Built for War: The Sontaran Story (documentary)

Built for War was a documentary that covered the genesis of the Sontaran race throughout the televised stories including Jim'll Fix It special A Fix with Sontarans. It featured excerpts from the various episodes. The documentary is notable as it was presented as a report for the Sontaran Command by Squad Commander Gron, which is set just after the events of The Sontaran Experiment. The documentary was included on the DVD release of The Sontaran Experiment.
== Interviews ==
Actors and writers discussed the various appearances and stories which featured the Sontarans. Writer and script editor Terrance Dicks talked about the creator of the Sontaran race, Robert Holmes, and the development of the first episode to feature the Sontarans, The Time Warrior, while actress Elisabeth Sladen talked about Kevin Lindsay, who portrayed Linx, the first Sontaran seen on screen, and her experiences filming both The Time Warrior and The Sontaran Experiment. Writer Bob Baker talked about the development of The Sontaran Experiment and stuntman Stuart Fell talked about filming of the same story, when Kevin Lindsay could not film some scenes. Anthony Read talked about the development of The Invasion of Time and Stuart Fell talked about playing a Sontaran. Colin Baker and script editor Eric Saward talk about the development of The Two Doctors and the merits of A Fix with Sontarans. Terrance Dicks mentioned the fact that the Sontarans were a satire of militarism and empire building.
== Excerpts ==
The documentary used excerpts from the televised stories to highlight events mentioned by the interviewees:
* TV: The Time Warrior
* TV: The Sontaran Experiment
* TV: The Invasion of Time
* TV: The Two Doctors
* Jim'll Fix It: A Fix with Sontarans
Archival footage featured writer Terrance Dicks, script editor Robert Holmes and director Christopher Barry in what appeared to be a script read through for Robot.
== Booklet synopsis ==
The genesis and development of the Sontaran race through the history of the series, as told by some of the actors and production team involved. This specially produced documentary includes contributions from Terrance Dicks, Elisabeth Sladen, Anthony Read, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Bob Baker, Eric Saward and Stuart Fell.
== People interviewed ==
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== Crew ==
* Built for War featured - Bob Baker, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terrance Dicks, Stuart Fell, Anthony Read, Eric Saward, Elisabeth Sladen
* Squadron Commander GRON - Mick Broster
* Colourist - Jonathan Wood
* Camera - Une Herzer
* Sound - Angus Anderson
* With thanks to - Richard Bignell, Tony Clark, David Harley, Derek Handley, Doctor Who Magazine
* Produced by - Richard Molesworth
* Produced and Directed by - Steve Broster
* © 2006 2|entertain
== Notes ==
* In the version of this documentary included in the Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 12 Blu-ray release, all footage of and references to Jimmy Savile within A Fix with Sontarans has been removed due to widespread allegations of paedophilia made against Saville following his death in 2014.
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