War of the Sontarans (TV story)

War of the Sontarans, prefixed in the title sequence with Chapter Two and in other sources with Flux, was the second episode of series 13 of Doctor Who. It formed the second chapter of the six-part serial Doctor Who: Flux.

Synopsis
During the Crimean War, the Doctor discovers the British army fighting a brutal alien army of Sontarans, as Yaz and Dan are thrown deeper into a battle for survival. What is the Temple of Atropos? Who are the Mouri?

Plot
The Doctor wakes, alone, on a barren wasteland, looking up at a giant, dilapidated house. She is then shook back to reality; a field of marsh, surrounded by dead soldiers and spent artillery.

Cast

 * The Doctor - Jodie Whittaker
 * Yasmin Khan - Mandip Gill
 * Dan Lewis - John Bishop
 * Skaak/Sontaran Commander Riskaw - Jonathan Watson
 * Mary Seacole - Sara Powell
 * Vinder - Jacob Anderson
 * Eileen - Sue Jenkins
 * Neville - Paul Broughton
 * Joseph Williamson - Steve Oram
 * General Logan - Gerald Kyd
 * Svild - Dan Starkey
 * Swarm - Sam Spruell
 * Azure - Rochenda Sandall
 * Karvanista - Craig Els
 * Passenger - Jonny Mathers
 * Priest Triangle - Nigel Richard Lambert

Uncredited cast

 * Mouri - TBA

Popular culture

 * Dan sarcastically calls Karvanista "Scooby Doo".

Weapons

 * Dan and Eileen use a wok to defend themselves.

Story notes

 * For the endboard, the old BBC Studios logo was used instead of the new one which was used in the previous episode The Halloween Apocalypse.

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Continuity

 * Skaak mentions Commander Linx's claim on Earth for the Sontaran Empire, (TV: The Time Warrior) even though the Rutans had prior claim. (AUDIO: Castle of Fear)
 * Much like the Tenth Doctor with Harriet Jones regarding the Sycorax, the Thirteenth Doctor shows moral outrage when the retreating Sontarans are massacred by Logan. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)
 * The Second Doctor had once stated that he had been to the Crimean War. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks) Soldiers from the war were also kidnapped by the War Lords. (TV: The War Games)
 * The Seventh Doctor landed during the siege of Sevastopol where the TARDIS was also damaged, this time by a British Canonball which separated the interior from the exterior. On this occasion the Doctor and Ace became prisoners of the Russian Empire, whilst Hex met his childhood hero of Florence Nightingale. (AUDIO: The Angel of Scutari)
 * The Twelfth Doctor had previously helped Mary Seacole deal with an alien infection. (AUDIO: The Charge of the Night Brigade)

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