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The Sontaran Experiment: Part One
Broadcast: Saturday 20th February 1999
3:00pm-3:30pm AEDT (04:00 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 19th February 1999:
FOXTEL's UK-TV
http://www.foxtel.com.au/
Saturday at 1PM, Sunday at 2 and 8AM The Time Warrior all 4 episodes
Saturday at 3PM, Sunday at 4 and 10AM The Sontaran Experiment both episodes
Monday through Friday at 11:30PM The Invasion of Time episodes 2 to 6 of 6

More Who Files. Weekend viewers can enjoy the first two Sontaran stories. In the weekday episodes, the 4th Doctor has claimed the Presidency of Gallifrey, but can he be trusted with it? Even Leela has trouble trusting the Doctor when he behaves as he does in this twisting adventure. It's also Leela's last appearance, so maybe her suspicions are justified.