070 – The Time Warrior | |||
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Directed by | Alan Bromly | ||
Written by | Robert Holmes | ||
Script editor | Terrance Dicks | ||
Produced by | Barry Letts | ||
Executive producer(s) | None | ||
Music by | Dudley Simpson | ||
Production code | UUU | ||
Series | Season 11 | ||
Running time | 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
First broadcast | 15 December 1973 | ||
Last broadcast | 5 January 1974 | ||
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The Time Warrior is the first serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 15 December 1973 to 5 January 1974. The serial introduced Elisabeth Sladen as new companion Sarah Jane Smith. It also marked the debut of the Sontaran race. The serial also introduces the name of the Doctor's home planet, Gallifrey.
In the serial, the Sontaran Commander Linx (Kevin Lindsay) crash-lands his spaceship in medieval England. He agrees to give futuristic weaponry to the warrior Irongron (David Daker) and his men, in exchange for Linx being given shelter to perform repairs on the damaged spaceship.