The Three Little Sontarans (short story)

 was the fifth short story in Time Lord Fairy Tales.

Publisher's summary
In an epic battle against a lone Rutan three Sontarans take up very different strategies to defeat their interminable nemesis-once and for all.

Plot
During a battle between the Sontarans and the Rutans in the Klovian Cluster, the Rutans, despite suffering many heavy casualties, are gaining the upper hand over their enemies, forcing them to retreat.

On one of the planets in the Klovian Cluster, Sontaran Marshal Vrike orders his comrades to establish defensive positions so they can have the strategic advantage if they force the Rutans to the offensive. Major Kyre decides to have the Sontarans split up into seperate fighting units, an idea that Commander Starn agrees with, having fought in the more battles than Vrike and Kyre and received a scar off the rim of Landseer.

The three Sontarans survey the landscape in an attempt to locate the ideal route through the woodland to take them to the surviving Rutan. Vrike decides to lay ambushes in the woodland. Both he and Kyre will hide until the Rutan appears while Starn watches from the valley as they kill the Rutan. Starn salutes and says that he looks forward to Vrike's plan.

Characters

 * Marshal Vrike
 * Major Kyre
 * Commander Starn
 * Rutan

Continuity

 * Starn appears. (AUDIO: Silent Warrior)