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'''Zombies''', also spelled '''zombi''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness]]''), were "the living dead," creatures of the undead in different cultures. | '''Zombies''', also spelled '''zombi''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness]]''), were "the living [[dead]]," creatures of the undead in different cultures. | ||
== Illusions == | == Illusions == | ||
While not truly being "undead," it was possible (and often done by tribes in [[Haiti]]) to trick a [[human]] into believing they were one of the "living dead" using the drug [[tetrodotoxin]]. In correct doses, it could lower the consciousness of a person and take away their sensory nerves. The person would then be buried and dug up, making them think they had been brought back to life. They would subsequently be used as slaves. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness]]'') | While not truly being "undead," it was possible (and often done by tribes in [[Haiti]]) to trick a [[human]] into believing they were one of the "living dead" using the drug [[tetrodotoxin]]. In correct doses, it could lower the consciousness of a person and take away their sensory nerves. The person would then be buried and dug up, making them think they had been brought back to life. They would subsequently be used as slaves. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness]]'') | ||
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* [[David A. McIntee]], when writing ''[[White Darkness]]'', took inspiration and facts from the non-fiction book ''The Serpent and the Rainbow,'' which detailed accounts of zombification that occurred in Haiti in the early [[20th century]]. He advised staying away from the film version. | * [[David A. McIntee]], when writing ''[[White Darkness]]'', took inspiration and facts from the non-fiction book ''The Serpent and the Rainbow,'' which detailed accounts of zombification that occurred in Haiti in the early [[20th century]]. He advised staying away from the film version. | ||
* The humanoid [[Exxilon antibody|antibodies]] created by the [[Great City of the Exxilons|Exxilon City]]'s "brain" to destroy the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Bellal]] in part four of ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'' were credited as "Zombies" in ''Radio Times''. | * The humanoid [[Exxilon antibody|antibodies]] created by the [[Great City of the Exxilons|Exxilon City]]'s "brain" to destroy the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Bellal]] in part four of ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'' were credited as "Zombies" in ''Radio Times''. | ||
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