#<- the tenth doctor @ the 2012 olympics

[doctorwho247]

It’s 17 years since ‘Fear Her’.

Doctor Who Rewatch | Fear Her

[6-and-7]

The Myth Makers When the TARDIS arrives on the plains of Asia Minor not far from the besieged city of Troy, the Doctor is hailed by Achilles as the mighty god Zeus and taken to the Greek camp. He meets Agamemnon and Odysseus. Forced to admit he is a mere mortal — albeit a traveller in space and time — he is given two days to devise a scheme to capture Troy.

Steven and Vicki, meanwhile, have been taken prisoner by the Trojans. Vicki, believed to possess supernatural powers, is given two days to banish the Greeks to prove she is not a spy.

Fear Her In London in 2012, the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler set off to see the Olympics, only to find terror in the most ordinary place.

[adventure-showdown]

What is your favourite Doctor Who story?

ROUND 1 MASTERPOST

synopses and propaganda under the cut

New Earth

Synopsis

In the distant future, an order of cat-nuns cure all illnesses, but the Tenth Doctor is suspicious of their methods. He must uncover the truth and save Rose from the vengeance of his old enemy, the Lady Cassandra.

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

Tooth and Claw

Synopsis

Landing in the 1870s by accident, the Tenth Doctor and Rose get caught up in trying to protect Queen Victoria. However, it seems something more sinister is afoot than a simple assassination plot; can the time travellers stop the coming of the Empire of the Wolf?

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

The Girl in the Fireplace

Synopsis

For their first trip with Mickey, the Tenth Doctor and Rose end up on a spaceship in the future that contains several portals to pre-Revolutionary France. When he steps through one of these portals, shaped like a fireplace, the Doctor discovers the even greater mystery of actual, romantic love.

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

Fear Her

Synopsis

In London in 2012, the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler set off to see the Olympics, only to find terror in the most ordinary place.

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

The Shakespeare Code

Synopsis

As a reward for her help with the Plasmavore, Martha Jones gets a trip in the TARDIS. The Tenth Doctor takes her to 1599 England. After viewing a performance of Shakespeare's latest play, the time travellers are beset by apparent sorcery. Under threat of annihilation from a species from the Dark Times, the TARDIS team have to establish whether there is a connection between a witch they've met and Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Won — a play that was legendarily lost to time.

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks

Synopsis

During the building of the Empire State Building in 1930s New York City, the Cult of Skaro continues their attempts to destroy humanity and reign supreme.

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

The Lazarus Experiment

Synopsis

After travelling backwards, forwards and backwards again in time, Martha Jones has returned home. However, before the Tenth Doctor can bid farewell to her, he hears Professor Richard Lazarus announcing that he'll "change what it means to be human." What could this mean? And could it lead to something far more dangerous than a simple scientific failure?

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky

Synopsis

Fifty-two people across the world in eleven different time zones die at the exact same time. The only connection: they all have ATMOS installed in their vehicles. Martha Jones, now a UNIT medic, summons the Tenth Doctor back to modern-day Earth to help figure out why, but an old enemy lies in wait...

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

[brezchez]

I remember - Tenrose

Welcome to the first of my 1989 themed fics! I know that Style is before this, but I'm having a bit of trouble writing it at the moment so I'll be releasing the next ones and hopefully, before this is all over I'll have written it.

This fic is written from Rose's perspective, sort of like a diary entry in a way, and takes place around 5 months after their goodbye in 'Doomsday' (I'm still in mourning). If you spot any lyric references, comment them!

With that all being said, enjoy :)

Song: Out Of The Woods

Pairing: Tenrose (Tenth Doctor X Rose Tyler) - Doctor Who

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I once knew a man called The Doctor. He, like his name, was strange, mysterious and confusing; you could rarely ever get a straight answer out of him. And if you managed to, it would only be because you’d have to force every damn bone in his body to get it out. 

When he talked, it would sometimes be as if he was only saying words, making noise, not as if he knew that someone was listening.

But I was.

I was always hearing The Doctor. I soaked up his endless rants like a sponge absorbing water, and I loved it. Somewhere along the lines, I think that, one day, he picked up that I was actually there, that I was someone who was present with him in the moment, someone who was willing to truly pay attention to every word that flew out of those pinkish little lips of his.

He saw me, like I saw him, and that was all I needed in life.

Looking at it now, it all seemed so simple. Those adventures that we’d have all seem like distant dreams now. What I wouldn’t give to go on just one more with him. Please, just one. Every night, I look up at the stars. I search for that blue box, knowing that I’d never find it yet still clinging onto that glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, I will. Mum says that she understands, and I suppose to an extent she does. But she’ll never know how much my heart aches and cries and screams for him. And neither will he. He’s probably off bouncing between galaxies and shooting all over space, battling evil forces and saving the entire universe from destruction. The worst part is that he won't have anyone with him. He's alone, and that’s what breaks me the most.

During every adventure we’d go on together, my head told me it wasn’t safe. I always knew that there was a looming danger hanging over me, whispering in my ear that whatever foreign planet that we were on would be the last I’d ever step on. The constant questions: Are we out of the woods yet? Are we in the clear yet? They’d continuously ring in my ears like sirens blaring, but I’d ignore them.

That constant anxiety of being around The Doctor; I’ll admit it was suffocating and of course frightening. But at the same time, it was also so thrilling. To know that I would spend the rest of my days living on, not just the edge of the universe but also the edge of life; I revelled in the feeling. And to also be by The Doctor’s side through it all? I knew that that was all I wanted. Gone was the boring life I knew as a shop assistant in London - I never wanted to go back.

But of course, fate had other plans.

Looking at it now, The Doctor and I… we were built to fall apart, yet somehow we’d always find a way to fall back together. It was as if we were defying the laws of time and space itself by surviving through everything. Our first adventure (with his new dashing face) on New Earth, becoming stranded on Krop Tor, dealing with aliens in 1953 or even stopping an attack from outer space during the 2012 London Olympics. All the while, those questions: ‘Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet?’, they would echo over and over and over again, swarming in my mind. There were times where I’d think they’d come true and the end would finally catch up to me.

However, we pulled through it all, and we did it together. But I guess, with every disaster that we made out of alive, the angrier the universe became. Until finally, we were dealt the final blow and I was separated from him. Forever.

Not a day goes by that I don’t remember his face; in those final moments that I saw him, the real him, not just a hollow image of a man I used to be able to touch. I remember his expression as clearly as if I was still there, the daleks screaming as they were being sucked into that void and me, clinging onto that damn lever like a lifeline. His eyes, wide with dread as his face paled in horror; it burned into my memory, scarring me forever. Whenever I close my eyes, I can still see it.

The next time I saw him, it wasn’t him. Not really. He said it himself, “just an image, no touch”. I remember how quickly my heart dropped and all my hope vanished. I remember breaking down, sobbing, falling into a million pieces right in front of him. I remember wishing that we would hold me, comfort me, tell me it was just a glitch in the system that he could easily fix, like he always knew how. But he had to tell me the truth that I wouldn’t face.

I still remember that grin on his face that always did its best to hide The Doctor’s true emotions, and those silly, sweet eyes that would betray him, and lay himself bare to me when we said goodbye. The last things he said to me, that I was the one adventure he could never have, will stay with me forever, cemented in my memories like the stars in the sky.

I’ll always remember the aching of my heart, the screaming pain of confessing through my sobs, “I love you.” And I’ll always remember his final words…that were never finished.

“Rose Tyler…”

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I once knew a man called The Doctor. He, like his name, was strange, mysterious and confusing. But that’s who he was, and that’s who he’ll always be. Maybe I’ll never know what he was going to say to me that day, at Bad Wolf Bay. Maybe I’ll never truly know if he ever loved me back. Maybe I'll never know if I'll ever see him again.

But I'm out of the woods now. Hopefully, I'll be in the clear soon too.

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Please like, comment and reblog! 🫶 (If I haven't broken your heart too much)

[queermarzipan]

OH MY GOD ASMI GOOD LUCK GOOD LUCK GOOD LUCK BREAK A LEG HALS UND BEINBRUCH ICH DRÜCKE DIR DIE DAUMEN GO N-ÉIRÍ GO GEAL LEAT GO N-ÉIRÍ AN BÓTHAR LEAT BEANNACHT NA DÉITHE ORT GO MBEIDH ÁDH LEAT ETC ETC ETC

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TELL US ALL ABOUT IT WHEN YOU GET BACK!!!!!!!

wish me luck, maggots, I'm going to preach good omens to irl humans.

Tomorrow I have, well, some kind of college thing... an explore the college event? Dunno what it is, exactly. A morning spent at the college where they'll discuss the courses and I'll need to interact with other students.

Also, parents are supposed to come, but mine are going to be away with work. And my brother said I needed to dye my hair black before going (with the Crowley red faded, it's now a bright ginger, kind of Bildad-coloured). He did not say this with kindness.

I'm not going to do any such thing, because fuck it. If the college can't accommodate me (not about the hair, but about my being queer and my mental health) then I'd rather know sooner, not later be caught off guard like I was the previous college.

SO MY GRAND PLAN FOR DEALING WITH IRL HUMANS TOMORROW:

I take the Good Omens book with me.

I dress as gay as I know how to. If I have to wear my bi flag as a scarf, so be it.

It won't come to that, don't worry. I tend to look gay as a default.

I carry the Good Omens book in my hands at all times.

I wait till someone asks me about it, as people tend to do at such events.

I SPREAD THE GOOD OMENS AGENDA TO THEM.

I move on to my next victim. During this process, Good Omens being the story that it is, I will make many queerphobic people very, very uncomfortable.

Good. I will tell many people I like their shoelaces. Let's see how that one goes.

Now at this point I will have made conversation with several people, but worst comes to worst, I can always just find some English students. Apparently they all, as a collective species, adore Neil Gaiman. Excellent.

If even that plan of interaction fails, and all is doomed, I will sit on a chair, look gay and mysterious, and open Tumblr and talk to you maggots instead.

A flawless plan, methinks.

Am I terrified? Absolutely, yes, and I am traumatised by my previous experiences at college.

However, I have decided to put things into perspective, and go forth not as me, Asmi, but as the Good Omens Mascot, and preach Good Omens to everyone, and then get the fuck out of there. This is a lot more manageable.

...anyway, so, yes. Wish me luck. Wahoo?

[buzzerdome]

Speaking of absolutely squandered opportunities in pop culture,

Why the heck wasn't the Tenth Doctor included the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony?

They had the greatest opportunity to pay homage to the longest running sci-fi show ever, that was just starting to blow up internationally, by bringing an actual episode to life. But instead, we got a briefly played apparating TARDIS sound during something else completely that you only catch if you know it (made me extra sad cause I thought it was gonna show up or SOMETHING)

[charlie064]

I want her to say “we are not amused”

I bet you £5 I can get her to say it.

[doctorwho247]

On this day in 2006, the Doctor took Rose to London 2012, where he carried the Olympic Torch! 🏅🔥

[icewarrior2000]

Fear Her

(Series 2, Episode 11)

Summary: Back when London 2012 was the future and BoJo was just a plonker of a mayor, people are being attacked by a pencil scribble and there’s a classic creepy singing child. The Doctor nicks the Olympic torch and finishes the relay in order to give the alien the jumpstart it needs to get it home.

Watch it because: “Bob?  Not you too Bob.”  What a cameo from Huw Edwards.

Original Air Date: 24 June 2006.

Doctor: David Tennant.

Companions: Rose Tyler (Billie Piper).

Writer: Matthew Graham.

Director: Euros Lyn.

Producer: Phil Collinson.

Executive Producer:

Russell T Davies & Julie Gardner.

[timeagainreviews]

That time Doctor Who did Tales from the Hood and the Olympics

Content warning: I will speak briefly about domestic abuse at a couple of points in this review. Feel free to skip this one if that’s too much for you. 

They say horror and comedy share similar beats. That the rhythms of their narrative structure are comparable. This is probably why I have always struggled with getting into the horror genre. Much like a comedy, if the premise is weak, you pray it’s brief. This is probably why one of my favourite subgenres of horror is the anthology movie. Tales from the Crypt, Creepshow, Trick-’R-Treat, The Vault of Horror are just a few. But one of my favourites of the lot is a charming film referred to as “Tales from the Hood.” Its cheeky title, an obvious riff off of the then popular “Tales from the Crypt,” franchise, told you everything you needed to know. This was a horror anthology movie made from a black perspective. It stars the electric Clarence Williams III as “Mr Simms,” the movie’s analogue Cryptkeeper. And it’s a lot of fun.

Of the film’s four different stories, my favourite as a kid was always “Boys Do Get Bruised.” In it, a young boy named Walter discovers he has the ability to affect things in the real world after drawing them. He learns this after crumpling a drawing of his bully coincides with his bully meeting a terrible and maiming accident. Throughout the story, both Walter and his mother Sissy are subject to the violent outbursts of Sissy’s boyfriend Carl (played brilliantly by an against type David Allen Grier). Walter refers to Carl as “The Monster,” and draws him as such. Toward the climax of the story, Walter protects himself and Sissy by folding, twisting, and eventually burning the image of the Monster. You can imagine my surprise then, when Doctor Who told basically the same story eleven years later with “Fear Her.”

In Fear Her, we’re introduced to the residents of the appropriately named Dame Kelly Holmes Close, a residential street scheduled to be part of the Olympic torch runner route for the then-upcoming 2012 London Olympics. The local council has taken a keen interest in beautifying their roads to allow Britain to put its best foot forward on the international stage. Only something far more troubling than potholes is afoot, and everyone knows it. No amount of beautification or proud waving of the Union Jack can hide the fact that there are children going missing. Unbeknownst to most of the residents, it all relates back to young Chloe Webber and her bizarre ability to capture people, animals, and objects within her childish drawings.

The TARDIS arrives in what may be one of the funniest materialisation scenes in Doctor Who history with the Doctor needing to readjust the parking. The Doctor and Rose exit, seemingly in high spirits. From my research, I learned that this script had been written pretty early on into Tennant’s tenure as the Tenth Doctor. Because of this, much of the dialogue was written for any Doctor to deliver. I found this funny as I feel some of Tennant’s funniest one-liners come from this episode. Such as when he muses that back in 1948 “everyone had a tea party to go to,” and then goes on to wax philosophic about those little edible ball-bearings on cakes. If that is boilerplate Doctor dialogue, I love it. That said, the Doctor and Rose’s flirting feels out of character and tacked on at times. While the Doctor is busy distracting himself with his own haircare routine, Rose gets the first whiff of danger after witnessing a cat go missing.

After doing a bit of very obvious snooping, the Doctor and Rose have brought themselves to the attention of half the neighbourhood. It’s the concerned elderly woman, Maeve who thinks something is taking the children. Council worker, Kel, is more concerned with smoothing out the pavement of the roads to have noticed much. So the Doctor and Rose go knocking on doors. Meanwhile, Chloe Webber spies their activities from the birdseye view of her first-floor bedroom window. Whatever force has taken over Chole fears what changes these newcomers will bring and it begins to formulate a plan. But through frustration Chloe scribbles across the page, causing a tangled ball of graphite to manifest and attack Rose.

The Doctor uses a bit of sonic screwdriver magic to neutralise the threat, rendering the graphite knot conveniently travel-sized. He then takes the ball back to the TARDIS, where analysis reveals its compounds are pencil lead. I imagine much of the ire for this story comes from Chloe’s being able to draw things in and out of existence, which is fair. Personally speaking, I’ve always loved that concept, ever since I was a kid. It wasn’t just Tales from the Hood either. Eerie, Indiana did a similar story as well. I loved Kyle Rayner as the Green Lantern because he was an artist able to “draw,” things into existence using his lantern ring. I get that it may be a little too far-fetched for some, but I hold that Doctor Who is not hard sci-fi. I would argue that it’s not even sci-fi.  But really, I think the weakest element of this story has got to be the inclusion of the Olympics. 

For starters, this episode came out in 2006. Matthew Graham has gone on record saying that this episode was written for children. So why then, is it so far from the actual Olympics? It’s not as though this is some sort of corporate mandate from the higher-ups at the BBC to generate synergy or whatever. Maybe if the Olympics were in two years, it would have made more sense. With that in mind, it appears to be more of a conscious decision, and what a weird one. If this story was written for six-year-olds, its subject matter wouldn’t come into fruition until they were twice their age. This isn’t really a negative, I simply find it odd.

Even stranger is the fact that this story wasn’t originally supposed to take place on Earth, so the inclusion of the Olympics had to come much later. In trying to understand the usage of the Olympics, I reverse-engineered the story in many different ways to see if it could tell the same story without all of the saccharine nationalism and honestly, I kept coming back to it being somewhat essential to the story. The most likely explanation is that the Olympics are fun and that the story being set in the near future added a bit of realism. Sure, fine, but is that the only function they play?

As I mentioned earlier, Councilman Kel has been proudly minding the pavement with precision as if the Queen herself were running the torch. There’s a sort of gooey sentimentality toward Britain and its inclusion in the proud tradition of the Olympic games. But within this cloying nationalism is a hint of mockery. You can clean up the pavement and shoo away the homeless, but you can’t cover up what happens behind Britain's closed doors. Chloe Webber and her mother, Trish were both victims of horrible domestic abuse at the hands of Chloe’s now deceased father. Even after his death, trauma plagued both mother and daughter. Alienating them from one another, their friends, and even following into their dreams.

After narrowing down the Webber homestead as the source of the disappearances, the Doctor and Rose ingratiate themselves with Trish by presenting themselves as the only people open-minded enough to listen to her. The Doctor uses his famous “Dad skills,” to put Chloe under hypnosis, allowing him to talk to the entity inside. We learn that the entity is a creature called an Isolus, known for travelling in large groups like schools of fish puttering across the murky depths of space. Only this unfortunate Isolus was separated from its family. While seeking out warmth and love, it was drawn to the heat of new pavement and Chloe’s loneliness. Both Chloe and the Isolus are but lonely children seeking company, hence all of the stolen children.

After removing her drawing implements, the Doctor and Rose leave Chloe in Trish’s incapable hands. Seriously, this is the biggest sticking point in the entire episode for me. If your child has the inhuman ability to draw people out of existence, why the hell would you leave them alone? Fearing the Doctor is about to force it back into loneliness, the Isolus grabs Chloe’s coloured pencil stash out of a headless doll and gets to drawing the crowd at the Olympics. That many people gathered in the name of goodwill may be just the ticket. The disappearance of the crowd draws the Doctor and Rose back to the Webbers, but by the time they return, Chloe has also drawn the Doctor into her collection.

Now it’s up to Rose, with a little hint from the drawing of the Doctor- use the symbolic love of the Olympic torch to reignite the Isolus’ pod. Rose deduces that the pod must have been attracted to the high heat of the tar from Kel’s roadworks. She then goes over to his council van, produces a council axe, and tears up the council’s street, revealing the Isolus pod under the bump Kel couldn’t seem to smooth out. Meanwhile, Chloe, still unaware of Rose’s endeavours, furiously draws the earth on her wall in an attempt to further expand her family. Rose tosses the Isolus pod toward the Olympic torch runner just in time, as it attaches to the now roiling flame. The sudden influx of love and warmth draws the Isolus out of Chloe, who restores the missing children and the stadium crowd.

At this point, the episode can’t decide quite where it wants to end. The torch runner gets a leg cramp or something, causing him to drop the torch. It’s beginning to look like nobody will pick up the torch and carry it the rest of the way. That is until the Doctor comes along and scoops it up revealing that not only he, but the Olympics will be alright. Only the human equivalent of a golden retriever, David Tennant, could pull off such a dopey sequence. Seriously, could you picture Eccleston doing that? But the story doesn’t end there. You see, as I said earlier, Chloe’s father was still plaguing her dreams. In order to remove him from her dreams, Chloe trapped her horrific father in a drawing on her closet wall. With the sudden influx of power to the Isolus, the drawing has come to life.

The Doctor and Rose rush back toward the house but are unable to help Trish or Chloe who are racked with terror at the bottom of the stairs. The difference here is that instead of Chloe drawing her abuser into a drawing she can then crush and burn, she is now basically powerless against her father. Except she isn’t, and neither is Trish. The two young women embrace one another and sing “Kookabura,” together as it was always the song Trish used to soothe Chloe after a particularly bad dream. I really loved how at this point in the story, it’s up to two victims of abuse to reclaim their lives and save themselves. By sticking together, they find the strength to overcome their pain. As a former victim of domestic abuse, this scene actually means a lot to me on a personal level. I’m glad they didn’t cheapen the moment by having the Doctor reverse the polarity of the neutron flow.

Now, do I actually think Matthew Graham stole his story idea from a small American indie horror from 1995? No. Stole is a harsh word. But I would be lying if I said I didn’t try to find his Twitter so I could ask if maybe he saw the movie and forgot about it. It would also be a lie to claim I didn’t google his name and Tales from the Hood. All that came up were mentions of an adaptation of “Childhood’s End,” (not that one) and an episode of Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams titled “The Hood Maker.” Really, comparing a childrens’ episode of Doctor Who to a horror movie from the gangsta rap era is a bit lopsided. It’s like when Kidz Bop covers a particularly salacious rap song. There’s gonna be some differences.

The episode ends with what might be one of the weirdest payoffs in Doctor Who history. The Doctor finally gets his edible ball-bearings on a cupcake. With the children of the village returned, the Isolus back with its family, and the world safe for another day, the Doctor and Rose are right to feel chuffed. Everyone lives and no one has to die. A cupcake break isn’t just warranted, it’s well earned. This is why the Doctor’s sudden chilly proclamation that a storm is approaching feels like a bit of an atonal ending to what was really a bit of a daft episode.

As history has shown, the real 2012 Olympic torch was not, in fact, lit by David Tennant, much to my and many other Whovian’s chagrins. Shayne Ward was focused less on music and more on his acting career by then. The Olympics themselves turned out to be less about love and more about keeping the status quo after the 2011 riots. In a way, Fear Her has become a bit of a retro-active historical, while also acting as a time capsule of preemptive revisionism. The reality of the 2012 London Olympics is closer to what goes on behind closed doors. The monster lurking underneath the image of prosperity.

[harocat]

okay but remember during the 2012 Olympics we were all making jokes about the Tenth Doctor lighting the flame like he did in the episode Fear Her, and people got super pissed because we were ruining the sanctity of the Olympics or something.

[aion-rsa]

Doctor Who: Why Does Everyone Keep Forgetting the Daleks?

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A scene that did not appear in New Year’s Day’s Doctor Who Special, ‘Revolution of the Daleks’.

SCENE: EXT. 10 DOWNING STREET, A PRESS CONFERENCE IS BEING HELD

PRIME MINISTER JO PATTERSON: …and so I introduce to you, our new, fully automated defence drones!

A “DEFENCE DRONE” GLIDES INTO VIEW.

JOURNALIST (RAISES A HAND): Hello, Jeff Typeface, Daily Exposition. Sorry but, um, isn’t that just a Dalek?

PM: A what?

JOURNALIST: A Dalek? About twelve years ago they transported the entire planet through space then rounded humans up in the streets and exterminated them?

PM: Hmmm. Doesn’t ring a bell.

ANOTHER JOURNALIST: Yeah, and a few years before that a bunch of them came flying out of Canary Wharf?

PM: Sorry, I’m completely drawing a blank.

JOURNALIST: Come on! They murdered one of your predecessors!

PM: Excuse me, but you can’t honestly expect me to remember every single British Prime Minister that suffered a violent death over the last two decades. We all know this job has the life expectancy of a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.

PM’S ADVISOR: Actually, Prime Minister, talking of your predecessors, Winston Churchill did try this exact same plan with a very similar looking contraption during the War, and I hear that went badly.

PM: I mean, I’m sure I believe you. I’m just saying this is all news to me.

JOURNALIST: Very well. Moving on, how will these “Defence Drones” help us deal with the Covid-19 pandemic?

PM: See, now you’re just making words up.

Doctor Who has always been a series that points and laughs at fans who want to try and piece together a consistent continuity across all its stories, but even by Doctor Who standards, forgetting an entire global invasion barely more than a decade ago (y’know, just before most of the show’s viewers were born, you absolute fossil you) might seem like a stretch.

Of course, the real reason Jo Patterson couldn’t remember the Daleks is that unlike say, the MCU, where weirdness layers upon weirdness to create a world that almost counts as alt-history, Doctor Who is, on some level, always reaching to be set in “our” universe. The key conceit of the show is that you might turn a corner, find a blue box, and suddenly be whisked away through space and time to a world of adventure. Which doesn’t really work if the British town squares of the Doctor Who universe all feature memorials to the victims of the Daleks and diet pills have to be tested for Adipose DNA.

But at the same time, Doctor Who just loves a great big Hollywood space invasion, and making these two core ingredients of the show mesh is a nightmare for continuity.

Let’s, for instance, take a look at the life of recently departed Doctor’s companion, Ryan Sinclair.

Life of Ryan

Ryan was born in 1998 or 1999. As a child, he attended Redlands Primary School at around the same time London was hit by a “terrorist attack” when shop windows dummies started shooting people. A year later a spaceship crashed into Big Ben, although this was later dismissed as a hoax. That Christmas Day, when Ryan was around eight years old, every human with O negative blood got up in a trance and went and stood on a tall building while a gigantic spaceship hung over London.

Still Ryan is a kid, he doesn’t watch the news, maybe nobody in his family is O negative and let’s face it, news of a lot of this stuff probably doesn’t get as far as Sheffield.

However, even in Sheffield he would have seen the regular “ghost shifts” that appeared all over the world, and at nine years old he would have been traumatised to have his home, like so many others, invaded by Cybermen before they all got sucked away by something.

His family make the wise decision not to turn on the news that Christmas, so he doesn’t hear about the “Christmas star” attack, or later that year a hospital being teleported to the moon, and while he probably remembers grown-ups getting very excited by Harold Saxon getting elected, fortunately most of his tenure as Prime Minister was erased from history.

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Ryan would have noticed when CBBC was replaced by a giant eyeball shouting that “Prisoner Zero Has Escaped”, and, shortly after turning ten, he definitely would have noticed when the entire sky was set on fire to prevent a Sontaran invasion.

And then of course, the Earth was teleported across space, planets filled the skies, and Daleks roamed the streets rounding people up. He would have been about the same age as future astronaut and Mars colonist, Adelaide Brooke at this time, and she was profoundly affected by the experience.

After that it’s possible the government may have rounded up him and his classmates to offer up to the 456.

To round the year off, Ryan actually turned into Harold Saxon for a bit. This was probably, on balance, the worst Christmas of the lot.

2011 was largely uneventful except that nobody could die.

Ryan went on to see the Tenth Doctor light the flame at the 2012 Olympics, was briefly into that whole “mysterious black cubes” craze before they got banned for some reason, and while he was in high school the entire Earth was covered in dense forest overnight but that disappeared, and nobody ever mentioned it again. The Cybermen invaded again. Then, not long after Ryan left school, the entire world was taken over by a species of really gross looking mummified monks who claimed to have always been in charge, before they also disappeared overnight.

Not long after that, Ryan met the Doctor for the first time and was shocked, shocked, to discover that aliens exist.

Cracks in Time

Steven Moffat did give us one handy explanation for why nobody in Doctor Who remembers the Dalek invasion, or the giant steampunk Cyberman that invaded Victorian London, and probably much more. In ‘Victory of the Daleks’ the Doctor tries to persuade Winston Churchill that using his own force of Daleks to secure the country was a bad idea, and he turns to Amy, who would have seen that invasion, to back him up. She has no idea what’s he’s talking about.

Later it’s revealed this is because the TARDIS explodes, destroying the entire universe with it. The cracks in time left by that explosion erased all kinds of events from history, including, handily, anything that would cause the human view of the universe to deviate too far from the real-world status quo.

Of course, that does leave some problems. Adelaide Brooke, again, clearly remembers the Dalek invasion and it was a moment so formative and influential on her eventual Fixed Point In Time that even the Dalek she saw (who, I remind you, was working on a plot to destroy literally all existence) didn’t dare exterminate her because of its influence on the timeline. And since it’s not implied the crack in time could bring anyone back from the dead, it does make you wonder what history says happened to Harriet Jones (former Prime Minister) and all the many others killed by the Daleks.

But maybe you don’t need a giant retconning Crack in Time?

Because while the Doctor has often waxed lyrical about humanity being indomitable, creative, and curious, there is also a lesser innate human quality the Doctor sometimes mentions: our absent-mindedness.

The Forgetfulness of the Daleks

As well as the Dalek incursions in ‘The Stolen Earth’ and ‘The Army of Ghosts’, there was another Dalek visitation of Earth in the ironically named ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’, which was set in 1963. During this adventure then-companion Ace points out she doesn’t remember anything about Daleks invading in the 1960s. The Doctor replies, “Do you remember the Zygon gambit with the Loch Ness Monster? Or the Yeti in the Underground? Your species has an amazing capacity for self-deception.”

Likewise, nobody remembers dinosaurs invading London, or the other time shop window dummies came to life and started killing people, or when the Earth encountered its exact twin. Without any cracks in time hanging around, Doctor Who falls back on an old staple of fantasy and sci-fi- that humans just ignore anything that doesn’t fit into their worldview.

As we’ve already mentioned, this turns up a couple of times in the new series as well. In ‘In the Forest of the Night’, the entire planet is overnight covered in forest for reasons that we’re not going to go into too closely because that story’s a bit of an embarrassment to be honest. As the forest disappears at the end of the story the Doctor says it will be forgotten outside of fairy stories, because that’s “a human superpower”.

It can even work two-way. In ‘The Lie of the Land’, the entire Earth is taken over by the gross-looking and mysterious “monks”. Using a psychic link, the monks convince humanity that not only are they humanity’s generous benefactors, but also that the monks have always been here, guiding human evolution. This is of course a lie, as the monks are actually one of the very few aliens not to have guided human evolution at some point.

After the Doctor does his thing and the monks’ statues are torn down, someone passes by the ruins of one and wonders what it was. Already, people are forgetting.

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Which, if you think about it, is a Doctor Who story in itself. Imagine being an alien visiting Earth. Humanity must seem like the Silence, but in reverse- as soon as they stop looking at you they forget you exist. The Doctor really ought to take a look at that some time.

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How do Naturopathic Doctors Promote Healthy Aging?

Anticipated life expectancy at birth is declining-- and steadily so. The last time the USA experienced such a long and also continual decrease was a century ago throughout World War I when a flu pandemic went across the nation. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Avoidance (CDC), in 2017, average life expectancy in the U.S. was 78.6 years, one-tenth below the previous year. And also the fad does not appear to be an international problem. Life span at birth in Europe is secure, also boosting, appearing at 81 years in 2016.

Along with a decline in life expectancy at birth, age-specific fatality prices boosted in the U.S. for age including 25-34, 35-44, and 85+. The leading causes of death in the UNITED STATE continued to be the same in a year-over-year contrast, showing a lack of progression in treating cardiovascular disease, cancer, unintended injuries, persistent reduced respiratory system conditions, stroke, Alzheimer's illness, diabetes, influenza, pneumonia, kidney disease, as well as suicide.

Just how are naturopathic medical professionals uniquely placed to advertise healthy aging?

Aging is a natural process. It may be sped up or impeded depending on diet, nourishment standing, and lifestyle.

Naturopathic doctors (NDs) concentrate on supplying actionable details to people by using customized therapy strategies.

NDs are professionals in alternative medicine, which may be the method to support the natural aging procedure.

Naturopathic medical professionals stress the avoidance of condition, helping to lower health care expenses later on in life. Additionally, NDs operating in the medical care setup provide a deep understanding of individual care as well as treat each individual for their one-of-a-kind worries.

What are the greatest health worries associated with aging?

Aging is negatively influenced when physical conditions or lack of power stop a specific from being active. Some indications of aging consist of problem resting, weight gain, especially around the middle, as well as loss of muscular tissue mass. Beginning at age 30, individuals may lose as much as 5 percent of muscular tissue mass per years of life.

Cardiovascular danger

For some people, hypertension (high blood pressure) originates from lack of exercise as well as weight gain. A propensity for diabetes occurs from bad dietary choices, anxiety, as well as lack of exercise. Also, cardio conditions also occur from lack of exercise and also tension, as well as clinical depression.

Cognitive wellness

A healthy body is finest accompanied by a healthy mind, and also cognitive decrease is also an uncomfortable symptom that may feature aging. In 2003, professionals estimated that as many as 5.1 million Americans 65 years old or older may have Alzheimer's illness. That number is anticipated to grow to 13.2 million by 2050. A 2012 article released in The BMJ reported that cognitive decline can start as early as age 45. As well as in a 2013 short article released in the Notice of the World Wellness Company, researchers explained cognitive impairment as a persistent condition that is a "forerunner to mental deterioration" in as lots of as one-third of all dementia cases. Genetics might be an irrepressible aspect for cognitive decrease, however taking an energetic role in your diet plan, and also emphasizing prevention and natural therapy of common persistent disorders aids protect against cognitive decline. Naturopathic medical professionals aid assistance clients to obtain a healthy weight and physical fitness. One essential truth is that decreasing obesity lowers the risk of cognitive decrease.

Bone as well as joint wellness

Losses in bone thickness and joint liquid prevail problems individuals experience as they age. Weakening of bones is one of the most usual sort of bone disease affecting a minimum of 50 percent of all women aged 50 and also older and also may pose a considerable problem in aging men.

Bone thickness loss takes place as bones shed calcium and also other crucial minerals. Limbs come to be brittle as well as damage more easily. Lessened cartilage and calcification in joints-- often the hips, knees, and fingers-- is a global problem in maturing grownups, with the majority of adults experiencing a minimum of small arthritis. Liquid loss is partially in charge of the loss of elevation with aging. Discs between spinal vertebrae come to be thinner, vertebrae shed bone thickness, and the spinal column compresses. On top of that, foot arcs may become much less distinctive.

Risks of several drugs

At least one-third of older grownups in between the ages of 75 as well as 85 take a minimum of five prescription medicines, a sensation called "polypharmacy." Numerous medications prescribed are offered to address the adverse effects of other prescriptions. Older adults are paying more for their medical care as well as are at a greater risk for adverse effects, dangerous drug interactions, non-adherence because of complex medicine programs, and also an overall decrease in performance.

What are the aging differences in between males and women?

Females lose muscle mass earlier than males, however ladies generally live longer than men and also are more likely to reach the centenarian mark. Menopause triggers women to experience a more fast hormonal adjustment versus the steady change felt by guys.

These fast changes experienced by females are responsible for the distinct signs of menopause which may intensify bone thickness loss with age and enhance the threat of breaking bones. Diverse amounts of hormonal agent manufacturing during menopause may also result in weight gain, moodiness or depression, sleeping problems, warm flashes, as well as discomfort during sex.

While men do not experience the fast hormonal modifications that define menopause, the steady adjustment in hormonal agent levels men do have is related to some wellness results like decreased testicular tissue mass, gradual decline of testosterone enhanced risk of impotence bigger prostate gland (this affects 90 percent of males older than 80 years).

What are some flexible factors to increase bone, joint, and also muscular tissue health and wellness?

Exercise is the most crucial intervention to help enhance the health of bones, joints, and muscular tissues.

People are meant to relocate. Exercise does not need to be marathon-running or affordable Olympic weightlifting. Even just three rounds of 20-second stair climbing 3 times weekly may make a distinction in cardio health for inexperienced females. A 2017 Weakening of bones International study located that exercise favorably influences muscular tissue mass and muscle mass function in individuals 60 and older, many obviously by improving gait rate, equilibrium, and various other tests of physical efficiency. For people who are too sickly for extensive workouts and even walking, standing on one foot provides an alternative means to support bone health and wellness. Also for those that exercise routinely, a few mins on one foot aids advertise core stamina and balance. (Caution-- as balance troubles are additionally an important consider the once more procedure, basing on one foot is not suggested for those with existing equilibrium issues, or who may go to danger of drops.).

A 2017 Oncotarget research study found that regular exercise is connected with longer telomere lengths. Telomeres cover the ends of chromosomes, structures that package human DNA. Preserving telomere length protects hereditary information and also an useful cell division process, which could lower cellular aging and reduce the threat of age-related conditions such as cardiovascular disease, weight problems, diabetic issues, chronic discomfort, and tension. How may we promote cognitive wellness in older age?

Astaxanthin is a supplement with current research study sustaining muscular tissue endurance and also stamina in older individuals.

Sustaining a healthy body with a healthy mind.

Naturopathic medical professionals recommend supplements including curcumin, resveratrol, and also bacopa monnieri as a means of maximizing mind wellness. Producing healthy rest routines and decreasing stress are also thought about advantageous in the fight versus cognitive decrease. Naturopathic medical professionals have an opportunity to aid avoid degenerative conditions.

Other research supports using a multifactorial, personalized method to cognitive decline which includes resolving the gut microbiome, heavy metal levels, natural chemicals, and mitochondrial wellness. Recognizing a client's genetic predisposition to specific risk aspects for cognitive decline assists NDs establish a tailored approach to therapy.

NDs likewise support the favorable duty of work and community connections to stop and deal with cognitive decrease. Regular social task has actually been shown to boost cognitive stimulation. NDs are equipped to assist individuals and their households identify appropriate programs to help in cases of cognitive decline as well as mental deterioration.

How do dietary demands change with age?

Belly acid levels normally lower with age, changing gastrointestinal ability. One outcome may be diminished absorption of nutrients such as B12, calcium, iron, as well as magnesium.

Calorie demands decrease with age as a feature of reduced muscular tissue mass as well as activity degrees, but this confirms harmful to the going along with enhanced requirement for particular nutrients. Preserving this equilibrium of ideal nutrition may be difficult for individuals as they age. Licensed naturopathic medical professionals may aid with targeted nutritional interventions.

As explained over, menopause is typically a time when bone thickness starts to decrease, resulting in osteoporosis. One reason is the lowering of hormonal agent levels that advertise bone health. Nutritional referrals focused on bone health and wellness is suggested. Vitamins K, C, and D in addition to magnesium as well as calcium are useful nutrients for bone wellness.

By dealing with genetic tendency and lifestyle variables, naturopathic medical professionals may assist you assess the kinds of wellness challenges you might run into and may make referrals about modifiable danger factors in order to stop or reduce the aging issues. Prevention is always easier than treatment as well as having a naturopathic medical professional on your group may be a smart investment in your healthy and balanced aging.

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Teacher killed himself over crippling anxiety after trekking Himalayas

A teacher killed himself months after suffering a bout of crippling altitude sickness during a trekking trip to the Himalayas with his wife, an inquest heard.Paul Connell, 33, was found dead at the bottom of cliffs near his home in Ramsgate, Kent, after struggling with anxiety following the incident, leaving his family a note reading 'Voices in my head. I'm sorry. Love you all x'. He was travelling through Asia with his wife Lisa last September when he was struck down by the illness at 10,000ft on the Annapurna range in Nepal, which affected him so badly he texted his mother Donna Ayres telling her he wanted to 'throw himself off the mountain'.Although he was airlifted to hospital and appeared to have recovered, Mr Connell and his wife returned home to Kent months later due to his homesickness.He was taken straight to hospital by his mother after landing at Heathrow after she described him as 'looking like a heroin addict'.The inquest was told he was in and out of hospital between February and March and had tried to contact his GP 21 times the day before he died on March 26. Paul Connell, right with wife Lisa, killed himself months after developing altitude sickness while the couple were trekking the Annapurna range in Nepal in October 2018, picturedThe former teacher, 33, pictured with his wife in Vietnam, began to suffer from anxiety following the incident and while awaiting treatment in Nepal texted his mother Donna to say he wanted to 'throw himself off the mountain' Mrs Connell, pictured with Paul, said she wants to warn others of the dangers of mental health problems after her husband struggled to get treatment when back home in KentMr Connell, pictured left with Lisa on their wedding day in 2014 and right in Sri Lanka, was described as a 'really happy guy' before the altitude sicknessIt is not the first time altitude has been linked with mental health problems, with Olympic gold medallist Victoria Pendleton previously revealing she suffered depression after attempting to climb Mount Everest last year.She said oxygen deprivation up the world’s highest mountain left her feeling suicidal.Meanwhile research published in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry in 2018 found people living in high-altitude areas of the United States are more likely to commit suicide and suffer depression.Mrs Connell has now spoken out to warn others to watch out for the signs of mental health decline.The 35-year-old said: 'Paul was a really happy guy, he had a great life and he wasn't suffering with depression or anxiety.'It was something that happened really fast, really intensely over such a short space of time.'This can happen to anyone, it can happen to the strongest of people physically and mentally.'Someone can change, something can suddenly snap in someone's head. You just never know.'Mr and Mrs Connell were travelling on a trip-of-a-lifetime to Nepal and set out in September last year. The couple met in Australia, pictured, in 2012 and married two years later. They previously lived in Vietnam where they worked as English teachers An inquest in Canterbury heard Mr Connell, pictured with his wife in Nepal, had not displayed mental health problems before the trek The 33-year-old, pictured in Thailand, initially recovered after being airlifted to hospital, but became homesick after several more months travelling in AsiaThey were due to spend two months in the area, but Mr Connell suddenly began suffering panic attacks and severe anxiety and was unable to sleep.While he was up there, he texted his mother to say he wanted to jump off. WHAT ARE THE LINKS BETWEEN ALTITUDE SICKNESS AND POOR MENTAL HEALTH ? Altitude sickness is when breathing becomes difficult because there is a lack of oxygen at high altitude.  Altitude sickness, also called acute mountain sickness (AMS), can become a medical emergency if ignored.It normally develops between six and 24 hours after reaching altitudes more than 3,000m (9,842 feet) above sea level. Victoria Pendleton struggled with depression after developing altitude sickness and signs of hypoxia while trying to climb Mount Everest, picturedSymptoms are similar to those of a bad hangover, according to NHS, including headache, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, tiredness, loss of appetite and shortness of breath.At high altitude, the body is trying to compensate for the lack of oxygen in other areas of the body. A lack of oxygen leads to deterioration and eventually death of cells. This is referred to as hypoxia.Hypoxia, a condition is known to affect Everest climbers, can initially cause confusion and poor decision and is linked to poor mental health.According to scientific literature, the initial mood experienced at altitude could also be euphoria, followed by depression. With time, individuals may also become quarrelsome, irritable, anxious, and apathetic. Research has found that rates of depression and suicide are greater for those living in high altitudes. In 2018, Victoria Pendleton, a former British Olympic, said she had suffered severe depression and had contemplated suicide after her failed Everest expedition. She later split from her husband.Her expedition in April 2018 ended when Ms Pendleton showed signs of hypoxia.     Mrs Connell said that her husband became so unwell so quickly that he paid for a helicopter to take him back to the foot of the mountains.The Annapurna Range is one of the most hazardous to climb in the world.The peaks - which include the world's tenth highest mountain, Annapurna I Main, kill almost a third of those who attempt to climb them with 61 deaths out of 191 summit ascents.In October 2014, at least 43 people died as a result of snowstorms and avalanches on and around Annapurna, in Nepal's worst ever trekking disaster.After leaving the Himalayas Mr Connell rapidly improved.He recuperated for several months as the couple moved on to travel in India, before he slipped into a spiral of depression and insomnia from which he never recovered.Struggling to sleep, Mr Connell flew home to Ramsgate in the first week of February, where he was rushed straight from the airport to A&E at the QEQM Hospital in Margate by his mother.She told an inquest into his death he looked 'like a heroin addict' when she met him off his flight.Mr Connell had counselling but struggled to get a grip on his anxiety and doctors were left baffled by his case because he had never suffered from mental health problems before the Himalaya hike. The inquest at Canterbury Coroner's Court found Mr Connell killed himself on March 26.Mr Connell met his wife in Sydney in January 2012, while both were working in Australia.The pair bonded over a shared love of travelling and adventure, and went on to travel around South East Asia before settling in Hanoi, Vietnam, working as English teachers.They married in July 2014, in a small ceremony on a beach in Vietnam, which Mrs Connell described as 'perfect'.They made their home in Vietnam but came back to visit family during Christmas 2017 after Mr Connell's elder sister Aimee was diagnosed with cancer.She died on Christmas Day, but Mrs Connell said her husband had been coping with the death.It was this that inspired the pair to go travelling once again - and tick some places off their bucket list including Nepal and India.But it was about six weeks into their trip to the Himalayas that Mr Connell became ill.Mrs Connell said her husband returned home in February after struggling to sleep. His mother Donna then took him straight to hospital after claiming he 'looked like a heroin addict' Although he tried to get treatment for anxiety and depression, he was unable to get a bed at a private treatment facility and was not recommended for specialist NHS services after an initial assessment Mrs Connell, pictured with Paul on their wedding day, said her husband continued to suffer from panic attacks despite being given medicationMrs Connell, of Derry, Northern Ireland, said: 'Once he came off that mountain he was the same normal happy Paul again.'He embraced the first few months of India, he was happy.'But when the pair were in Bangalore in January, Mr Connell stopped sleeping once again.Mrs Connell said: 'He just become so frustrated and anxious. Paul woke up at 4am one night and said he needed to go home.'I thought we could just go somewhere really quiet, but he just had it in his head he wanted to go home.'Mr Connell returned to the care of his family, but had said he would try and get better so he could rejoin his wife.However she was so worried about him, she ended up flying back to the UK five days later.When she saw him she was shocked by his condition.Mr Connell, pictured in Nepal, even tried to injure himself with a rock while in and out hospital earlier this yearShe added: 'I could see that he was still having panic attacks, and this is the point he started talking about dark thoughts.' Mrs Connell took him to hospital again, and said he began crying and pleading with doctors: 'If you have to sedate me, sedate me, just please make me sleep.'They carried out physical checks on Mr Connell, but could not find anything wrong.Mrs Connell said: 'We were hoping something physical would show up. Something which would explain Paul being like this, because this person was no longer the Paul we all knew and loved. It was like a different person.'While in hospital he tried to injure himself with a rock.He was given anti-depressants and sleeping pills, but the inquest heard that although he had seen a counsellor the day before his death he was not recommended for further mental health assessments from specialist services.Mr Connell said he wanted to go to a psychiatric treatment centre called The Beacon in Ramsgate, where patients are monitored closely, but there was no space.The couple went to Mrs Connell's sister's house in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, in late February, in the hope a change of scenery would help. The couple, pictured in India, also went to see Mrs Connell's family in Northern Ireland to try to benefit from a change of sceneryMrs Connell said: 'We thought it would be good to come back here and relax and have some quiet time with my family.'It was the first time my sister and her husband had seen him in a long time, and they couldn't believe the change in him.'It was like a completely different person, Paul was really anxious.'His whole demeanour had a really nervous energy, an uncomfortable look. His eyes were kind of glassy.'He had to leave early, as a counselling space had come up.The pair continued to speak every day on the phone, while Mr Connell took his medication, saw his therapist and spent time with his parents. However a month later he took his own life after making 21 attempts to call his GP, but his calls failed to connect.DS Paul Deslandes investigated the circumstances surrounding Mr Connell's death and told the inquest that two dog walkers found Mr Connell lying face down on the beach 50ft below.Members of the public attempted to revive him for 15 minutes before paramedics arrived and took over CPR but he died 25 minutes later. The inquest at Canterbury Coroner's Court ruled Mr Connell, pictured with his wife in India, took his own lifeCoroner James Dillon ruled that Mr Connell had taken his own life.Mrs Connell said: 'I think the biggest thing is to listen to someone who is starting to speak out about it.'And listen to what they are asking for, because they know themselves what they are capable of dealing with.' Helen Greatorex, chief executive of the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, said: 'We were so very sad to hear of the tragedy of Paul's death.'Our thoughts and sincerest condolences are with his family and those who loved him.'We have, as everyone would expect, commenced a detailed review in to what happened in the lead up to the tragedy and are doing this in partnership with other agencies who knew Paul.'We will ensure that in particular, Paul's family are able if they wish to include questions to which they would like answers.'We will share the final report with both Her Majesty's Coroner and Paul's family.' For confidential support call the Samaritans on 116123 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details. 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