Bigger on the Inside

On Sunday the BBC officially released a promotional image of a Sontaran, the race of clone warriors from the classic series who are returning to the show in series four of the new series. The BBC News Online report, featuring the photo, also states that their return adventure will see new companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) meet Freema Agyeman’s Martha Jones for the first time. Tate, Jones and David Tennant are all featured alongside the Sontaran in the promotional shot.

Of course this has sparked off considerable chat on the various Doctor Who sites, mostly people complaining that they don’t like the “powder blue” uniform or some other such tosh. I have mentioned before that I have considerable faith in the production team of this series and the released images do nothing to shake my belief. As far as I can see little has been done to change the look of the classic series monster bar change the suit. This had to happen really otherwise the spud heads would just look like squat versions of last year’s Judoon. Sure, they could have avoided that by not ripping off the Sontarans in the first place but isn’t hindsight a wonderful thing?

Stop moaning people, really. When the episode(s) airs it will certainly be a cracker and any thoughts of “Mr Potato Head in George Clooney’s batsuit” will be forgotten.

The official website also has a report and images, one of which is included right. The image is BBC copyright, and used purely to promote the programme.

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