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'''Alzheimer's disease''' was a disease that would make people senile, and thus affected memory. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'') | '''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 [[child]]hoods or lives. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'') | ||
[[Ace]] asked the [[Seventh Doctor]] if [[Time Lord]]s could suffer from Alzheimers. He told her they got much worse diseases. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Relative Dementias]]'') | [[Ace]] asked the [[Seventh Doctor]] if [[Time Lord]]s could suffer from Alzheimers. He told her they got much worse diseases. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Relative Dementias]]'') | ||
Revision as of 09:23, 26 March 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)
