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There was a Forrester family legend that they were related to Mandela, but this was untrue. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heritage (short story)|Heritage]]'') | There was a Forrester family legend that they were related to Mandela, but this was untrue. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heritage (short story)|Heritage]]'') | ||
By the [[28th century]], the IT corporation [[Panafrica]] had rewritten history to portray Mandela as the founder of | By the [[28th century]], the IT corporation [[Panafrica]] had rewritten history to portray Mandela as the founder of apartheid. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Secret of the Black Planet (short story)|Secret of the Black Planet]]'') | ||
[[Bernice Summerfield]] once had a [[dream]] where she was debating whether humans were evil with a [[Cyberman]], a [[Dalek]], [[Grinx|a Sontaran]], and [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]]; Grinx the Sontaran brought up Nelson Mandela's imprisonment as an example of humanity's freedom of choice allowing for conflicting moralities. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'') | [[Bernice Summerfield]] once had a [[dream]] where she was debating whether humans were evil with a [[Cyberman]], a [[Dalek]], [[Grinx|a Sontaran]], and [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]]; Grinx the Sontaran brought up Nelson Mandela's imprisonment as an example of humanity's freedom of choice allowing for conflicting moralities. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'') | ||
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Nelson Mandela was a South African politician who fought against apartheid in the 20th century. (PROSE: Secret of the Black Planet)
Biography
Imprisoned by the South African authorities (PROSE: The Mandela Effect, for Monsters on the Streets of London) for 27 years, (PROSE: The Also People) Mandela was finally released in 1990. During his time in prison, Mandela was falsely believed by many people to have died in the 1980s, when in reality he passed away in 2013. (PROSE: The Mandela Effect, Or Monsters on the Streets of London)
Legacy
The phenomenon of significant numbers of people misremembering a significant event became known as the Mandela Effect. (PROSE: The Mandela Effect, Or Monsters on the Streets of London)
The Nelson Mandela International Space Station was named after him. (AUDIO: Scavenger)
When the Transvaal failed to be annexed into the British Empire in 1877, the Fifth Doctor wondered how the alteration to history would affect Mandela. (PROSE: White Man's Burden)
In 1997, the Brigadier confided to the Eighth Doctor that he used to read about all those groups who were trying to free Mandela and that he thought they were wrong, "that he was a communist terrorist and that the world would be a better place without people like him running around. Apartheid was wrong, I knew that, but that didn't make everyone who opposed it right." (PROSE: The Dying Days)
There was a Forrester family legend that they were related to Mandela, but this was untrue. (PROSE: Heritage)
By the 28th century, the IT corporation Panafrica had rewritten history to portray Mandela as the founder of apartheid. (PROSE: Secret of the Black Planet)
Bernice Summerfield once had a dream where she was debating whether humans were evil with a Cyberman, a Dalek, a Sontaran, and Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart; Grinx the Sontaran brought up Nelson Mandela's imprisonment as an example of humanity's freedom of choice allowing for conflicting moralities. (PROSE: The Also People)
Behind the scenes
Mandela was played by David Harewood in the 2009 BBC telefilm Mrs. Mandela.
