Original air dates December 1973 through January 1974. First of Season Eleven. New companion coming in! Last season of Jon Pertwee as the Doctor. Four parter, nice and short.
Men in a castle, drinking bad wine and eating bad food plotting to go take something from the neighbors, when a star falls ouside. They go to get it. A big-headed warrior. A Sontaran Officer. Who claims this planet for the Sontaran Empire. Needs metal worker, complex circuitry. He’ll have to take it from those who have it.
The Brigadier and the Doctor are watching over some boffins who have had science stolen. They bottle them all up in dormitories and keep them working. The Doctor meets Sarah Jane Smith.
Back in the dark ages, the neighbors don’t like the dirty man, and plot against him.
The Sontaran steals another scientist, this time with the Doctor monitoring. He chases after him in the TARDIS, unknowingly having Sarah Jane Smith as a stowaway. She immediately gets into trouble in the Dark Ages, with the Doctor having to rescue her. We see the Sontaran without his helmet, and the credits roll.
Ms. Smith has no idea what’s going on and gets caught out as a time traveller by the Sontaran. The Sontaran has a new robot knight for the dirty lord.
The Doctor talks to the prisoners, who are professers. Sontaran captures him.
Sarah Jane decides it’s all the Doctor’s fault, and they should steal him.
Planet Galifrey named.
Doctor put to work by Sontaran. Doctor escapes, but is caught by Irongrand in the courtyard. “He who strikes Irongrond dies!” Say the credits.
Sarah takes the Doctor back to Sir Edward’s castle. Doctor plans how to make the impending battle go their way.
Doctor replies to long guns with bombs. Orange stink bombs, smoke and little bombs scare the men off.
Irongrond plans to try again tomorrow. Sontaran is disappointed at the results.
Doctor plans a sleeping draught for Irongrond.
Face off betwen Doctor and Sontaran. Credits roll.
Sontaran zaps Doctor, Professor follows Doctor’s guidance and wallops Sontaran on the one place he’s vulnerable.
Sarah sneaks into irongrond’s kitchen and makes off with some things. Is caught, put to work.
Doctor dons the dead robot costume and goes to stall Irongrond. They swordfight. The Doctor is captured.
Sarah puts knock-out stuff in the food.
The Professor gives the worst pep talk ever.
Sarah distracts the gunmen who are missing the Doctor and frees him. They run away.
Doctor plans on freeing the scientists before they are killed. Ship is repaired, recharging before blast off.
The guards fall asleep. Sontaran tells them to leave the castle as he’ll need it. Irongrond ignores the warning, all of them pass out. Irongrond attacks Sontaran, who simply decides to leave, blowing them all to kingdom come.
Archer shoots Sontaran in the weak spot, ship launches too soon. People have been warned, empty castle explodes.
Doctor sends archer back with news, and flees home in the TARDIS.
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