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The Sontaran Experiment: Part One
Broadcast: Sunday 21st March 1999
11:18pm-11:43pm PST (07:18 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 19th March 1999:
KTEH 54 San Jose, CA
http://www.kteh.org/
Sunday at 9PM PST The War Machines all 4 episodes, restored version
Sunday at 11:18PM PST The Sontaran Experiment both episodes

The humans manage to create a computer called WOTAN that can think for itself. The only problem is that it thinks everything would be a lot better off if it was running the show! So, you guessed it, it sets out to conquer the world using its deadly War Machines. I was never worried, though. After all, WOTAN couldn't even get my name right! And have I told you about the time that I fought a Sontaran in the far future? I have? Oh, well... next! (see WYBE)