Meson gun
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Meson guns,[source needed] also known as mezon blasters and mezon-blasters, were large triple-barrelled weapons made from a a pale shimmering metal used by Sontarans. (PROSE: The Two Doctors [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Ice Passage Ambush","chaptnum":"11","1":"The Two Doctors (novelisation)"}) The weapons also had integrated blades. (TV: The Two Doctors [+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"], HOMEVID: A Fix with Sontarans [+]Loading...["A Fix with Sontarans (home video)"])
Group Marshal Stike and Major Varl of the Ninth Sontaran Battle Group wielded these guns when trying to ambush Dastari and the augmented Androgum Chessene on Spain during 1985; only to be ambushed themselves with coronic acid. (TV: The Two Doctors [+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"])
When Group Marshal Nathan and his subordinate of the Tenth Sontaran Battle Brigade entered the TARDIS control room after being lured there by the Sixth Doctor, the subordinate Sontaran wielded one of these guns. (HOMEVID: A Fix with Sontarans [+]Loading...["A Fix with Sontarans (home video)"])
Sontaran ships such as Linx class cruisers and Valt class destroyers were fitted with meson cannons, which were open-ended particle accelerators. (PROSE: Lords of the Storm [+]Loading...["Lords of the Storm (novel)"])
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In the original version of A Fix with Sontarans, Jimmy Savile identifies the weapon as a BBC meson gun, however this ending was cut from the 2022 edition of A Fix with Sontarans — given ethical reasons over Savile's illegal and predatory behaviour — and it is also not a valid source due to the fourth wall-breaking ending. As such, it is never named in the only version we count, the 2022 edition.
Doctor Who DVD Files, in its Technology feature, instead opts for Meson rifle.
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According to one account, after the Doctor and Tegan congratulated Gareth Jenkins on killing the duo of Sontarans, Jimmy Savile entered the TARDIS and told Gareth that, as the Sontarans wouldn't need the weapon on account of being dead, that he could take the BBC meson gun. (TV: A Fix with Sontarans [+]Loading...["A Fix with Sontarans (TV story)"])
