Stories Book Target Collection Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, December 7, 1978 Written by Ian Marter Pages 144 Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Lost the TARDIS Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Nerva Beacon Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth Synopsis Landing on Earth, now a barren, desolate planet, Sarah, Harry and the Doctor are unaware of the large, watching robot. The robot is the work of Styre, a Sontaran warrior, who uses all humans landing here for his experimental programmes. What has happened to the other space explorers who have come here? Why is the Sontaran scout so interested in Earth and is brutally torturing humans, including Sarah Jane? Will the Doctor be able to prevent an invasion and certain disaster, and save both Earth and his companions? Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Fourth Doctor Field Major Styre Sontarans Harry Sullivan Sarah Jane Smith Show All Characters (5) How to read Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment: Books Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics AVG. Rating574 members 3.83 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating574 votes 3.83 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating1 votes 4.00 / 5 Member Statistics Read 10 Favourited 0 Reviewed 0 Saved 0 Skipped 2 Owned 2 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Classic Who S12 • Serial 3 · (2 episodes) The Sontaran Experiment Rating: 3.17 Story Skipped Television Reviews(7) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: Fourth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote