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companions= [[Peri Brown]] | | companions= [[Peri Brown]] | | ||
enemy= The [[Sontaran]]s | | enemy= The [[Sontaran]]s | | ||
setting = [[England]], [[1872]] | setting = Mare Nectaris, the [[The Moon|Moon]], [[1872]]<br>[[England]], [[1872]]| | ||
writer= [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]] | | writer= [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]] | | ||
director= [[Ken Bentley]] | | director= [[Ken Bentley]] | | ||
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next=The Masters of Luxor (audio story)}}{{audio stub}} | next=The Masters of Luxor (audio story)}}{{audio stub}} | ||
'''''The First Sontarans''''' was the sixth release in the 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. | '''''The First Sontarans''''' was the sixth release in the 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. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[1872]]. After finding a strange signalling device on the [[moon]], the [[Sixth Doctor|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. | [[1872]]. After finding a strange signalling device on the [[moon]], the [[Sixth Doctor|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. | ||
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* [[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | * [[Peri Brown]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | ||
* [[Jaka]] - [[Dan Starkey]] | * [[Jaka]] - [[Dan Starkey]] | ||
* [[Jacob]] - [[Anthony Howell]] | * [[Jacob Gilley]] - [[Anthony Howell]] | ||
* [[Jane Ross]] - [[Lizzie Roper]] | * [[Jane Ross]] - [[Lizzie Roper]] | ||
* [[Gentlemen]] / [[Lork]] - [[John Banks]] | * [[Gentlemen]] / [[Lork]] - [[John Banks]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* The [[Kaveetch]] were natives of [[Sontar]] and created the [[Sontaran]]s. | * The [[Kaveetch]] were natives of [[Sontar]] and created the [[Sontaran]]s. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* [[Dan Starkey]] (Jaka) previously played numerous other Sontarans in the revived series, namely [[Skorr|Commander Skorr]] and [[Skree|Lieutenant Skree]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' / ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', [[Jask|Commander Jask]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' and [[Strax|Commander Strax]] in [[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]''. | * [[Dan Starkey]] (Jaka) previously played numerous other Sontarans in the revived series, namely [[Skorr|Commander Skorr]] and [[Skree|Lieutenant Skree]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' / ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', [[Jask|Commander Jask]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' and [[Strax|Commander Strax]] in [[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]''. | ||
* [[Anthony Howell]] (Jacob) previously played Edward Perkins in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Valley of Death (audio story)|The Valley of Death]]'' and Christopher Manners in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Renaissance Man (audio story)|The Renaissance Man]]''. | * [[Anthony Howell]] (Jacob Gilley) previously played Edward Perkins in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Valley of Death (audio story)|The Valley of Death]]'' and Christopher Manners in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Renaissance Man (audio story)|The Renaissance Man]]''. | ||
* [[Cameron Stewart]] (Major Thessinger) previously played Sir [[Francis Drake]] in [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[A Storm of Angels (audio story)|A Storm of Angels]]''. | * [[Cameron Stewart]] (Major Thessinger) previously played Sir [[Francis Drake]] in [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[A Storm of Angels (audio story)|A Storm of Angels]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * The Doctor refers to [[Neil Armstrong]] and the [[Apollo 11]] moon landing on [[20 July]] [[1969]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'' / ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'') | ||
* 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]]'') | |||
* 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. His [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] 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]]'') By his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]], the Doctor was aware of his involvement as he told [[Alan Fitzgerald]], a student summer intern at the Gogglebox, that he was "sort of" responsible. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{Bigfinish|306-Doctor-Who-The-Lost-Stories-The-First-Sontarans|The First Sontarans}} | * {{Bigfinish|306-Doctor-Who-The-Lost-Stories-The-First-Sontarans|The First Sontarans}} | ||