The Sontaran Experiment
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| Story Code: 4B / Season 12 | UK Airdate: 22 Feb to 1 Mar 1975 |
| Doctor: Tom Baker | Previous Story / Next Story |
This story aired in the following known countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.)
| Netherlands | Aug 75 | PAL |
| Australia | May 76 | PAL |
| United Arab Emirates | 76? | PAL |
| Hong Kong | Dec 76 | PAL |
| New Zealand | Mar 78 | PAL |
| United States* | Sep 78 | NTSC |
| Canada | Oct 78 | NTSC |
| Gibraltar | Nov 78 | PAL |
| Brunei | Dec 78 | PAL |
| Nigeria | Feb 79 | PAL |
| Mexico | May 79 | NTSC |
| Chile | Jun 79 | NTSC |
| Malta | Sep 79 | PAL |
| Puerto Rico | Nov 79? | NTSC |
| Colombia | Feb 80 | NTSC |
| Italy | Feb 80 | PAL |
| Costa Rica | Feb 80 | NTSC |
| Ecuador | Apr 80 | NTSC |
| Nicaragua | Aug 80 | NTSC |
| Brazil | 80? | PAL |
| Rhodesia / Zimbabwe | Oct 80 | b/w |
| Swaziland | Nov 80 | APL |
| Jordan | May 81? | PAL |
| Venezuela | 81 | NTSC |
| Bahrain | Jan 82 | PAL |
| Honduras? | ? | NTSC |
- (*) The US date is based on the airdates for WTEV, which was the first US station to screen the initial package of 98 Tom Baker episodes.
- This story was dubbed into Spanish, Arabic, Italian, French and Galician.
- This story was often shown after Robot and before The Ark in Space, the stories being screened in production code order.
Reissue
- The story was reissued in the mid-1980s, during the THIRD WAVE of sales.
| Monaco | Nov 83 | PAL |
| Sri Lanka | Jun 84? | PAL |
| Saudi Arabia | mid-85 | NTSC |
| Korea (South) | Mar 86 | NTSC |
| Bahamas | Jul 86 | NTSC |
| Spain | Feb 88 | PAL |
| Turkey | Jul 88 | PAL |
| France | Apr 89? | SECAM |
| Japan | Jun 93 | NTSC |
| Poland | 03 | PAL? |
US TV Guide descriptions
more information
Title: The Sontaran Experiment
- Part 1: Harry and Sarah walk into a trap on uninhabited planet Earth.
- Part 2: Styre challenges Dr. Who to a duel.
