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* Doctors believed that [[Katie Russell]] had Alzheimer's. She in fact had a parasitic tumour. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') | * Doctors believed that [[Katie Russell]] had Alzheimer's. She in fact had a parasitic tumour. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') | ||
* [[Henrietta Goodheart]] suffered from Alzheimer's but still remained lively. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos]]'') | * [[Henrietta Goodheart]] suffered from Alzheimer's but still remained lively. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 14:57, 29 June 2013
Alzheimer's disease was a disease that would make people senile, and thus affected memory. It was quite common for victims to remember snippets from their childhoods or lives. (TV: Out of Time)
Ace asked the Seventh Doctor if Time Lords could suffer from Alzheimers. He told her they got much worse diseases. (PROSE: Relative Dementias)
Cases
- Bea Nelson-Stanley was an Alzheimer's sufferer. (TV: Eye of the Gorgon)
- Alan Ellis began to suffer from the disease. (TV: Out of Time)
- Doctors believed that Katie Russell had Alzheimer's. She in fact had a parasitic tumour. (TV: Fragments)
- Henrietta Goodheart suffered from Alzheimer's but still remained lively. (PROSE: Beautiful Chaos)
