Thalleous appear before them, with Omega attempting to kill the Doctor while Thalleous fights Vorstrian, however, Turlough is able to use the Warsong on Omega; seemingly destroying him and giving the Doctor the chance to overload the Warsong's circuits. However, before he can ensure Omega's demise he is taken out of time by a mysterious figure and told that the war with the Voltaris must continue for it is a part of recorded history. The Doctor and Turlough are rescued by the figure, who returns them to the TARDIS before the Warsong explodes. The Doctor and Turlough then decide to leave Ardonia for their original destination, Abydos.

Thalleous wakes up, having cheated death due to a piece of Omega's technology. However, one of his advisors; Shenma, has been killed. He curses the Doctor, his species, and any companions of them to death; an order that will last for 100 after his death. After the order is given Omega's voice pierces the silence and Shenma sits up, or rather the body of Shenma, who now has yellow glowing eyes, he laughs with Omega's laugh and Thalleous joins in.

Omega has found a new body.

## Characters

* The Doctor
* Vislor Turlough
* Thalleous Sendaris
* Omega
* Vorstrian
* Galleous
* Ossivan
* Shenma
* the mysterious figure

## Notes

* Ardonia would be re-visited fifty years later in the BBC show "Category War". Taking up an entire season, the "Battle for Ardonia" was set fifty years after the events of Warsong
* A full sequel for Warsong would be made in the form of "Song of Death" - which saw the demise of Thalleous and, seemingly, the demise of Omega.

## Continuity

* The Doctor and Turlough have just left Raghi (Lords of the Storm)
* Omega recognizes the Doctor (The Three Doctors, Arc of Infinity, Omega)
* The Doctor would return to Ardonia (briefly) in (...Slowly Sings the Seeds of Death...). He would drop off Fitz on Ardonia and then leave for London in the 2000s.