The Sontarans are a pugnacious race of combative, belligerent, and militaristic clones from the the planet Sontar. They serve as recurring antagonists in the Doctor Who series.
The Sontarans love fighting and are obsessed with war. They are not scared of death, as dying in battle is a honourable fate for a Sontaran. They are in effect the Klingons of the Whovian genre.
I’ve always really liked The Sontarans as they are a warrior race who have a really cool “Battle cry“
The Sontarans are lead by General Staal , known as “Staal The Undefeated”, played by Christopher Ryan. His nickname of “Undefeated” was remarked by the Tenth Doctor as not a very good one as it could not remain if he was defeated and jokingly suggested “Staal the not-quite-so-undefeated-anymore-but-never-mind” as a replacement.
Staal attempted to invade a planet for their sausages which he and his troops believed to be the best in “the whole of the universe”. After he saved Staal the 10th Doctor convinced him that he didn’t need to invade the planet to continue enjoying their sausages, but rather just stop by for lunch. Realising he was right, Staal accepted the Doctor as a friend, and the two of them sat down for lunch with Staal’s platoon – ONLY IN DOCTOR WHO!
For me this creates an anomaly because in the episode “The Sontaran Experiment” it was clear that the Sontarans fed on pure energy. The BBC being inconsistent? Well I never!
Now I would like to think that sausages are made up of pure energy, but my waste line says otherwise!
