A Premature Celebration | The Invasion of Time | Doctor Who 

The fact that the sontarans managed to breach galifrays defenses makes them a worthy opponent. Almost as powerful as the daleks and cybermen

There's no way to imagine how electrifying this cliffhanger was to audiences back in 1978. The internet didn't exist yet, so the danger of a surprise this big getting prematurely leaked wasn't quite as high. The "holy sh**" factor of this moment when it was first broadcast must have been through the roof.

This and the return of the Cybermen at the end of Earthshock Part 1 are probably the two most shocking classic villain returns in Doctor Who ever

I love the priceless look on the drs face when he sees his old enemies the Sontarans on his home planet he is thinking oh no the Sontarans are the real villians in this story and they are going to cause trouble and I must stop them.

The sontarans deserved way more screen time in this serial

My favorite scene from the serial is when the sontaran jumps over the pool, but instead falls on a chair. He then gets knocked over by another chair through by the Doctor, and it is so obvious that the actor purposefully lowers himself down.

1:05 WAYWAOAHOWHOWHWOHWOAHOWAYAOWYAOWUAWYAWAHOAYWAOWYAYO WAOAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOH

Tom Baker's wide eyed look is brilliant.

That cliffhanger music is just crazy! I love it!

One of Tom’s best under Williams . He plays the part totally straight.

When Leela hugged 1 of The Time Lords' guards during the premature celebration,she obviously wanted to have him.

I love how the Doctor and Leela both tell each other not to shout.

1978: Well this story wasn't the best but at least it's over! *Sontarans appear* Oh come on!!

Leela sure enjoyed hugging Andred just before encountering the Sontarans on the Doctor's home planet while he was President.

Answer to ? Below: the Doctor faked helping the Vardans to find out where they were really from so he could time loop them and put an end to their targeting Gallifrey. He knew if he didn't, some other Time Lord would be used to infiltrate Gallifrey, and few other Time Lords could keep up such a ruse as the Vardans were telepathic, or even worse might truly want to help them invade for power (like Kelner or even The Master!), most which the Doctor explains to Borusa. That's why he expelled Leela - he knew she believed in him utterly, which the Vardans could not discover.

I think having an old enemy as the invaders of time was superb I think the old enemy should in my opinion been the Cybermen even though the Sontarans were super old enemies I would have preferred the Cybermen in this story

Yes I remember whatching it when it first went out, I was in shock with the Sontarans just standing there.

When your parents are away for the weekend so you throw a wild house party and then they suddenly turn up

The Sontarans return in this story was a greatbig surprise in millions and billions of ways and in those days there was no Internet to spoil the surprise.

They don't make cliffhangers like that anymore. One of the best.

The sontaran use to be much more intimidating back then.

I remember watching the rerun of the episode back in early 2000s. Suddenly the Sontarans are there! I can relate. And what about Earthshock? Who expected the Cybermen to suddenly end the first episode!

This is my favorite scene from The Invasion of Time

The Vardans werre initially sheets of baco foil but then materialised as woosie 19th century analogue soldiers. The most devastatiing ancient time lord weapon is a phaser rifle.

1:03 is one of the best moments on Dr Who. The music was so fitting too.

Those who dislike this story feel that this is the best part of it. Quite a shocking cliffhanger reveal, probably the only part of the story done right. I have heard that the surprise was kinda spolit four weeks earlier when after Underworld pt4 aired, there was a continuity slide for the following story. The picture used was that of the Sontarans in the Panopticon. Way to blow it BBC! Probably didn't want to show the Vardans but what was wrong with a promotional shot of the Doctor, Leela and K9?

Ah...the good old days when the return of a classic villain was actually unexpected

It was actually filmed in the BBC corridors and storage rooms

I saw this when it first screened. This was so exciting at the time! It was not topped until the Cybermen appeared at the end of ep 1 of Earthshock. Loved the unexpected return of the big monsters.

Oh, Leela

What an anti-climax! This episode was building nicely; great story, twists aplenty, well acted (at times, Leela's "me Tarzan, you Jane" act was beginning to irritate) and then a moment to grab the viewer by the throat, just when you thought the more than worthy shimmering foes in this episode have been reaching for their coats - the Doctor goes quiet: Sontarans on Gallifrey! The unthinkable happened, but what a story! Until of course, the lead Sontaran opens his mouth. He sounds like the foreman of your local Jewson warehouse with a hair lip.

Sontarans were originally portrayed as short. In their first appearance, in TIME WARRIOR, the 3rd Doctor describes them to Sarah Jane as "Nasty, short and brutish". Australian actor Kevin Lindsey, at 5-foot-2-inch-tall, was inside the costumes of the first two Sontarans in Doctor Who in TIME WARRIOR and SONTARAN EXPERIMENT. The New Series shows the Sontarans as originally portrayed. Personally, I feel that Kevin Lindsey's "Sontarans" remain the all-time best!

Love Tom and Leela so much

What hat happened to Andred,who was commander of the Time Lords‘ guards when the Doctor became president of his home planet? Leela chose to stay with him to have as her mate after the Doctor resigned after defeating the Vardans & the Sontarans.

Woah, cool sontaran theme!

I have to agree. The Time Warrior is my favorite Sontaran episode.

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The Vardans hacked into the Matrix and were a considerable threat to the Time Lords. The only way the Doctor could neutralize that threat was to put a time loop around their home planet. But he didn't know the location of their planet and the only way he could get that information was to help them conquer Gallifrey. Once he found out the location, he was able to repel the invaders and put a time loop around their planet. But what he didn't know was that the Vardans were really working with the Sontarans. Then the Doctor had a new enemy to repel.

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I agree that the Sontarans, as originally presented by Kevin Lindsay in TIME WARRIOR and SONTARAN EXPERIMENT are the most imposing, and I personally feel that Kevin Lindsay's "Sontarans" have not been topped. All Classic Series Sontarans after Kevin Lindsay gradually weakened the characters, and the New Series has not helped the Sontaran character at all. I would like to see a return to the Kevin Lindsay approach of methodical, heartless, prideful-to-s-fault, killer Sontaran.

Remember when the sontarans in this serial thought the evil lawn chair

How would Leela have felt if Andred,who was Commander of the guards when the Doctor was President,have felt if he kissed her when they were prematurely celebrating the defeat of the Vardans before they met who they were working for,the Sontarans?

The Vardens, the only race to be tricked by The Sontarans

Everyone when they think this boring story is finally finished - 0:50 Everyone when they realise the story isn’t over at all and the sontarans appearance means there’s at least 2 more parts left of the story - 1:09

Yeah, I'm not sure who my second favorite is though. It's probably either Styre or Staal.

I remember that :D

They can flip at you with their handguns

Gai walterhouse also was in this... Australian trainer ( Horses)

Loved it. Budget was nill, scripts thin, everything depended on people dressed in weird costumes to pull it off and they did! Yes, I admeit, Tom Baker was my Doctor.

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"The Invasion of Time" is a 4-parter, now it's over. What do you mean it's a 6-parter? Oh there are 2 more episodes to go?

suddenly sontarans......yeah, this story seemed like it was only meant to be 4 episodes, but then just threw in sontarans at the last minute to make it 6 episodes. That probably explains why the TARDIS interior rooms in episode 6 look like they were filmed in a basement and a hospital...and that's because they were....

If you ever are in trouble with authority, you can just become the new president, textbook. No really the doctor does from time to time suggest he is a sort of hero of Gallifrey.

This is why they didn't let the Sontarans in the Time War

Is it true the Sontaran storyline was "tacked on" to make 6 episodes?

...no it doesn't. The reason the interior looked like this is because of the locations used, yes, but they were used at last minute because of industrial action at the BBC.

Would anyone know where i could watch the old Doctor Episodes?

0:40 Leela showing off her amazing legs

Sontarans invade Galifrey, yup the Timelords are ruined at this point.

Like this comment if you were a kid watching this on broadcast and didn't realise Part 4 wasn't the final episode

Angry sinth noises.

*How could the sontarona invade Gallifrey? They're children compared to Time Lords.*

Invasion of metal potatoheads.

I just re-watched this story earlier and I realised something that really bugged me. At the beginning of the story, The Doctor joins forces with the Vardans to help them take over Gallifrey, right? So my question is this: *Why does he do that?* I mean, he implies that he wants power, but that's extremely out of character, in fact you can tell that he's purposely being out of character even before he reveals that he wants to stop them. Don't get me wrong, it sets the story up really well and it's a fantastic premise, I just don't get the reasoning. It just seems like in part 3 he turns around and says that he's not really with the Vardans, but he has to be careful because of their telepathy just so we could have a twist and it goes back to him saving the day. I dunno though, I may have missed a line in there where he explains his reasons to someone. If I did, somebody *please* tell me, because this and the poor production values in part 6 are the only things that are keeping me from really liking this story and I *really* want to like it! If not, a crazy fan theory will do! lol

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:o What a twist!

This story is atrocious. One of my least favourites of all time. However. I LOVE THIS CLIFFHANGER!

Awful casting of lead sontaran. A sontaran with a lisp 😂