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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = The Sons of the Crab.jpg | |image = The Sons of the Crab.jpg | ||
|series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | |series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | ||
|doctor = First Doctor | |doctor = First Doctor | ||
|companions = | |companions = | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = [[Fomal]] | ||
|setting = [[Wengrol]], [[Crab Nebula]] | |setting = [[Wengrol]], [[Crab Nebula]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = | ||
|read by = [[Dan Starkey]] | |||
|illustrator = [[Walter Howarth]] | |illustrator = [[Walter Howarth]] | ||
| | |anthology = The Dr Who Annual 1966 | ||
|release date = | |release date = September 1965 | ||
|prev = Who is Dr Who? ( | |prev = Who is Dr Who? (feature) | ||
|next = The Lost Ones (short story) | |next = The Lost Ones (short story) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Sons of the Crab''''' was the third short story, and second adventure short story, published in the ''[[ | '''''The Sons of the Crab''''' was the third short story, and second adventure short story, published in the ''[[The Dr Who Annual 1966]]''. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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* [[Valkro]] | * [[Valkro]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* | * The Doctor comments, ''"I'm [[human]], just like you are."'' However, as the people he's talking to are not from Earth, the word "human" seems to be used to mean [[humanoid]], though he also adds that he is from Earth: ''"I have come from a galaxy we call the [[Milky Way]]. To us on [[Earth]] this [[planet]] is what we call the [[Crab Nebula|Nebula of the Crab]]."'' | ||
* The Doctor refers to [[galaxy|galaxies]] as "island universes", an archaic term used in science until the early twenty-first century, when it began to fall out of use. | |||
* The story is a clear commentary on {{w|in vitro fertilisation|''in vitro'' fertilisation}} and features literal test tube babies. The author makes their opposition to the process quite obvious in the conclusion of the story, deeming it as unnatural, although the Doctor himself never expresses such concerns. In the real world, the first IVF baby was born in [[1978]], almost thirteen years after this story was published. | |||
* The story was read by [[Dan Starkey]] for the audio anthology ''[[Time Wake & Other Stories]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|annuals1.htm#A66_2|The Sons of the Crab}} | {{dwrefguide|annuals1.htm#A66_2|The Sons of the Crab}} | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:DWAN 1966 short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Short stories set in Mutter's Spiral]] | [[Category:Short stories set in Mutter's Spiral]] | ||