Terror of the Sontarans (audio story)

Terror of the Sontarans was the two hundred and third story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by John Dorney and Dan Starkey and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush.

Publisher's summary
Once it was a mining facility. Then later its corridors rang with screams generated by grotesque military experiments. However when the Doctor and Mel arrive on a hostile alien world after detecting a distress signal, the base they find themselves in is almost deserted.

But not for long. Soon the Doctor's old enemies, the Sontarans, have landed, and are searching for the remnants of their previous research team. Before long they uncover evidence of strange occurrences on the planet. Of madness and death.

They are warriors bred for war, strong of spirit and unafraid of death. To fear the enemy is an act of betrayal. Nothing holds terror for the Sontarans.

Until now...

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Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
 * Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
 * Ketch - Daniel O'Meara
 * Anvil Jackson / Technician Gyte - Jon Edgley Bond
 * Tethneka / Carter / Thing #1 / #2 - Andree Bernard
 * Field-Major Kayste / Skegg / Stodd - Dan Starkey
 * Adjutant Commander Klath / Stettimer - John Banks
 * Glarr - John Dorney

Crew

 * Cover Art - Tom Webster
 * Director - Ken Bentley
 * Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
 * Music and Sound Design - Andy Hardwick
 * Producer - David Richardson
 * Script Editor - Alan Barnes
 * Writers - Dan Starkey and John Dorney
 * Sontarans created by Robert Holmes

Worldbuilding

 * The Doctor isn't sure whether he prefers the bridge or the opera house on Sydney Harbour.
 * Mel took some combat training at the Pease Pottage community hall.
 * Mel says that she isn't as combat trained as The Karate Kid.
 * The Sontarans considered Earth to be a Level 4 planet which is beginning to gain influence in Mutter's Spiral.
 * Ketch had a human mother and an indeterminate alien father.
 * The base was established in July, 2996, 80 years before the Doctor and Mel arrive.
 * The Sontarans are active in the Hammerhead Nebula.

Continuity

 * The base on the planet is owned by IMC, a company with whom the Doctor notes he has an unpleasant history. (TV: Colony in Space)
 * The Doctor finds traces of trisilicate. (TV: The Monster of Peladon)
 * The Seventh Doctor would encounter the Sontarans on three subsequent occasions. (PROSE: Shakedown; COMIC: Pureblood; AUDIO: Starlight Robbery)
 * The Doctor says that he has been imprisoned in a cell many times before. (TV: The Time Meddler, Frontier in Space, et al.)
 * The Doctor refers to the fact that the Rutan-Sontaran War has lasted for over 50,000 years. (TV: The Poison Sky)