The Sarah Jane Adventures writer Phil Ford has claimed that the Sontaran who appeared in this season’s premiere episode was the best Sontaran ever!

“Commander Kaagh is the last survivor of the task force that attacked Earth in ‘The Sontaran Stratagem’… [and] we haven’t seen a Sontaran like this before,” he told Doctor Who Magazine. “He’s got a few tricks up his sleeve and he was just fantastic to write for.”

“Personally I think he’s the best Sontaran that we’ve ever seen in the Doctor Who world,” Ford added, before describing Kaagh actor Anthony O’Donnell’s performance as “fantastic… he is an amazing Sontaran”.