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'''Zombies''', also spelled '''zombi''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness]]'') and called '''the walking dead''', ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mask of Tragedy (audio story)|Mask of Tragedy]]'') were "the living [[dead]]," creatures of the undead in different cultures. | '''Zombies''', also spelled '''zombi''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]'') and called '''the walking dead''', ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mask of Tragedy (audio story)|Mask of Tragedy]]'') 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 (novel)|White Darkness]]'') | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
The living corpses animated by [[Sibelius Crow]] (and later by [[Carruthers Summerton]] based on Crow's work) were referred to as "zombies" by [[George Litefoot]] and [[Luke Betterman]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mourning After (audio story)|The Mourning After]]'') | The living corpses animated by [[Sibelius Crow]] (and later by [[Carruthers Summerton]] based on Crow's work) were referred to as "zombies" by [[George Litefoot]] and [[Luke Betterman]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mourning After (audio story)|The Mourning After]]'') | ||
When discussing the idea of a "planet ruled by zombies", the [[Fourth Doctor]] remembered the quote that "the living are just the dead on vacation." He told [[Romana II]] that one could always identify a genuine zombie by the fact that their skin was cold to the touch, which aided him in his discovery that the [[Movellan]]s were [[robot]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'') | When discussing the idea of a "planet ruled by zombies", the [[Fourth Doctor]] remembered the quote that "the living are just the dead on vacation." He told [[Romana II]] that one could always identify a genuine zombie by the fact that their skin was cold to the touch, which aided him in his discovery that the [[Movellan]]s were [[robot]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') | ||
[[Rose Tyler]] called the [[Gelth]], while possessing dead [[human]] bodies, zombies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'') To [[Sarah Jane Smith]], she described people infected with the [[Empty Child]] virus as "gas mask zombies". ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'') | [[Rose Tyler]] called the [[Gelth]], while possessing dead [[human]] bodies, zombies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') To [[Sarah Jane Smith]], she described people infected with the [[Empty Child]] virus as "gas mask zombies". ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'') | ||
In [[2008]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] watched the people who had drunken [[Bubble Shock!]], were under the control of the [[Bane Mother]] and were calling "Drink it". Sarah Jane thought they were spreading out like an army of zombies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (novelisation)|Invasion of the Bane]]'') A few time later [[Chrissie Jackson]] also compared these people to zombies. She told [[Maria Jackson]] that once Maria and [[Alan Jackson|Alan]] had moved in opposite Sarah Jane everyone had turned into zombies. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'') | In [[2008]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] watched the people who had drunken [[Bubble Shock!]], were under the control of the [[Bane Mother]] and were calling "Drink it". Sarah Jane thought they were spreading out like an army of zombies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (novelisation)|Invasion of the Bane]]'') A few time later [[Chrissie Jackson]] also compared these people to zombies. She told [[Maria Jackson]] that once Maria and [[Alan Jackson|Alan]] had moved in opposite Sarah Jane everyone had turned into zombies. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'') | ||
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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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[[Category:Corpse reanimation]] | [[Category:Corpse reanimation]] | ||
