The Sontaran Ordeal (audio story)

 was the fourth story in Classic Doctors, New Monsters. It featured the Eighth Doctor and the Sontarans.

Publisher's summary
An instant of the Time War brings centuries of conflict to the planet Drakkis, and the Eighth Doctor is there to witness the terrible results.

A Sontaran fleet, desperate to join the epic conflict, follows in its wake to take advantage of the fallout. But when Commander Jask is beamed down to the ravaged surface, there is more to his arrival than first appears.

Soon, an unlikely champion joins forces with the Time Lord to fight for the future of her world, and together they must face the Sontaran Ordeal…

Cast

 * The Doctor - Paul McGann
 * Sarana Teel - Josette Simon
 * Jask - Dan Starkey
 * General Stenk/Flitch - Christopher Ryan
 * Tag Menkin/Ensign Stipe - Sean Connolly

Individuals

 * The Doctor mentions that he trained with Musashi to swordfight.

Last Great Time War

 * A few moments of the Time War are brought into "real time" around Drakkis, resulting in centuries of conflict passing in a few moments.

Sontarans

 * The Sontarans incinerate their dead.
 * Sontarans who are dishonored or who have committed a crime are forced to undergo a process called Ordeal, a punishment which is more often than not intended to kill its subject.

Continuity

 * The Doctor has to hide his Time Lord heritage from others. (TV: The Night of the Doctor)
 * The Doctor wields a sword, but snaps it before he can use it. (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
 * The Sontarans are trying to partake in the Time War. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem)