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|individual name = Styre
|species = Sontaran
|alias = Field Major Styre
|origin = [[Sontar]]
|race = [[Sontaran]]
|only = The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)
|home planet = [[Sontar]]
|actor = Kevin Lindsay
|home era = [[Humanian Era]]
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|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]''
'''Styre''', or '''Styr''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment (novelisation)|The Sontaran Experiment]]'') was a [[Sontaran]] [[Field Major]] with the [[G3 Military Assessment Survey]]. He served and reported to a [[Marshal (The Sontaran Experiment)|Marshal]].
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'''Styre''' was a [[Sontaran]] [[Field Major]] with the [[G3 Military Assessment Survey]]. He reported to an unnamed [[Marshal (The Sontaran Experiment)|Marshal]].
== Biography ==
In [[16087]], Styre was ordered by the [[Grand Strategic Council]] to make an assessment of [[human]] physical limitations. He lured eight [[human]] soldiers from [[GalSec]] to an abandoned [[Earth]] to subject them to experiments. Amongst the things he tested were human reaction to [[fear]], muscular strength, and the human breast cage resistance to pressure, using a [[gravity bar]]. Styre also noted that humans were highly dependent on fluids and if they did not drink, they started to lose mental and motor skills in as few as three days. He thought this should be exploited.


At some point he was ordered by the [[Grand Strategic Council]] to make an assessment of human physical limitations.
While he was conducting his experiments, the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]], and [[Harry Sullivan]] [[transmat]]ted down to Earth from the orbiting [[Space Station Nerva]]. Upon first encountering Styre, Sarah expressed that he bore a strong resemblance to another Sontaran she had previously encountered, [[Linx]].  
:''Apparently Styre's mission was of some urgence, as it was noted by his superior that "the entire invasion fleet" was held up by his delay. The Doctor claimed they were probably going to invade the entire [[Mutter's Spiral]].''


For this purpose, he lured 8 [[human]] soldiers from [[GalSec]] to an abandoned [[Earth]] in order to subject them to a number of experiments. Amongst the things he tested were their reaction to fear, muscular strength, and the resistance to pressure on the human breast case, using a [[gravity bar]]. Styre particularly noted that humans were highly dependent on fluids and if they did not drink they started to lose mental and motor skills in as little as 3 days, which he thought should be exploited.
The Doctor convinced Styre that his experiments had actually been conducted on an inferior sub-class of humans. The Doctor, purporting to represent a true human, then engaged him in combat. At the same time, following the Doctor's instructions, Harry secretly sabotaged [[Styre's ship]] by removing the [[terullian diode bypass transformer]]. Exhausted from his battle, Styre returned to his ship to recharge himself. Harry's sabotage reversed the process, so rather than absorbing energy from the ship, the ship drained Styre's energy, killing him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]'')


He was defeated by [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]], and [[Harry Sullivan]]. Styre died after connecting his [[probic vent]] to his ship, which Harry had earlier sabotaged, so rather than absorbing energy from the ship via his probic vent, the ship drained Styre's energy. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'')
=== Legacy ===
:''As Sarah Jane noted, Styre appeared identical to [[Linx]] in most ways. However, unlike most Sontarans, Styre had five rather than three fingers on each hand. Sarah Jane's reference was to show that the Sontarans were cloned and that all are nearly identical.''
Sarah Jane thought of Styre as well as Linx during her confrontation with [[Commander]] [[Kaagh]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Sontaran (novelisation)|The Last Sontaran]]'')
 
Styre's manual on humanoid resistance to torture was published posthumously, and later cited by [[Stabb]] to the [[Fifth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Heroes of Sontar (audio story)|Heroes of Sontar]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* In [[WC]]: ''[[Strax Field Report: The Doctors (webcast)|Strax Field Report: The Doctors]]'', [[Strax]] likens the [[First Doctor]]'s initial brutality to the "great [[Field Marshal]] Styre".
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Latest revision as of 04:49, 14 July 2024

Styre, or Styr, (PROSE: The Sontaran Experiment) was a Sontaran Field Major with the G3 Military Assessment Survey. He served and reported to a Marshal.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 16087, Styre was ordered by the Grand Strategic Council to make an assessment of human physical limitations. He lured eight human soldiers from GalSec to an abandoned Earth to subject them to experiments. Amongst the things he tested were human reaction to fear, muscular strength, and the human breast cage resistance to pressure, using a gravity bar. Styre also noted that humans were highly dependent on fluids and if they did not drink, they started to lose mental and motor skills in as few as three days. He thought this should be exploited.

While he was conducting his experiments, the Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, and Harry Sullivan transmatted down to Earth from the orbiting Space Station Nerva. Upon first encountering Styre, Sarah expressed that he bore a strong resemblance to another Sontaran she had previously encountered, Linx.

The Doctor convinced Styre that his experiments had actually been conducted on an inferior sub-class of humans. The Doctor, purporting to represent a true human, then engaged him in combat. At the same time, following the Doctor's instructions, Harry secretly sabotaged Styre's ship by removing the terullian diode bypass transformer. Exhausted from his battle, Styre returned to his ship to recharge himself. Harry's sabotage reversed the process, so rather than absorbing energy from the ship, the ship drained Styre's energy, killing him. (TV: The Sontaran Experiment)

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sarah Jane thought of Styre as well as Linx during her confrontation with Commander Kaagh. (PROSE: The Last Sontaran)

Styre's manual on humanoid resistance to torture was published posthumously, and later cited by Stabb to the Fifth Doctor. (AUDIO: Heroes of Sontar)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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