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  • Mikey
    Verbose Member
    • Aug 9, 2001
    • 47242

    The New SONTARANS revealed.

    Is it just me, or are these new Sontarans a bit too small ?
    I hate to complain because he looks pretty cool and is very much in line with the Classic Series Sontarans LOOK .....
    It's just his size is laughably too tiny




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  • palitoy
    live. laugh. lisa needs braces
    • Jun 16, 2001
    • 59204

    #2
    They always seemed kind of puckish to be honest, I'm pleased that they didn't muck around with the look like they did during the JNT era.
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    • YANOULI
      Part-Time Timelord
      • Jan 9, 2006
      • 2209

      #3
      It doesn't look too bad, Sontarans are supposed to be quite short .

      It should have more of a potato head though and i'm not over keen on the uniform colour, maybe if it was black or gun metal like the originals it would look better.

      I really liked the re-designed Sontarans in Shakedown.
      " But you can't kill me, i'm a Genius "

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      • ctc
        Fear the monkeybat!
        • Aug 16, 2001
        • 11183

        #4
        Hmmmm....

        They ARE supposed to be short ( "nasty, brutish and short" I believe was the line....) but much like Wolverine their height fluctuates based on who's in charge. I don't mind the uniform; it's not too different from the originals, except that these look to be plated.

        I do miss the insanely huge "I'm overcompensating for something" rifles the originals had.

        >It should have more of a potato head though

        Yeah; or at least a more... unnatural looking one. Still, this one looks like the old ones with a bit more detail. So I'm happy. (Or perhaps "relieved" is a better term.)

        Don C.

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        • xNo7ucK
          Museum Super Collector
          • Aug 26, 2006
          • 162

          #5
          The Head looks fine but I like the old suit better.

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          • johnmiic
            Adrift
            • Sep 6, 2002
            • 8427

            #6
            That's not too bad. When they said it would be Chris Ryan of the Young Ones I was a little scared because he's really short-maybe too short.

            I don't remember the Sontarans being all that short. If you think about it they appeared alongside Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and Colin Baker, and the first 2 actors are 2 of the tallest Doctors. So maybe the producer is not thinking correctly when he thinsg Sontarans are short. Still-not bad. I hope the story is good.

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            • Flynne
              Permanent Member
              • Jan 22, 2003
              • 3008

              #7
              "Aren't you a little short for a Sontaran?" Maybe this particualr one is just an underaverage Sontaran...
              An old Irish Blessing - "May those who love us, love us; and if they do not love us, may God turn their hearts; and if He does not turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles, that we may know them by their limping"

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              • Mikey
                Verbose Member
                • Aug 9, 2001
                • 47242

                #8
                I'm not really big on the JNT Sontarans.
                I know they were in the Two Doctors, but I kinda forgot what they looked like.

                I mostly remember them --or HIM --- from the Pertwee story.
                The one where he gets an arrow through the back at the end.
                In that story, he didn't seem short.

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                • YANOULI
                  Part-Time Timelord
                  • Jan 9, 2006
                  • 2209

                  #9
                  The JNT Sontarans are pretty much the same as Linx but a lot taller
                  " But you can't kill me, i'm a Genius "

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                  • Mikey
                    Verbose Member
                    • Aug 9, 2001
                    • 47242

                    #10
                    I'm also thinking Jon Pertwee was a very big man.
                    He just about towered over anyone around him (as did Tom).

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                    • ctc
                      Fear the monkeybat!
                      • Aug 16, 2001
                      • 11183

                      #11
                      Hmmmm....

                      I've seen lots of refrences in different books that say the Sontarans are kinda short. Maybe this new one is them making that cannon by making a DECIDEDLY short Sontaran?

                      Don C.

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                      • Mikey
                        Verbose Member
                        • Aug 9, 2001
                        • 47242

                        #12
                        Last night I watched Peter Davison's The Visitation on DVD.
                        After the feature, I watched the special features-- which was a Peter Moffat retrospect.
                        They showed a few clips from the Two Doctors.
                        Boy those Sontarans were AWFUL.
                        I mean, embarrasingly lousy.
                        I haven't seen the Two Doctors for years and I forgot how bad they were.

                        edited to add a quick question about the Visitation.
                        Davison screwdriver get's smashed.

                        Is this the last we see of the screwdriver until Eccleston ?
                        I can't imagine, Colin McCoy and MaGann having one.
                        Last edited by Mikey; Nov 12, '07, 2:54 PM.

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                        • YANOULI
                          Part-Time Timelord
                          • Jan 9, 2006
                          • 2209

                          #13
                          Until the McGann Movie, the Visitation was the last appearance of the sonic screwdriver.

                          Colin Baker had a thermal lance in Attack of the Cybermen.

                          In the TV movie the 7th Dr uses it to seal the casket containg the Master's remains.
                          Last edited by YANOULI; Nov 13, '07, 12:06 PM.
                          " But you can't kill me, i'm a Genius "

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                          • Bo8a_Fett
                            Pat Troughton in disguise
                            • Nov 21, 2007
                            • 3738

                            #14
                            The Sontaran's were always described as short.....bulbous, toad like humanoids with strong, compact bodies. This is due to the fact that their home planet has a much greater gravity than earth. It is interesting to point out that they are bred by cloning...so really there should be no differances at all. Things that have changed is the number of digits on each hand but this was explained that in the centuries between the Doctor meeting the sontarans in "The Time Warrior" and "The Sontaran Experiment" improvements have been made.
                            Saying all that the new design isn't bad but I hate the costume...seeing as the Judoon looked so much like Sontarans in last years series this can be forgiven as it would have been confusing for new viewers.....A much better design was independantly done in the "fan film" Shakedown.....A much better mask design.
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