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[[File:BBQ Man.jpg|thumb|right|The extent of Miracle Day. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'')]] | [[File:BBQ Man.jpg|thumb|right|The extent of Miracle Day. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'')]] | ||
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'''"Miracle Day"''' was the name originally given to [[19 March|19]]/[[20 March]] [[2011]], when every [[human]] on [[Earth]] simply [[Immortality|stopped dying]]. The name, however, still stuck when the phenomenon lasted for months more. It was caused when the [[Three Families]] fed the [[Immortality|immortal]] [[Jack Harkness]]' [[blood]] into [[the Blessing]], which in turn relayed the template to everyone on the [[planet]] in seconds. | '''"Miracle Day"''' was the name originally given to [[19 March|19]]/[[20 March]] [[2011]], when every [[human]] on [[Earth]] simply [[Immortality|stopped dying]]. The name, however, still stuck when the phenomenon lasted for months more. It was caused when the [[Three Families]] fed the [[Immortality|immortal]] [[Jack Harkness]]' [[blood]] into [[the Blessing]], which in turn relayed the template to everyone on the [[planet]] in seconds and turned everyone immortal. | ||
It ended in [[September]] 2011. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Acceptance, and then Understanding (short story)|Acceptance, and then Understanding]]'') | It ended in [[September]] 2011. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Acceptance, and then Understanding (short story)|Acceptance, and then Understanding]]'') | ||
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The only thing that seemed to permanently kill humans was complete incineration; so long as the bodies remained intact to a certain degree, [[consciousness]] and life was still possible to a point, but otherwise human beings would continue to exist despite the impossibility of death or recovery. Even detached body parts would still be animated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') However it was later discovered that jumping off a tall enough building caused people to be forever unconscious, yet not dead, allowing suicide to exist to a certain degree. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Middle Men (TV story)|The Middle Men]]'') Also, under [[Angelo Colasanto]]'s bed was a null point to the miracle, where mortality was possible again, and death existed in that one place. A [[null field generator]] could exclude a person from the effects of the miracle. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') | The only thing that seemed to permanently kill humans was complete incineration; so long as the bodies remained intact to a certain degree, [[consciousness]] and life was still possible to a point, but otherwise human beings would continue to exist despite the impossibility of death or recovery. Even detached body parts would still be animated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') However it was later discovered that jumping off a tall enough building caused people to be forever unconscious, yet not dead, allowing suicide to exist to a certain degree. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Middle Men (TV story)|The Middle Men]]'') Also, under [[Angelo Colasanto]]'s bed was a null point to the miracle, where mortality was possible again, and death existed in that one place. A [[null field generator]] could exclude a person from the effects of the miracle. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') | ||
Unlike the rest of humanity, [[Jack Harkness]], previously an immortal, became vulnerable to injury and death and also began ageing at a normal rate. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') | Unlike the rest of humanity, [[Jack Harkness]], previously an immortal, became vulnerable to injury and death and also began ageing at a normal rate when before he had been ageing slowly. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') | ||
[[Cancer]] cells, which are normally immortal, also became mortal, effectively curing cancer. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[Web of Lies]]'') | [[Cancer]] cells, which are normally immortal, also became mortal, effectively curing cancer. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[Web of Lies]]'') | ||
