Doctor Who: Series 13 Trailer Breakdown - 20 Things You Must See

17. The Sontaran Stratagem In Full Effect

Doctor Who Series 13 (Flux) decayed Master theory
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Sontaran ships! Lots of them, too.

Doctor Who fans will undoubtedly recognise the design of these vessels from the 2008 Tenth Doctor story The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky, the first appearance of the Sontarans in the modern era of the show.

Doctor Who The Poison Sky Sontaran ship
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Interestingly, the Sontaran ships in that trailer shot are clearly in the modern day, but as we'll get to later, the Sontarans themselves appear to be in the past.

Does this mean two Sontaran factions - one past, one future? The exact same Sontarans at multiple points in time, flitting back-and-forth between past and present? Who knows - but the possibilities are pretty exciting.

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for almost nine years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. He has been writing and video editing for 10+ years, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers and uploading them to YouTube (they're admittedly a bit rusty by today's standards). If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order or to tell you about the making of 1988's Remembrance of the Daleks, Danny is the person to ask.