Editing Sontaran (section)

===Comic books===
The Sontarans have also appeared several times in the ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strip, both as adversaries of the Doctor and in strips not involving the Doctor. In ''The Outsider'' (DWM #25-26), by [[Steve Moore (comics)|Steve Moore]] and [[David Lloyd (comics)|David Lloyd]], a Sontaran named Skrant invaded the world of Brahtilis with the unwitting help of Demimon, a local [[astrology|astrologer]]. The [[Fourth Doctor]] faced the Sontarans in ''Dragon's Claw'' (DWM #39-#45), by Steve Moore and [[Dave Gibbons]], where a crew of Sontarans menaced [[China]] in 1522 AD.

In [[Steven Moffat]]'s short story "What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow" (the basis for the [[Tenth Doctor]] episode "[[Blink (Doctor Who)|Blink]]"), the [[Ninth Doctor]] has a rooftop sword fight with two Sontarans in 21st century [[Istanbul]], defeating them with the help of spy Sally Sparrow, apparently before the events of "[[Rose (Doctor Who episode)|Rose]]" in his personal timeline.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/episodes/2007/blink_annual.shtml|title = BBC - Doctor Who - Episodes - Blink}}</ref>

The Sontaran homeworld was destroyed in the future during the events of the [[Seventh Doctor]] strip ''Pureblood'' (DWM #193-196) but the Sontaran race pool survived, allowing for further cloning; the strip introduced the concept of "pureblood" Sontarans not born of cloning. The Sontarans also feature in the [[Kroton (Cyberman)|Kroton]] solo strip ''Unnatural Born Killers'' (DWM #277) and the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s comic strip debut ''The Betrothal of Sontar'' (DWM #365-#368), by [[John Tomlinson (comics)|John Tomlinson]] and [[Nick Abadzis]], where a Sontaran mining rig on the ice planet Serac comes under attack by a mysterious force.