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The '''CyberTelosians''' were an offshoot of [[Cybermen]] originating from the [[CyberFaction]]'s colonisation of [[Telos]]. | The '''CyberTelosians''' were an offshoot of [[Cybermen]] originating from the [[CyberFaction]]'s colonisation of [[Telos]]. | ||
==Characteristics== | == Characteristics == | ||
The CyberTelosians were slim and spoke in a monotone, buzzing [[voice]], emphasising their lack of [[emotion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'', ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') | The CyberTelosians were slim and spoke in a monotone, buzzing [[voice]], emphasising their lack of [[emotion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'', ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
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[[Cyberman Level Nine]] was a [[primitive]] stage of [[Telosian]] [[Cyberman]] development. This level of Cyberman appeared like a normal [[human]] being at first glance, but with a pose as stiff as the Cybermen and encased in [[metal]] and [[plastic]]. However, the shape of human [[muscle]]s could be seen in the [[thigh]]s and [[calve]]s, while a face with a blank expression remained behind the [[Cyber-helmet|helmet]]. One one could identify Cyberman Level Nine by its [[artefact]]s, the [[ancillary breathing apparatus]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') | [[Cyberman Level Nine]] was a [[primitive]] stage of [[Telosian]] [[Cyberman]] development. This level of Cyberman appeared like a normal [[human]] being at first glance, but with a pose as stiff as the Cybermen and encased in [[metal]] and [[plastic]]. However, the shape of human [[muscle]]s could be seen in the [[thigh]]s and [[calve]]s, while a face with a blank expression remained behind the [[Cyber-helmet|helmet]]. One one could identify Cyberman Level Nine by its [[artefact]]s, the [[ancillary breathing apparatus]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
==Hierarchy== | == Hierarchy == | ||
The CyberTelosians were led by a [[Cyber-Controller]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') the [[CyberTelosian Controller]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cyber Nomads (audio story)|The Cyber Nomads]]'') The Cyber-Controller was supported by a group of five [[head Cyberman|head Cybermen]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') | The CyberTelosians were led by a [[Cyber-Controller]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') the [[CyberTelosian Controller]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cyber Nomads (audio story)|The Cyber Nomads]]'') The Cyber-Controller was supported by a group of five [[head Cyberman|head Cybermen]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
==Technology== | == Technology == | ||
CyberTelosians could produce [[Electro attack|arcs of electricity]] from their hands to stun, disable and kill. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') They also possessed a [[cyber-cannon]] that could operate in the [[vacuum]] of [[space]]. The virus [[Neurotrope X]] was used by the Telosians to incapacitate [[human]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'') | CyberTelosians could produce [[Electro attack|arcs of electricity]] from their hands to stun, disable and kill. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') They also possessed a [[cyber-cannon]] that could operate in the [[vacuum]] of [[space]]. The virus [[Neurotrope X]] was used by the Telosians to incapacitate [[human]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'') | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
===Origin=== | === Origin === | ||
[[File:10th Planet Cybermen.jpg|thumb|left|The Cybermen of Mondas. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')]] | [[File:10th Planet Cybermen.jpg|thumb|left|The Cybermen of Mondas. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')]] | ||
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] cited the [[planet]] [[Telos]], in addition to [[Mondas]], [[Pete's World|Earth]], [[Marinus]] and [[Planet 14]], as a place where the Cybermen rose as a result of [[parallel universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | The [[Twelfth Doctor]] cited the [[planet]] [[Telos]], in addition to [[Mondas]], [[Pete's World|Earth]], [[Marinus]] and [[Planet 14]], as a place where the Cybermen rose as a result of [[parallel universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | ||
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Based from Telos, the CyberTelosians were led by the [[CyberTelosian Controller|Cyber-Controller]] who was the mastermind at the heart of the Cybermen's [[Cyber-Empire|empire]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Powers Behind the Throne (short story)|The Powers Behind the Throne]]'') | Based from Telos, the CyberTelosians were led by the [[CyberTelosian Controller|Cyber-Controller]] who was the mastermind at the heart of the Cybermen's [[Cyber-Empire|empire]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Powers Behind the Throne (short story)|The Powers Behind the Throne]]'') | ||
===Early activity=== | === Early activity === | ||
[[File:Cyberman (pre-excellent).jpg|thumb|left|The Cybermen emerge from their tombs on Telos. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')]] | [[File:Cyberman (pre-excellent).jpg|thumb|left|The Cybermen emerge from their tombs on Telos. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')]] | ||
On [[15 October]] [[2070]], the Telosian Cybermen attempted to destroy the [[Earth]] in order to eliminate [[human]]ity, whom they saw as a potential threat to the [[Cyberman Empire]], as well as gaining retribution for the destruction of [[Mondas]]. However, this attack was thwarted by the [[Second Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Cybermen]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'') | On [[15 October]] [[2070]], the Telosian Cybermen attempted to destroy the [[Earth]] in order to eliminate [[human]]ity, whom they saw as a potential threat to the [[Cyberman Empire]], as well as gaining retribution for the destruction of [[Mondas]]. However, this attack was thwarted by the [[Second Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Cybermen]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'') | ||
===Reawakening=== | === Reawakening === | ||
By the end of the [[25th century]], the Cybermen had all but passed into legend when an archaeological expedition to the Telos found the [[Cyber-tomb|CyberTombs]], where hordes of Cybermen waited in [[cryogenic suspension]] led by the [[Cyber-Controller]]. They were awakened but defeated by the [[Second Doctor]]. This tomb was sealed again. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') However, as [[history]] recorded, this was not the end of the Cybermen on Telos. It was the hypothesis of the [[ArcHivist]]s that a surviving group of [[CyberNomad]]s eventually discovered Telos. Finding the [[CyberTelosian Controller]], they revived and reconstructed him, developing a new form of exoshell that incorporated the most efficient aspects of Nomad and Telosian design, based on the less encumbered [[Cyber-technology]] of the [[Cyber-Controller]]. Ultimately, a single, new [[Cyber-subspecies]], which the ArcHivists designated [[CyberNeomorph]]. Based from Telos, these Neomorph Cybermen proliferated throughout the [[26th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cyber Nomads (audio story)|The Cyber Nomads]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Killing Ground (novel)|Killing Ground]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') | By the end of the [[25th century]], the Cybermen had all but passed into legend when an archaeological expedition to the Telos found the [[Cyber-tomb|CyberTombs]], where hordes of Cybermen waited in [[cryogenic suspension]] led by the [[Cyber-Controller]]. They were awakened but defeated by the [[Second Doctor]]. This tomb was sealed again. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') However, as [[history]] recorded, this was not the end of the Cybermen on Telos. It was the hypothesis of the [[ArcHivist]]s that a surviving group of [[CyberNomad]]s eventually discovered Telos. Finding the [[CyberTelosian Controller]], they revived and reconstructed him, developing a new form of exoshell that incorporated the most efficient aspects of Nomad and Telosian design, based on the less encumbered [[Cyber-technology]] of the [[Cyber-Controller]]. Ultimately, a single, new [[Cyber-subspecies]], which the ArcHivists designated [[CyberNeomorph]]. Based from Telos, these Neomorph Cybermen proliferated throughout the [[26th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cyber Nomads (audio story)|The Cyber Nomads]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Killing Ground (novel)|Killing Ground]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
Telos' was also not the only CyberTomb. There were dozens across the galaxy and more wars were started off. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crystal of Cantus (audio story)|The Crystal of Cantus]]'') | Telos' was also not the only CyberTomb. There were dozens across the galaxy and more wars were started off. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crystal of Cantus (audio story)|The Crystal of Cantus]]'') | ||
===Undated events=== | === Undated events === | ||
Following the disappearance of the [[Time Lord]]s at the end of the [[Last Great Time War]], Telosian Cybermen were among the [[species]] that fought to seize the [[power vacuum]] they left. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'') | Following the disappearance of the [[Time Lord]]s at the end of the [[Last Great Time War]], Telosian Cybermen were among the [[species]] that fought to seize the [[power vacuum]] they left. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'') | ||
===Alternate timelines=== | === Alternate timelines === | ||
In an [[Alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|alternate timeline]] where [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] from the [[end of the universe]] allied with [[Rassilon]] and began rewriting history, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'') the [[Second Doctor]] was partially [[Cyber-conversion|converted]] while on [[Moonbase Laika|the Moonbase]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Prologue: The Second Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The Second Doctor]]'') pledging his alleigance to the invading Cybermen. This timeline was reversed when the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and Rassilon regenerated [[N-Space|the universe]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'') | In an [[Alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|alternate timeline]] where [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] from the [[end of the universe]] allied with [[Rassilon]] and began rewriting history, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'') the [[Second Doctor]] was partially [[Cyber-conversion|converted]] while on [[Moonbase Laika|the Moonbase]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Prologue: The Second Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The Second Doctor]]'') pledging his alleigance to the invading Cybermen. This timeline was reversed when the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and Rassilon regenerated [[N-Space|the universe]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
==Other references== | == Other references == | ||
In the [[video game]] ''[[Happy Deathday]]'', played by [[Izzy Sinclair]] on the [[Time-Space Visualiser]], a trio of CyberTelosians were among a host of "every single [[enemy]]" that [[the Doctor]] had ever [[defeat]]ed, who were assembled by the [[Beige Guardian]] and pitted against the Doctor's first eight [[incarnation]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Happy Deathday (comic story)|Happy Deathday]]'') | In the [[video game]] ''[[Happy Deathday]]'', played by [[Izzy Sinclair]] on the [[Time-Space Visualiser]], a trio of CyberTelosians were among a host of "every single [[enemy]]" that [[the Doctor]] had ever [[defeat]]ed, who were assembled by the [[Beige Guardian]] and pitted against the Doctor's first eight [[incarnation]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Happy Deathday (comic story)|Happy Deathday]]'') | ||
Whilst fighting [[CyberMondasian]]s aboard a [[Mondasian colony ship]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] recalled sealing the Cybermen into their ice tombs on Telos, as well as defeating them on [[the Moon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | Whilst fighting [[CyberMondasian]]s aboard a [[Mondasian colony ship]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] recalled sealing the Cybermen into their ice tombs on Telos, as well as defeating them on [[the Moon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | ||
==Behind the scenes== | == Behind the scenes == | ||
*[[Peter Hawkins]] provided the voice of the Cybermen in ''The Moonbase'' and ''The Tomb of the Cybermen''. He used the same voice for his portrayal of the [[Cyber-Planner (The Wheel in Space)|Cyber-Planner]] of the "late [[CyberFaction]]" in ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]''. | * [[Peter Hawkins]] provided the voice of the Cybermen in ''The Moonbase'' and ''The Tomb of the Cybermen''. He used the same voice for his portrayal of the [[Cyber-Planner (The Wheel in Space)|Cyber-Planner]] of the "late [[CyberFaction]]" in ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]''. | ||
*The image of an "early CyberFaction" Cyberman is used on the covers of ''[[Doctor Who and the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen]]'', novelisations of the televised CyberTelosian stories ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' and ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. The novelisations additionally diverge from their televised counterparts with the appearance of [[Cyber-Leader]]s distinguished by [[black]] [[Cyber-helmet]]s. | * The image of an "early CyberFaction" Cyberman is used on the covers of ''[[Doctor Who and the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen]]'', novelisations of the televised CyberTelosian stories ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' and ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. The novelisations additionally diverge from their televised counterparts with the appearance of [[Cyber-Leader]]s distinguished by [[black]] [[Cyber-helmet]]s. | ||
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{{NameSort}} | {{NameSort}} | ||
[[Category:CyberTelosians]] | [[Category:CyberTelosians]] | ||
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The CyberTelosians were an offshoot of Cybermen originating from the CyberFaction's colonisation of Telos.
Characteristics
The CyberTelosians were slim and spoke in a monotone, buzzing voice, emphasising their lack of emotion. (TV: The Moonbase, The Tomb of the Cybermen)
A fatal weakness to the Telosian Cybermen was the combination of solvents known as Polly Cocktail. (TV: The Moonbase)
Cyberman Level Nine was a primitive stage of Telosian Cyberman development. This level of Cyberman appeared like a normal human being at first glance, but with a pose as stiff as the Cybermen and encased in metal and plastic. However, the shape of human muscles could be seen in the thighs and calves, while a face with a blank expression remained behind the helmet. One one could identify Cyberman Level Nine by its artefacts, the ancillary breathing apparatus. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen)
Hierarchy
The CyberTelosians were led by a Cyber-Controller, (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen) the CyberTelosian Controller. (AUDIO: The Cyber Nomads) The Cyber-Controller was supported by a group of five head Cybermen. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen)
Technology
CyberTelosians could produce arcs of electricity from their hands to stun, disable and kill. (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen) They also possessed a cyber-cannon that could operate in the vacuum of space. The virus Neurotrope X was used by the Telosians to incapacitate humans. (TV: The Moonbase)
CyberTelosians used Cybermats with crystalline eyes and antennae through which they received commands. These Cybermats resembled oversized metallic silverfish. They had segmented bodies with cilia-like tactile sensor probes along the bases of their heads. Some, though not all, Cybermats of this kind could fit in the palm of a humanoid hand. Cybermats like this were almost unnoticeable. (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen)
History
Origin
The Twelfth Doctor cited the planet Telos, in addition to Mondas, Earth, Marinus and Planet 14, as a place where the Cybermen rose as a result of parallel universe. (TV: The Doctor Falls)
One account stated that the Telosian Cybermen were originally a race of humanoids, all but identical to Earth humans, native to Telos. Centuries prior to the 21st century, this race sought immortality and so perfected the art of cybernetics. As their bodies became old and diseased, they were replaced limb by limb with plastic and steel. Finally, the circulation and nervous systems were recreated, and their brains were replaced by computers, resulting in the Cybermen. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cybermen) Later, forced to leave Telos, these Cybermen took refuge on Mondas, the long lost twin planet of Earth. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet)
According to the CyberTelosians themselves, specifically the group which attacked the Moonbase in 2070, they were descended from the first space travellers from Mondas, (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cybermen) the humanoid Mondasians having converted themselves into CyberMondasians. (AUDIO: Spare Parts) These space travellers had left before Mondas was destroyed during the Mondasians' invasion of Earth in 1986. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cybermen) According to yet other accounts, the space travellers had only come to Telos as a direct result of Mondas' destruction. All but wiping out the native Cryons, a humanoid species distinct from humans, the Cybermen used their refrigerated cities as repositories of their number cryonically frozen in suspended animation. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen, PROSE: Attack of the Cybermen) According to the CyberHive history, compiled from the Cyber-Documents according to the judgment of ArcHivist Hegelia, the Cybermen did not infact seize Telos and subjugate the Cryons until after their attack on the Moonbase. Considered descendants of the early CyberFaction which left Mondas for Planet 14, these Cybermen were formally recognised as CyberTelosians by Hegelia. (AUDIO: The Cyber Nomads)
Telos being a birthplace of the Cybermen was contentious. Indeed, Bernice Summerfield once corrected one of her students who believed that Cybermen originated on Telos, insisting that Mondas was the true homeworld. (AUDIO: The Crystal of Cantus)
Based from Telos, the CyberTelosians were led by the Cyber-Controller who was the mastermind at the heart of the Cybermen's empire. (PROSE: The Powers Behind the Throne)
Early activity
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On 15 October 2070, the Telosian Cybermen attempted to destroy the Earth in order to eliminate humanity, whom they saw as a potential threat to the Cyberman Empire, as well as gaining retribution for the destruction of Mondas. However, this attack was thwarted by the Second Doctor. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cybermen, TV: The Moonbase)
Reawakening
By the end of the 25th century, the Cybermen had all but passed into legend when an archaeological expedition to the Telos found the CyberTombs, where hordes of Cybermen waited in cryogenic suspension led by the Cyber-Controller. They were awakened but defeated by the Second Doctor. This tomb was sealed again. (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen) However, as history recorded, this was not the end of the Cybermen on Telos. It was the hypothesis of the ArcHivists that a surviving group of CyberNomads eventually discovered Telos. Finding the CyberTelosian Controller, they revived and reconstructed him, developing a new form of exoshell that incorporated the most efficient aspects of Nomad and Telosian design, based on the less encumbered Cyber-technology of the Cyber-Controller. Ultimately, a single, new Cyber-subspecies, which the ArcHivists designated CyberNeomorph. Based from Telos, these Neomorph Cybermen proliferated throughout the 26th century. (AUDIO: The Cyber Nomads, PROSE: Killing Ground, TV: Attack of the Cybermen)
Telos' was also not the only CyberTomb. There were dozens across the galaxy and more wars were started off. (AUDIO: The Crystal of Cantus)
Undated events
Following the disappearance of the Time Lords at the end of the Last Great Time War, Telosian Cybermen were among the species that fought to seize the power vacuum they left. (COMIC: Weapons of Past Destruction)
Alternate timelines
In an alternate timeline where Cybermen from the end of the universe allied with Rassilon and began rewriting history, (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen) the Second Doctor was partially converted while on the Moonbase, (COMIC: Prologue: The Second Doctor) pledging his alleigance to the invading Cybermen. This timeline was reversed when the Twelfth Doctor and Rassilon regenerated the universe. (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen)
Other references
In the video game Happy Deathday, played by Izzy Sinclair on the Time-Space Visualiser, a trio of CyberTelosians were among a host of "every single enemy" that the Doctor had ever defeated, who were assembled by the Beige Guardian and pitted against the Doctor's first eight incarnations. (COMIC: Happy Deathday)
Whilst fighting CyberMondasians aboard a Mondasian colony ship, the Twelfth Doctor recalled sealing the Cybermen into their ice tombs on Telos, as well as defeating them on the Moon. (TV: The Doctor Falls)
Behind the scenes
- Peter Hawkins provided the voice of the Cybermen in The Moonbase and The Tomb of the Cybermen. He used the same voice for his portrayal of the Cyber-Planner of the "late CyberFaction" in The Wheel in Space.
- The image of an "early CyberFaction" Cyberman is used on the covers of Doctor Who and the Cybermen and Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen, novelisations of the televised CyberTelosian stories The Moonbase and The Tomb of the Cybermen. The novelisations additionally diverge from their televised counterparts with the appearance of Cyber-Leaders distinguished by black Cyber-helmets.
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