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The Sontaran Experiment: Movie Version
Broadcast: Saturday 12th December 1998
5:00pm-6:00pm EST (22:00 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Tom Baker, Ian Marter, Elisabeth Sladen, Kevin Lindsay

The Doctor, Harry and Sarah find Earth is a desolate wilderness. They meet a group of stranded human colonists who are being hunted by a robot and experimented upon by its master.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 11th December 1998:
BBC America - cable / Dish Network channel 135 - http://www.bbcamerica.com/
Saturday at 5PM EST, Sunday at 2PM - The Sontaran Experiment - movie version
The 4th Doctor, Sarah, and Harry transmat from Nerva to Earth to determine if it's habitable for humanity. They find a potato-headed alien torturing humans to evaluate their suitability for conquest. Edited for commercials. Scheduled to run 1 hour.