The Sontaran Experiment

077 – The Sontaran Experiment
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byRodney Bennett
Written byBob Baker
Dave Martin
Script editorRobert Holmes
Produced byPhilip Hinchcliffe
Music byDudley Simpson
Production code4B
SeriesSeason 12
Running time2 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast22 February 1975 (1975-02-22)
Last broadcast1 March 1975 (1975-03-01)
Chronology
← Preceded by
The Ark in Space
Followed by →
Genesis of the Daleks
List of episodes (1963–1989)

The Sontaran Experiment is the third serial of the 12th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast on BBC1 on 22 February and 1 March 1975.

The serial is set on Earth more than 10,000 years in the future, immediately after the events of The Ark in Space. In the serial, the Sontaran Field Major Styre (Kevin Lindsay) performs experiments on humans he trapped there as part of the Sontarans' invasion stratagem.