Sontaran Manipulation of Medieval Earth
Commander Linx of the Sontaran Empire manipulates the warlord Irongron into facilitating his technological exploitation of medieval Earth, facing opposition from the Fourth Doctor who seeks to prevent the Sontarans from gaining a foothold in Earth's past.
Arc Timeline
Season 11
9 eventsAs Irongron and his warband crest a forest clearing at daybreak, they discover a metallic sphere—a fallen star promising power. From its hatch emerges Linx, a Sontaran officer clad in …
The Doctor’s temporal detector pinpoints a ghostly disturbance at the top of the stairs, confirming something anomalous exists beyond medieval perception. A soldier’s rifle shot punctures the silence as he …
The Doctor determines Professor Rubeish has not merely disappeared but was abducted via a matter transmitter. His deduction of a time-transference device active across centuries explains the ghostly armored figure …
Sarah Jane Smith is seized in Irongrons hall after being found near the castle. Though she dismisses the confrontation as a ridiculous pantomime and jokingly suggests it might be a …
The Doctor confronts Linx in the workshop only to find the Sontaran warrior has anticipated his arrival. Linx’s patience exhausted by the Time Lord’s interference, he raises his ray weapon …
The Doctor, newly freed from Linx’s mind-control headset, turns his immediate attention to locating Sarah. In his haste he blurts out his adopted alias Smith when grateful Professor Rubeish instinctively …
Irongron and Bloodaxe discuss their plans for the attack on Sir Edward's castle, secure in the belief the Doctor is already captured. Linx enters and disrupts their confidence by revealing …
Sir Edward and Lady Eleanor return to their hall to find Sarah and the Doctor awaiting them. The Doctor’s confident demeanor and puzzling references to machines and stars unsettle the …
Linx seizes control of the escalating conflict by demonstrating the lethal precision of Sontaran weaponry against Irongron’s combat dummies. The warlord’s confidence shatters as the alien’s rifle dismantles the figures …