The Time Warrior

070 – *The Time Warrior*
070 – The Time Warrior
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Jon Pertwee – Third Doctor;
	Companion Elisabeth Sladen – Sarah Jane Smith;
	Others Nicholas Courtney – Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart; Kevin Lindsay – Commander Linx; David Daker – Irongron; John J. Carney – Bloodaxe; Alan Rowe – Edward of Wessex; June Brown – Lady Eleanor; Jeremy Bulloch – Hal; Donald Pelmear – Professor Rubeish; Sheila Fay – Meg; Gordon Pitt – Eric; Steve Brunswick – Sentry;
Production
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
Chronology
← Preceded by; The Green Death	Followed by →; Invasion of the Dinosaurs
	List of episodes (1963–1989)

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.