Information
Writer: Helen Raynor
Director: Douglas MacKinnon
Script Editor: Nikki Smith
Producer: Suzie Liggat
Executive Producer(s): Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson
Originally Broadcast: 26th April 2008
Duration: 45 mins
Viewing Figures (in millions): 7.06m
Production Code: 4.4
Monsters/Villains: Sontarans, Luke Rattigan
Year Set: 2009
Location: Earth/Above Earth
Synopsis
Martha Jones summons the Doctor back to modern-day Earth, but an old enemy lies in wait.
With the mysterious ATMOS devices spreading across the world, Donna discovers that even her own family is not safe from the alien threat – but is it too late to save them?
Cast
The Doctor – David Tennant
Donna Noble – Catherine Tate
Martha Jones – Freema Agyeman
Wilfred Mott - Bernard Cribbins
Sylvia Noble - Jacqueline King
Luke Rattigan - Ryan Sampson
Colonel Mace - Rupert Holliday Evans
General Staal - Christopher Ryan
Commander Skorr - Dan Starkey
Jo Nakashima - Eleanor Matsuura
Private Harris - Clive Standen
Private Gray - Wesley Theobald
Ross Jenkins - Christian Cooke
Worker - Rad Kaim
Atmos Voice - Elizabeth Ryder
Sontarans created by Robert Holmes
Monster File: The Sontarans – Part 1
Home Planet: Sontar
Life Form: Humanoid
Life Form: Humanoid
The Sontarans are potato headed, short aliens from the planet Sontar, who are all clones, and are at eternal war with they’re worst enemy, the Rutans. Naturally, as clones, all Sontarans look the same. They have a grey/brown skin, and wear tough armour. They normally have two fingers and on thumb on their hands, and their species only consisted of males. They were short, due to the large amount of gravity on they’re home planet, Sontar. They were able to produce one million clones every four minutes. They do not fear death, but are a war-obsessed race. They find it honourable to go into war without a helmet. Sontarans’ only weak spot is their probic vent, at the back of their neck. One blow to the back of the neck knocks them unconscious. This is why they must always face their enemies in battle. Sontarans have massive motherships, that have 4 claw like appendages coming out of the top and 4 from the bottom the centre is a giant circle covered in smaller spheres that are Sontaran scout ships. Scout ships are silver and have a square glass like pane to see from. Each scout ship can hold a single Sontaran. In this story, they used rifle laser weapons during the assault which fired bright beams of red light that could kill a human without any exterior damage.
Preceded by: Planet of the Ood - Followed by: The Poison Sky
