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|image= The First Sontarans.jpg
|range          = The Lost Stories
|series in range = Series 3 (TLS)
|series number in range = 3
|number in series = 6
|series=[[The Lost Stories]]
|number= 3.06
|doctor=Sixth Doctor
|companions= [[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|enemy= [[Sontaran]]s, [[Rutan Host]]
|setting = {{il|Mare Nectaris, [[the Moon]], [[1872]]|[[Sussex]], [[England]], [[1872]]}}
|writer= [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]]
|director= [[Ken Bentley]]
|music=[[Jamie Robertson]]
|sound=[[Jamie Robertson]]
|cover=[[Alex Mallinson]]
|producer = [[David Richardson]]
|publisher= Big Finish Productions
|release date= [[23 July (releases)|23 July]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|format= 2 CDs<br/>Download
|prev= Power Play (audio story)
|next=The Masters of Luxor (audio story)
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-the-lost-stories-the-first-sontarans-trailer
|epcount=4|isbn=ISBN 978-1-84435-588-4}}{{audio stub}}
'''''The First Sontarans''''' was the sixth release in the [[Series 3 (TLS)|third series]] of ''[[The Lost Stories]]''. It provided the [[Sontaran]]s with an origin story, something which, unlike many of the Doctor's other recurring enemies, had not been provided before. This was only the third full cast audio story to feature the [[Rutan]]s, the first being the ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' audio story ''[[The Bellotron Incident (audio story)|The Bellotron Incident]]'', released in [[2003]], followed by ''[[Castle of Fear (audio story)|Castle of Fear]]'' in [[2009]].
 
== Publisher's summary ==
[[1872]]. After finding a strange signalling device on [[the Moon|the moon]], [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] travel to the depths of the English countryside to track down the source of its transmissions. But they're not the first aliens to arrive on the scene.
 
Old enemies of the Doctor are drawing their battle lines in the forest and the local humans will be lucky to escape the conflagration unscathed.
 
For hidden within this village is a deadly secret - a secret that could destroy the entire [[Sontaran]] race... and reveal the terrible mystery of their creation.
 
== Plot ==
=== Part one ===
''to be added''
 
=== Part two ===
''to be added''
 
=== Part three ===
''to be added''
 
=== Part four ===
''to be added''
 
== Cast ==
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]]
* [[Peri Brown|Peri]] - [[Nicola Bryant]]
* [[Jaka|Fleet Marshal Jaka]]/ [[Barclay (The First Sontarans)|Barclay]] - [[Dan Starkey]]
* [[Meredid Roath|Jacob Gilley]] - [[Anthony Howell]]
* [[Leandra Roath|Jane Ross]] - [[Lizzie Roper]]
* [[Rutan Host|The Gentleman]]/ [[Lork|Commander Lork]] - [[John Banks]]
* [[Thessinger|Major Thessinger]]/ [[Strek|Commander Strek]] - [[Cameron Stewart]]
 
== References ==
=== Cultural references from the real world ===
* The Doctor refers to [[Neil Armstrong]] and the [[Apollo 11]] moon landing on [[20 July]] [[1969]].
 
=== Individuals ===
* Major Thessiger's father fought in the [[Battle of Waterloo]] on [[18 June]] [[1815]]. Furthermore, Thessiger claims that he himself fought in the [[Battle of Inkerman]] on [[5 November]] [[1854]] during the [[Crimean War]].
 
=== Planets ===
* The Doctor takes Leandra to [[Calisto 4]] to heal after her wound from a [[Sontaran blaster]].
 
=== Timeline ===
* Meredid and Leandra Roath have been on [[Earth]] since the early [[1860s]].
 
=== Species ===
* The Doctor refers to the Sontarans' sworn arch-enemies the [[Rutan Host]]. The two species have been at [[Rutan-Sontaran War|war for millennia]].
* A Sontaran patrol numbers seven.
* The [[Kaveetch]] were natives of [[Sontar]]. They worked with an [[infiltration scout]].
* The [[Kreliban]] from [[Krelibas]] were once a well established military force in the [[Mutter's Spiral]]. Now, they are slaves in the [[Rutan Empire]].
 
=== TARDIS ===
* The Doctor is able to preserve Leandra's life using the [[Zero Room]].
 
== Notes ==
[[File:The First Sontarans Big Finish interior artwork.jpg|thumb|right|CD booklet interior artwork.]]
* This is the first Big Finish audio drama to feature both the [[Sontaran]]s and the [[Rutan Host]].
* Writer Andrew Smith removed all of the ''Mary Celeste'' scenes from the original TV script and instead added a reference. According to Smith, when he was originally writing the TV episode, he became highly disturbed when his research about the ''Mary Celeste'' turned into him knowing every detail about all the crew who died on the ship.
* This story was originally released on CD and download.
 
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor and Peri would return to the Moon when they visited the [[Gogglebox]] in the [[far future]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]'') Although he objects to the notion of visiting the [[Apollo 11]] landing site in person, he is willing to allow her to view it from a distance aboard the TARDIS following a visit to [[1963]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Space Race]]'')
* The Doctor refers to the disappearance of the crew of the ''[[Mary Celeste]]'' in [[1872]]. The Doctor refers to the [[Dalek]]s' involvement in the incident. The [[First Doctor]] and his companions [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Vicki Pallister]] were indirectly involved in the crew's disappearance. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') The Doctor had discovered his own involvement with the crew's disappearance by the time of his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rosemariners (audio story)|The Rosemariners]]'') The [[Fifth Doctor]] had told [[Alan Fitzgerald]], a student summer intern at the Gogglebox, that he was "sort of" responsible. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]'')
* The Doctor and Peri previously encountered the Sontarans in [[Seville]], [[Spain]] in [[1985]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'')
* The Doctor tells Roath and Fleet Marshal Jaka that he is aware that the Sontarans possess rudimentary [[time travel]] technology as he previously witnessed it in operation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'', ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'')
 
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The First Sontarans was the sixth release in the third series of The Lost Stories. It provided the Sontarans with an origin story, something which, unlike many of the Doctor's other recurring enemies, had not been provided before. This was only the third full cast audio story to feature the Rutans, the first being the Bernice Summerfield audio story The Bellotron Incident, released in 2003, followed by Castle of Fear in 2009.

Publisher's summary

1872. After finding a strange signalling device on the moon, the Doctor and Peri travel to the depths of the English countryside to track down the source of its transmissions. But they're not the first aliens to arrive on the scene.

Old enemies of the Doctor are drawing their battle lines in the forest and the local humans will be lucky to escape the conflagration unscathed.

For hidden within this village is a deadly secret - a secret that could destroy the entire Sontaran race... and reveal the terrible mystery of their creation.

Plot

Part one

to be added

Part two

to be added

Part three

to be added

Part four

to be added

Cast

References

Cultural references from the real world

Individuals

Planets

Timeline

  • Meredid and Leandra Roath have been on Earth since the early 1860s.

Species

TARDIS

  • The Doctor is able to preserve Leandra's life using the Zero Room.

Notes

CD booklet interior artwork.
  • This is the first Big Finish audio drama to feature both the Sontarans and the Rutan Host.
  • Writer Andrew Smith removed all of the Mary Celeste scenes from the original TV script and instead added a reference. According to Smith, when he was originally writing the TV episode, he became highly disturbed when his research about the Mary Celeste turned into him knowing every detail about all the crew who died on the ship.
  • This story was originally released on CD and download.

Continuity

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