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New details about the Sontarans \u2013 such as that they are produced in identical batches, and are a highly militaristic culture \u2013 are introduced. And we also learn that\u00a0even such foes have weaknesses \u2013 in this case, not being used to the Earth\u2019s gravity.<\/p>\n
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The episode \u201cThe Sontaran Experiment\u201d is an interesting one when treated as a companion to \u201cThe Ark in Space.\u201d While in the latter the story of Noah was from mythology, in this one, Space Station Nerva has become a legend, and thus viewed like Atlantis. And so Doctor Who, as so many times before, both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":27987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[2765,11590,11592,12704],"class_list":["post-27986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-doctor-who-science-fiction","tag-doctor-who","tag-sontaran","tag-sontarans","tag-tom-baker"],"yoast_head":"\n