Doctor Who (1963)

Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment

2 Entertain Video (Feb 22, 1975)

TV Series | Adventure | Drama | Science Fiction

UK | English | Color | 01:33

8.4

40,128

Digital

1 disc

Region 1

Transmitting down from Nerva Beacon, the Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry find themselves on Earth in the far future, long since abandoned by the human race. Soon it becomes clear that they are not alone: a shipwrecked crew of human astronauts are being hunted down, one by one. What is the creature that lives in the rocks, and what is the purpose of the lethal tests it is conducting? Can the Doctor ensure the safety of the Earth for the future generations of humankind?

Cast View all

	Tom Baker	Doctor Who
	William Hartnell	Dr. Who
	Jon Pertwee	Doctor Who
	Patrick Troughton	Dr. Who
	Frazer Hines	Jamie
	Nicholas Courtney	Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart
	Pat Gorman	Guard
	Elisabeth Sladen	Sarah Jane Smith
	Jacqueline Hill	Barbara Wright
	William Russell	Ian Chesterton
	Katy Manning	Jo Grant
	John Scott Martin	Dalek
	John Levene	Sergeant Benton
	Peter Davison	The Doctor
	Janet Fielding	Tegan
	John Leeson	K9
	Terry Walsh	Primitive
	Gerald Taylor	Dalek
	Robert Jewell	Dalek
	Carole Ann Ford	Susan Foreman
	Peter Hawkins	Dalek Voices
	Cy Town	Dalek Operator
	Roy Skelton	Daleks
	Wendy Padbury	Zoe
	Sarah Sutton	Nyssa

Crew View all

Director	Douglas Camfield
Director	David Maloney
Christopher Barry
Michael E. Briant
Barry Letts
Derek Martinus
Richard Martin
Michael Ferguson
Peter Moffatt
Ron Jones
Pennant Roberts
Paddy Russell
Lennie Mayne
Chris Clough
Paul Bernard
Peter Grimwade
Fiona Cumming
Timothy Combe
Michael Hayes
Morris Barry
Gerald Blake
Nicholas Mallett
Mervyn Pinfield
Waris Hussein
Hugh David
Rodney Bennett
Alan Wareing
Julia Smith
Alan Bromly
George Spenton-Foster
Writer	Donald Wilson, Robert Holmes, Terry Nation, Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker, Bob Baker, Terrance Dicks, Dave Martin, Brian Hayles, Kit Pedler
Producer	John Nathan-Turner, Barry Letts, Verity Lambert, Innes Lloyd, Graham Williams, Bob Baker, Terrance Dicks, Dave Martin, Brian Hayles, Kit Pedler, Philip Hinchcliffe, Peter Bryant, Mervyn Pinfield, John Wiles, Derrick Sherwin, Sue Kerr, Paul Vanezis, Steve Broster, Rex Tucker
Musician	Dudley Simpson, Tristram Cary, Norman Kay, Malcolm Clarke, Raymond Jones, Bob Baker, Terrance Dicks, Dave Martin, Brian Hayles, Kit Pedler, Philip Hinchcliffe, Peter Bryant, Mervyn Pinfield, John Wiles, Derrick Sherwin, Sue Kerr, Paul Vanezis, Steve Broster, Rex Tucker, Roger Limb, Stanley Myers, Peter Howell, Humphrey Searle, Brian Hodgson
Photography	Alan Jonas, Fintan Sheehan

Episodes View details

9 The Sontaran Experiment (1) 25 min | Feb 22, 1975

Earth, the distant future. Beaming down from the Nerva Beacon, the Doctor and his friends discover Earth is habitable once more. Unfortunately a robot is capturing a group of human soldiers on behalf of its mysterious alien master...

Director: Rodney Bennett

Writer: Bob Baker, Dave Martin

Guest stars: Glyn Jones, Peter Rutherford, Donald Douglas, Peter Walshe

10 The Sontaran Experiment (2) 25 min | Mar 01, 1975

Earth, the distant future. Beaming down from the Nerva Beacon, the Doctor and his friends discover Earth is habitable once more. Unfortunately a Sontaran officer is conducting tests on a group of human colonists to determine their ability to withstand a full-scale invasion...

Director: Rodney Bennett

Writer: Bob Baker, Dave Martin

Guest stars: Donald Douglas, Glyn Jones, Peter Walshe, Peter Rutherford, Brian Ellis