Unsurprisingly, it was one of the Doctor's previous encounters with the Sontaran race that got a shout-out – the very first clash between the Time Lord and the fearsome warrior race, in fact. We're ...

Later on in War Of The Sontarans, there's a shoutout to a character called Commander Linx - which, fun fact, is actually misspelled as "Lynx", in the episode's official iPlayer subtitles. Rookie ...

Doctor Who monster actors have always suffered for their art – but none moreso than Kevin Lindsay. Lindsay played the first ever Sontaran, Linx, in the Season 11 story The Time Warrior, and his slimy ...

Doctor Who has amassed quite the legion of iconic villains over its near 60-year history. Of course The Daleks, Cybermen and Master are probably the most iconic – but sat not far behind are the potato ...