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Sontarans
The Sontarans ( ) are a fictional race of extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial humanoids principally portrayed in the British science fiction on television, science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. A warrior race characterised by their ruthlessness and fearlessness of death, they were conceived by writer and future story editor Robert Holmes (screenwriter), Robert Holmes and first appeared in the 1973 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Time Warrior''. Characteristics Culture The Sontarans are a race of humanoids with a stocky build, greenish brown skin, a distinctive dome-shaped head, and they have only three fingers on each hand, though some members of their species do have five fingers. Their musculature is designed for load-bearing rather than leverage, because of the high gravity on their home planet. Ross Jenkins in "The Sontaran Stratagem" describes the main Sontaran villain, General Staal, as resembling "a talking baked potato", whilst in sequel episode "The Pois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sontarans 2008
The Sontarans ( ) are a fictional race of extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial humanoids principally portrayed in the British science fiction on television, science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. A warrior race characterised by their ruthlessness and fearlessness of death, they were conceived by writer and future story editor Robert Holmes (screenwriter), Robert Holmes and first appeared in the 1973 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Time Warrior''. Characteristics Culture The Sontarans are a race of humanoids with a stocky build, greenish brown skin, a distinctive dome-shaped head, and they have only three fingers on each hand, though some members of their species do have five fingers. Their musculature is designed for load-bearing rather than leverage, because of the high gravity on their home planet. Ross Jenkins in "The Sontaran Stratagem" describes the main Sontaran villain, General Staal, as resembling "a talking baked potato", whilst in sequel episode "The Pois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sontaran
The Sontarans ( ) are a fictional race of extraterrestrial humanoids principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. A warrior race characterised by their ruthlessness and fearlessness of death, they were conceived by writer and future story editor Robert Holmes and first appeared in the 1973 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Time Warrior''. Characteristics Culture The Sontarans are a race of humanoids with a stocky build, greenish brown skin, a distinctive dome-shaped head, and they have only three fingers on each hand, though some members of their species do have five fingers. Their musculature is designed for load-bearing rather than leverage, because of the high gravity on their home planet. Ross Jenkins in "The Sontaran Stratagem" describes the main Sontaran villain, General Staal, as resembling "a talking baked potato", whilst in sequel episode "The Poison Sky", Colonel Alan Mace likens the Sontarans to "trolls". Sontarans come from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutan Host
Rutans are a fictional Extraterrestrial life in popular culture, extraterrestrial race from the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. They have been at war with the Sontaran, Sontaran Empire for more than 50,000 years, (though another account claimed 10,000 years, though it is not known whether this Rutan was using a human timescale) and this war dominates both cultures to the exclusion of all else. The Sontaran-Rutan war has never been depicted on television, but has featured in spin-off media. The Rutans only appeared on television in the serial ''Horror of Fang Rock'', in which a single Rutan is encountered, though they are mentioned in some serials featuring Sontarans (''The Time Warrior'', ''The Sontaran Experiment'', ''The Two Doctors'' and "The Poison Sky", as well as ''The Last Sontaran'' and ''Enemy of the Bane'' episodes of the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''). Characteristics In their natural forms, Rutans resemble large green ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Of The Sontarans
"War of the Sontarans", prefixed frequently with either "Chapter Two" or "''Flux''", is the second episode of the thirteenth series of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', and of the six-episode serial known collectively as ''Doctor Who: Flux''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 7 November 2021. It was written by showrunner and executive producer Chris Chibnall, and directed by Jamie Magnus Stone. The episode stars Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, alongside Mandip Gill and John Bishop as her companions, Yasmin Khan and Dan Lewis, respectively. Plot The Doctor, Dan, and Yaz are transported to Sevastopol during the Crimean War, where they all briefly meet Mary Seacole before Yaz and Dan are transported away through time. The Doctor is unable to enter her TARDIS to track and find them. Remaining in Sevastopol, the Doctor realizes the British opponents during the war are now the Sontarans, with all traces of China and Russia replaced with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poison Sky
"The Poison Sky" is the fifth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was broadcast on BBC One on 3 May 2008. The episode features both former companion Martha Jones and the alien Sontarans. It is the second of a two-part story; the first part, "The Sontaran Stratagem", was broadcast on 26 April. Continuing from the previous episode, "The Poison Sky" reveals the poisonous gas that is choking the Earth's atmosphere is intended as a way of feeding new batches of Sontaran clones that would be bred on Earth for war. Plot 400 million cars on Earth equipped with ATMOS devices are suffocating humanity with poisonous gas. Sylvia frees Wilfred from her car by breaking the windscreen. The Tenth Doctor tells Donna's family to get inside and seal the windows and doors as best they can. He and Donna return to the ATMOS factory, where the Doctor warns UNIT not to engage the Sontarans. The Doctor tells Donna to stay in the TARDIS for her own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sontaran Stratagem
"The Sontaran Stratagem" is the fourth episode of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as The Doctor. The episode was broadcast on BBC One on 26 April 2008. The episode and its sequel, "The Poison Sky", were written by Helen Raynor, who previously wrote the linked episodes "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks" in the third series. "The Sontaran Stratagem" features the first appearance of the alien Sontarans to the series since the 1985 Colin Baker story ''The Two Doctors'', as well as former companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), last seen in "Last of the Time Lords." The episode takes place on present-day Earth, where Martha and UNIT summon the Doctor (David Tennant) for assistance concerning ATMOS, a revolutionary piece of green technology installed in 400 million cars worldwide. ATMOS is later revealed to be part of a Sontaran plot to poison t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Doctors
''The Two Doctors'' is the fourth serial of the Doctor Who (season 22), 22nd season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in three weekly parts on BBC One, BBC1 from 16 February to 2 March 1985. The serial is set on an alien space station and in and around Seville. In the serial, the alien Time travel in fiction, time traveller the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker), his former travelling Companion (Doctor Who), companion Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) and his current companion Peri Brown (Nicola Bryant) work to save the younger Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) from the biogeneticist Dastari (Laurence Payne), who intends to steal the knowledge of how to travel in time from the Second Doctor's genetic make-up. This serial marks Troughton's final appearance as the Second Doctor before his death in 1987. Plot The Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon land the TARDIS on board space station, Space Station Camera in the Third Zone on a missio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Sontaran
''The Last Sontaran'' is the first serial of the second series of the British science fiction television series ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. The first part of the two-part story aired on BBC One on 29 September 2008, with the second part premiering immediately after the first on the CBBC channel. This serial marks the departure of Maria Jackson, played by Yasmin Paige. Plot Sarah Jane, Maria, Luke, and Clyde investigate strange lights sighted near the village of Goblin's Copse, where a radio telescope observatory is located. When they discover Professor Nicholas Skinner, who runs the observatory, has gone missing in the woods, Luke and Clyde search for him. They discover Sontaran Commander Kaagh, the sole survivor of an invasion force involving the infiltration of Earth's cars that was otherwise destroyed, and his space pod. Sarah Jane and Maria gather at the pod, where Kaagh confesses he contrived the lights to draw the Professor out of the observatory. Professor Skinner r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vanquishers
"The Vanquishers", prefixed frequently with either "Chapter Six" or "''Flux''", is the sixth and final episode of the thirteenth series of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', and of the six-episode serial known collectively as ''Doctor Who: Flux''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 5 December 2021. It was written by showrunner and executive producer Chris Chibnall, and directed by Azhur Saleem. The episode stars Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, alongside Mandip Gill and John Bishop as her companions, Yasmin Khan and Dan Lewis, respectively. Plot The Doctor runs from Swarm, taking Tecteun's Ood with her. Swarm and Azure advance on her but the Doctor takes off her conversion plate and, as Swarm touches her, is split into three copies among the Division spacecraft, Bel's ship, and the Liverpool tunnels. On the Division spacecraft, Azure attempts to return the Doctor's missing memories to her using the fob watch. The Doctor refuses to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Invasion Of Time
''The Invasion of Time'' is the sixth and final serial of the 15th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 4 February to 11 March 1978. It features the final appearance of Louise Jameson as the companion Leela. In the serial, the Vardans break the defences of Gallifrey to allow the Sontarans to invade and control the power of the Time Lords. Plot To the confusion of Leela and K9, the Fourth Doctor has a covert meeting with aliens before taking his companions to the Citadel at Gallifrey. Once there, he lays claim to the vacant Presidency as his right by Time Lord law—he is the only candidate, as established in the story ''The Deadly Assassin''. While reviewing the presidential suite, he orders it lined with lead. During his induction ceremony, the Crown of Rassilon seems to reject him, and he's injured. Leela is accused of having attacked him, when in fact she tried to help him, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint, And Strax
Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint, and Strax (informally known as the Paternoster Gang, together with the Doctor), are a trio of recurring fictional characters in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', created by Steven Moffat and portrayed, respectively, by Neve McIntosh, Catrin Stewart, and Dan Starkey. The three characters first appear in the sixth series episode "A Good Man Goes to War." Madame Vastra (a Silurian) and Jenny Flint (a human) are a married couple. In later stories we see them living in London during the 19th century. Strax, a Sontaran, is seen in his first appearance to be acting as a nurse, caring for wounded soldiers on another planet. They are all recruited by the Eleventh Doctor to help him rescue Amy Pond. Despite the success of the effort, Strax apparently dies in the battle. He is, however, shown to be awakened by Vastra and Flint a couple of days later, in the webisode "The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later"; he then became their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sontaran Experiment
''The Sontaran Experiment'' is the third serial of the Doctor Who (season 12), 12th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was originally broadcast on BBC1 on 22 February and 1 March 1975. The serial is set on Earth more than 10,000 years in the future, immediately after the events of ''The Ark in Space''. In the serial, the Sontaran Field Major Styre (Kevin Lindsay) performs experiments on humans he trapped there as part of the Sontarans' invasion stratagem. Plot Following on from ''The Ark in Space'', the Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, and Harry Sullivan (Doctor Who), Harry Sullivan Teleportation, teleport down from the Nerva space station to Earth, ostensibly uninhabited. However, the system is not functioning well, and the Doctor begins repairing it. The other two explore the surrounding area, but Harry falls down a crevasse and Sarah goes to seek the Doctor's help. He is nowhere in sight. Roth, an astronaut, finds Sarah. He is obvio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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