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'''Alzheimer's disease''' was a condition which made people senile, | '''Alzheimer's disease''' was a condition which made people senile, causing [[memory]] deficiency. It was quite common for victims to remember snippets from their [[child]]hoods or lives. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'') One sufferer, [[Bea Nelson-Stanley]], could rarely remember her own name, and forgot [[Luke Smith]] in the middle of a conversation with him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)|Eye of the Gorgon]]'') | ||
[[Ace]] asked the [[Seventh Doctor]] if [[Time Lord]]s could suffer from Alzheimer's. He told her they got much worse diseases. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Relative Dementias]]'') | [[Ace]] asked the [[Seventh Doctor]] if [[Time Lord]]s could suffer from Alzheimer's. He told her they got much worse diseases. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Relative Dementias]]'') | ||
Revision as of 02:33, 12 October 2018
Alzheimer's disease was a condition which made people senile, causing memory deficiency. It was quite common for victims to remember snippets from their childhoods or lives. (TV: Out of Time) One sufferer, Bea Nelson-Stanley, could rarely remember her own name, and forgot Luke Smith in the middle of a conversation with him. (TV: Eye of the Gorgon)
Ace asked the Seventh Doctor if Time Lords could suffer from Alzheimer's. 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 suffered from Alzheimer's. (TV: Out of Time)
Doctors believed that Katie Russell had Alzheimer's. She in fact had an alien parasitic tumour. (TV: Fragments)
Henrietta Goodheart suffered from Alzheimer's but still remained lively. (PROSE: Beautiful Chaos)
In 2016, Sir Andrew Gobernar's sister had advanced Alzheimer's. (AUDIO: Vampire of the Mind)
