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| DOCTOR WHO -
THE SONTARAN EXPERIMENT |
| Distributor:
Roadshow Home Entertainment
Certificate PG
Extras:
Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Tom
Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Donald Douglas, Glyn Jones, Peter
Walshe,
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THE
LOW DOWN
The
Doctor (Tom Baker) and crew
finds a group of shipwrecked
astronauts lured by a fake
distress call from an alien
conducting gruesome experiments
on human physical and mental
endurance as a prelude to an
invasion of Earth!
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THE
VERDICT
First
screened in 1975 The Sontaran Experiment
is prime era Tom Baker,
something of an experiment not
just with the story but the
filming as well, the first two
parter for over ten years and
also the first story completely
shot outside the studio on
videotape. Something of a
companion piece to The Ark in
Space, set in the same time
period and written by the always
good value Bob Baker and Dave
Martin you do get the impression
that The Sontaran Experiment is
not to be taken too seriously.
The plot doesn't quite hold up -
after all why would the Sontaran
battle fleet not bother invading
a seemingly uninhabited earth, preferring
instead to spend most of one
episode debating how well human
kind could withstand an
attack.
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The
action and excitement level is
well maintained throughout the
story, watch out too for the
obvious stand in for Baker in
the action scenes, the fourth
doctor had actually broken a
collar bone early in the filming
and was obviously unable to take
part in anything more strenuous
than jelly baby eating. A good
addition to the range.
THE
EXTRAS
Commentary
by Elisabeth Sladen, Producer
Philip Hinchcliffe, and Writer
Bob Baker; Built For War
documentary - the genesis and
development of the Sontaran race
through the history of the
series; Photo Gallery;
Production Subtitles and
Digitally remastered picture and
sound quality
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