Stories Movie Reeltime Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans 1 image Overview Characters Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 1 Overview Released December 1994 Written by Terrance Dicks Directed by Kevin Davies Runtime 55 minutes Location (Potential Spoilers!) Tiger Moth, Space Synopsis The space solar yacht Tiger Moth under the command of no-nonsense Captain Lisa Deranne is on a cruise taking some rich misfits on a voyage through space. Unfortunately on their travels they have picked a stowaway, a shape-changing Rutan, a race that has been at war with another race, the Sontarans, since the dawn of time. The Rutan has important news regarding the war and the Sontarans, and upon hearing the news, attack the Tiger Moth and take it over. The Rutan hides itself among the crew and one by one the Sontarans and the human crew are murdered by the Rutan. The Sontarans plan to destroy all life on the Tiger Moth. Can Lisa find out who the Rutan is before the Sontarans destroy her ship and her life?... Complete Completed Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Lisa Deranne First Appearance Rutans Sontarans Kurt Steg Show All Characters (5) Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 23 June 2024 · 119 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers This review contains spoilers! This is not too shabby in terms of a fan production, falling towards the more professionally made end of the scale. The trick it pulls off is giving you a view into how Sontarans strategise in situations where they can’t just kill everyone in sight. Terrence Dicks’ characterisation of the Sontarans is good, but onscreen they lose some of their USP with how tall they are, and the voices don’t sit quite right. As it’s a fan production there are touches of amdram and it’s all a little comical, but I wouldn’t trade it. It gives you a view into what Doctor Who could have looked like in that missing decade of the 90s. Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating7 members 3.36 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating7 votes 3.07 / 5 Member Statistics Completed 15 Favourited 1 Reviewed 1 Saved 0 Skipped 1 Owned 1 Related Stories Virgin New Adventures Shakedown Rating: 3.61 Story Skipped Book Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Virgin Books Set of Stories: Virgin New Adventures Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite KURT: Look, I met this old boy once on Metebelis III. Called himself the physician, or the... the dentist, or something. He seemed to know a lot about Sontarans. He said they lived for war, didn't value their own lives, reproduce by cloning. You see war with the Rutan keep them busy. — Kurt, Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
