th ▁War riors , ▁a ▁gen et ically ▁engine ered ▁insect oid ▁race ▁who ▁acted ▁as ▁inter stell ar ▁law ▁enfor cers . ▁The ▁war ▁against ▁the ▁Me eps ▁came ▁to ▁an ▁end ▁with ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁Me ep ▁arm ada ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Y arr as , ▁but ▁Be ep , ▁the ▁Me eps ' ▁r uler , ▁escaped . ▁Be ep ' s ▁ship ▁was ▁purs ued ▁and ▁shot ▁down ▁over ▁Earth ▁where ▁it ▁crash ▁land ed ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁city ▁of ▁Black castle . ▁Be ep ▁sought ▁refuge ▁with ▁two ▁school children , ▁using ▁his ▁f uz zy ▁appearance ▁to ▁mas qu erade ▁as ▁a ▁ha pl ess , ▁har ml ess ▁creature ▁being ▁h unted ▁by ▁the ▁r uth less ▁W rar th . ▁It ▁was ▁in ▁this ▁gu ise ▁that ▁he ▁encountered ▁the ▁Four th ▁Doctor , ▁who ▁protected ▁him ▁from ▁the ▁W rar th ▁until ▁Be ep ' s ▁true ▁nature ▁was ▁revealed ▁to ▁him . ▁He ▁hyp not ised ▁some ▁people ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁use ▁them ▁to ▁repair ▁his ▁spaces hip , ▁dec iding ▁to ▁take ▁off ▁in ▁a ▁hyper - space ▁jump , ▁even ▁though ▁this ▁would ▁destroy ▁Black pool . ▁The ▁Doctor ▁then ▁a ided ▁the ▁W rar th ▁in ▁app reh ending ▁Be ep , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁taken ▁away ▁to ▁face ▁justice . ▁ ▁Be ep ▁the ▁Me ep ' s ▁weapon ▁of ▁choice ▁was ▁black ▁star ▁radiation , ▁which ▁he ▁used ▁both ▁as ▁a ▁power ▁source ▁for ▁his ▁spaces