The Time Warrior

The Time Warrior is the first serial of the <a href="/facts/Doctor_Who_season_11/qoDhmeBY">11th season</a> of the British <a href="/facts/Science_fiction_television/sxtqpWqe">science fiction television</a> series <a href="/facts/Doctor_Who/R7X9rdLc">Doctor Who</a>, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on <a href="/facts/BBC1/t4SaSm6X">BBC1</a> from 15 December 1973 to 5 January 1974. The serial introduced <a href="/facts/Elisabeth_Sladen/aCP1cgvq">Elisabeth Sladen</a> as new companion <a href="/facts/Sarah_Jane_Smith/j6GPG9AK">Sarah Jane Smith</a>. It also marked the debut of the <a href="/facts/Sontaran/pMnJknV2">Sontaran</a> race. The serial also introduces the name of the Doctor's home planet, <a href="/facts/Gallifrey/qqRLSm0X">Gallifrey</a>.
In the serial, the Sontaran Commander Linx (<a href="/facts/Kevin_Lindsay/sIuayUaI">Kevin Lindsay</a>) crash-lands his spaceship in medieval England. He agrees to give futuristic weaponry to the warrior Irongron (<a href="/facts/David_Daker/nIHuFtRE">David Daker</a>) and his men, in exchange for Linx being given shelter to perform repairs on the damaged spaceship.

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The Time Warrior