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Doctor Who - The Sontaran Experiment (Episode 77)

starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter

: Doctor Who - The Sontaran Experiment (Episode 77)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794051285928
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Restored, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 06, 2007
Running Time: 50 minutes
Sales Rank: 6797
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1975



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Product Description:
The Doctor (Tom Baker) Sarah Jane and Harry return from the space station Nerva to Earth 10000 years in the future. The desolate landscape that once was the site of Piccadilly Circus has become the testing ground for the human race.Running Time: 50 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 794051285928 Manufacturer No: E2859

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One of the more suspenseful stories of the Tom Baker-era Doctor Who, 1975's The Sontaran Experiment pits the Time Lord and his companions against a ruthless alien carrying out experiments on the survivors of a decimated Earth. The first Doctor Who serial to be shot entirely on location (in Dartmoor) and solely with video cameras, The Sontaran Experiment picks up where the previous serial, The Ark in Space, left off, with Baker's Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) and Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter, who also wrote the serial's novelization) visiting a future Earth abandoned by its inhabitants save for a small band of space colonists who are being hunted by an unseen force and its robot servant. The alien – a Sontaran warrior (the race was previously encountered in the Jon Pertwee serial The Time Warrior) – is capturing the colonists and subjecting them to horrifying medical and psychological experiments, and the Doctor and friends soon find themselves among its new test subjects. A short (only two episodes) but gripping and effective story, The Sontaran Experiment has received its share of positive and negative reviews from the fan community, but remains an entertaining entry from the Baker years. The single-disc DVD of The Sontaran Experiment offers surprisingly fewer extras than other recent Doctor Who releases; commentary is provided by Sladen, producer Philip Hinchcliffe, and co-writer Bob Baker, while a featurette, 'Built for War,' traces the history of the Sontarans via interviews with Sladen, Baker, sixth Doctor Colin Baker, writer Terrance Dicks, and others. A brief photo gallery and the by-now standard production notes subtitle option round out the extras. -- Paul Gaita



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - By far, not the best episode
I'm surprised anyone would rate this episode above a 2 or 3.

First) The episode is ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - 2nd Appearance of the Dreaded Sontarans
This episode marks the first meeting between the 4th Doctor, and the dreaded Sontarans, as well as ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Sontarans look like Russett Mr. Potatoheads!
This one is a really great episode, one of my personal favorites. Tom Baker plays Doctor Who and Sarah ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A SHORT ONE, BUT WORTHWHILE NONETHELESS.
"The Sontaran Experiment" is an interesting two-part serial from Tom Baker's first season as the Doctor, ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Love Sontarans
Sarah Jane's neon yellow jacket, the Doctor's broken collarbone and some great scenery make this memorable. ... Read More

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