Built for War: The Sontaran Story (documentary): Difference between revisions

'''Built for War''' was a documentary that covered, the genesis of the [[Sontaran]] race, throughout the televised stories and a special ''Doctor Who'' and [[Jim'll Fix It]] episode. It featured excerpts from the various episodes. The documentary is notable as it was presented as a report for the Sontaran Command by Squad Commander Gron, which is set just after the events of [[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]''. The documentary was included on the DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]''.  

Actors and writers discussed the various appearances and stories which featured the Sontarans. Writer and Script editor [[Terrance Dicks]] talked about the creator of the Sontaran race, [[Robert Holmes]] and the development of the first episode to feature the Sontarans, [[DW]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'', while actress [[Elisabeth Sladen]] talked about [[Kevin Lindsay]] who portrayed [[Linx]], the first Sontaran seen on screen and her experiences filming both [[DW]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]''. Writer [[Bob Baker]] talked about the development of [[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'' and stuntman [[Stuart Fell]] talked about filming of the same story, when Kevin Lindsay could not film some scenes.  

[[Anthony Read]] talked about the development of [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' and Stuart Fell talked about playing a Sontaran. [[Colin Baker]] and [[Script editor]] [[Eric Saward]] talk about the development of [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' and the merits of [[Jim'll Fix It]]: ''[[A Fix with Sontarans]]''. Terrance Dicks mentioned the fact that, the Sontarans were a satire of Militarism and empire building.

* [[DW]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]''

* [[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]''

* [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]''

* [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]''