The Sontaran Experiment - Redux

i know what your all thinking " here he goes with the Cinema Ratio again" lol well i quite like it :P anywho i've done a little color correction and re done a laser effect

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• Sontaran
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• Ritchie

[lukepietnik]

Bravo once again Roberto. I liked the little pneumatic hiss as the helmet came off, a jet of steam wouldn't have gone amiss though. I thought that about the Sontaran Stratagem too, 'cos they didn't use them either.

[Cyberrob]

nicked the sound from the judoon helmet

[TheFinalTimelord]

Wow really good work as usual! :)

How long did the entire thing take to do?

[Cyberrob]

About 2 hours today

[Pulsar205]

especially Sarah-Jane! she is exceptionally pretty :)

[SaxonHarold]

VERY VERY GOOD! you have made it as if it was made these days,very very good. please do more of this cinema ratio on more old episodes,it's works very well

[deadman00]

just think if Tom had not broken his collerbone thsi story would have been longer.

[TheOnlineBusker]

R.I.P Lis

[borgduck]

MURDER! MURDER!

[Wodanaz]

@63DW89A I did not know that! Thank you for the information.

[63DW89A]

@Wodanaz The comments on the Time Warrior and Sontaran Experiment DVD's (SE also includes the documentary "Bred for War" about the Sontarans in DW), indicate that mask designer John Friedlander modified the mask/helmet to be easier & lighter for Kevin Lindsay to wear in SE, due to Kevin's worsening heart condition. In SE, Stuart Fell doubled for Kevin in the physical action scenes. Sadly, Kevin passed away in April 1975, a month after the original broadcast of Sontaran Experiment, part 2

[Wodanaz]

@63DW89A I have always thought that Kevin Lindsay gave a great performance here and in 'Time Warrior'. I have always wondered about the original Sontaran mask though, whether it was damaged or not. The mask here is great (though a bit pale) but it would have been better if he wore the same mask, because they are meant to be clones.

[Wodanaz]

@63DW89A Good point and observation!

And yes, Elisabeth Sladen is unbelievably beautiful!

[Wodanaz]

@63DW89A Good point and observation!

[63DW89A]

Say what you will about Classic Who's "shakey sets" and "rubber monsters", I don't think the Sontarans have ever been portrayed with such an effective alien, heartless menace as here in Sontaran Experiment and in Time Warrior by Kevin Lindsey. Simply a superb portrayal. It is amazing how much character he was able to project from under that incredible mask!

[63DW89A]

@Wodanaz Agree about Lis's adorable Irish looks. In Sarah's original 18 stories, I think she is underutilized only in Ark/Space and Masque/Mandragora; still it IS Sarah in Ark who figures out getting power from the Shuttle & who pulls the cable throught the conduit. Any of her other stories also fall apart if you mentally pull Sarah from them. No Sarah in Robot, Genesis/Daleks, Terror/Zygons, Pyramids/Mars, Brain/Morbius, Seeds/Doom, etc and the stories can't work, she's so integral.