The contents of the package that the Doctor delivers to the Solonians is a collection of stone tablets. Ky, the Solonian for whom the package was intended, sees little point in these tablets as there is no way to fight with them, they are not weapons which can be used to defeat the Overlords. But in a way, they are weapons. They represent knowledge, one of the greatest weapons imaginable. One can underestimate the power of knowledge and fail to realise its true potential. It can be used to realise what people can be capable of, as it reveals secrets of the entirety of the universe's history to whomsoever happens to learn it.
In this case, the knowledge refers to the life cycle of the Solonians, revealing that they are the titular mutants and that they will mutate into new beings, coinciding with the seasons on Solos. This is an immensely powerful piece of knowledge as it not only shows to the Solonians that they have the capabilities to be something more than what they are currently (whether that by represented through a cockroach type creature or something else entirely), but it also reveals that the Mutations that the Solonians have been experiencing are in fact normal (much like puberty) and that perhaps the humans aren't to blame for this (as was conjectured by the Solonians) thus opening the door to some form of peace between the two races.
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