Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

"The Time Warrior" is a four-part storyline that appeared in episodes 356-359 from season eleven of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The episodes aired on December 15th, December 22nd and December 29th of 1973 and January 5th of 1974. The storyline featured Jon Pertwee in the role of the Third Doctor and also stars Elisabeth Sladen as his companion Sarah Jane Smith and Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.

Episodes

 * Doctor Who: The Time Warrior (Part 1)
 * Doctor Who: The Time Warrior (Part 2)
 * Doctor Who: The Time Warrior (Part 3)
 * Doctor Who: The Time Warrior (Part 4)

Production crew

 * Barry Letts - Producer
 * Alan Bromly - Director
 * Robert Holmes - Writer

Notes & Trivia

 * This storyline is notable for two distinctive reasons. It is the story that first introduced the character of Sarah Jane Smith who served as the companion to the Doctor throughout the remainder of his tenure on the show, as well as the more popularly known Fourth Doctor (played by Tom Baker). The character would eventually gain her own spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures in 2007.


 * This storyline is also notable for introducing the alien race known as the Sontarans, who become recurring antagonists throughout the series as well as the 2005 Doctor Who revival series and The Sarah Jane Adventures.


 * Actor Jeremy Bulloch will one day go on to play infamous movie bounty hunter Boba Fett in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. He also played Tor in the "Dimensions of Time" episode of Doctor Who.

Home Video

 * Doctor Who: The Time Warrior/DVD

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