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Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive
"The Leisure Hive on the planet Argolis is an entertainment centre for galactic travellers. At the heart of the Hive is the Tachyon Recreation Generator, a machine with a most extraordinary performance capability and vital to the continued existence of the Argolin after their devastating war with the reptilian Foamasi...While visiting the Hive, the Doctor and Romana are sucked into a whirlpool of treachery and deceit,and are eventually arrested on suspicion of murder. Soon the Doctor is on trial for his life...Lalla Ward, who played Romana in Doctor Who, reads David Fisher's complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1982. The voice of K9 is provided by John Leeson. "
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First published January 1, 1982
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January 2, 2023
I've got a real soft spot for this serial. Not only was it one of the first classic stories that I'd owned on DVD, but also the opening is set in my hometown of Brighton.
I always think the ideal novelisation captures the feel of the show was adding some additional details, which is soon apparent as the beach scene is viewed from a deckchair assistant.
Fisher also injects much more humour into this retelling, something that was dropped as the series entered a new decade and era under new producer JNT.
I do like the more scientific approach that the series started to take, which aided this story.
Whilst the additional backstory with the Argolin and Foamasi races were great too.
Lalla Ward (who played companion Romana) is a great narrator alongside the additional incidental music helped add to my enjoyment of this retelling.
I always think the ideal novelisation captures the feel of the show was adding some additional details, which is soon apparent as the beach scene is viewed from a deckchair assistant.
Fisher also injects much more humour into this retelling, something that was dropped as the series entered a new decade and era under new producer JNT.
I do like the more scientific approach that the series started to take, which aided this story.
Whilst the additional backstory with the Argolin and Foamasi races were great too.
Lalla Ward (who played companion Romana) is a great narrator alongside the additional incidental music helped add to my enjoyment of this retelling.
August 31, 2021
This is a novelization of the first serial of the eighteenth season of Doctor Who, which was broadcast in August and September of 1980. The fourth Doctor stars, accompanied by the second Romana (who's also a Gallifreyan, though at the time they called her a Time Lady), and their loyal robotic dog, K-9, though after a bad day at Brighton he's not around for much of the story. David Fisher adapted his own teleplay for the book, which incorporates quite a bit of background and funny lines which did not make it into the broadcast version. It's a somewhat convoluted and complex story, set on the planet Argolis with rival factions, the Formasi and Argolins, manipulating regeneration technology and creating an army of clones and a deus ex machina called the Helmet of Theron. Fisher includes perhaps too much of the political background and satire, which is intended to be a spoof of The Mafia. The Doctor is absent through much of the story, but Romana acquits herself well. It's a fun, fast read, but not one of the best.
September 4, 2014
This is an adaptation of a story that features the Fourth Doctor and Romana II and was first shown on TV in 1980. I have absolutely no recollection of seeing this serial even though it would have been during the time I was watching the show, which is not a good sign. An image of the cast on Brighton Beach did ring a vague bell, but could equally be a publicity shot I saw later.
This means that this book has to stand up to being read on its own merits rather than as an adjunct to what I saw on TV. Unfortunately, this just isn't a very good story no matter which way you look at it.
Part of the problem is that for a story called Doctor Who, the Doctor isn't in it very much. After the Brighton Beach introduction the Doctor disappears for over 30 pages, which is not good for a book that only lasts 127 pages in total. In his absence, we have a whole history lesson on the war between the two main alien species in the story which is probably just as boring to read as it must have been to watch.
Even when the Doctor reappears, he seems to be pretty much a passive spectator to the whole story, allowing his scarf to go missing and then ending up as a murder weapon, getting convicted of said murder and then allowing his sentence to be carried out, which is to be turned into an old man who is suffering from dementia. Quite frankly, the Doctor is a bit rubbish in this story, and it's a good thing that there is another Timelord here to pick up the slack(would a female Timelord be called a Timelady? I'm not sure it was ever discussed, and its a pity the BBC didn't pick a gender neutral title for their main character). Romana does quite well on her own, even sorting out how to make their Recreation Generator work.
Even if this wasn't bad enough, the main story just never engages. The war element doesn't work, and the less said about the megalomaniac who takes charge at the end the better. At least he (sort of) ends up getting his just desserts, being turned back into a baby at the end. The main plot hinges on the Recreation Generator, which seems to be able to do almost as many different things as a sonic screwdriver, and with just as much logic involved.
In the end everything is sorted out, but not by the Doctor (who at least gets turned back to his correct age). All this time, poor K9 is left a dripping mess in the Tardis, having accidentally got waterlogged at the beginning of the story just to get a cheap laugh.
Pretty much a miss.
October 6, 2014
Revisiting some of the original Doctor Who Target novels in audio form has been an interesting experiment, especially going back to those that I have strong memories of or recall enjoying a great deal the first time around.
One that elicits good memories and feelings of enjoyment is David Fisher's adaptation of his script for "The Leisure Hive." My recollections of the novel were that it did a nice job of world-building and character development, all while keeping the basic story from the television screen in tact, even if it wasn't necessarily a beat for beat adaptation.
In fact, I'd say that Fisher spends the bulk of his time adapting what is (on-screen anyway) the first installment of the story that the rest of his novel ends up feeling a bit too rushed to get to the finish line. I'd love to know what Fisher might have done without the publisher imposed page-count on the Target novels of this era.
Alas, it appears that Fisher isn't going to re-work his initial novelization or expand it any for the audio release, which I think is a bit of a shame.
All of that said, this one holds up remarkably well. Again, a lot of it comes down to Fisher's world-building and filling it details that are merely hinted at in the television version. Fisher also brings a bit of a Douglas Adams sensibility to certain passages of the novel, which works fairly well, for the most part.
Lalla Ward's reading of the novel is solid and exactly what you'd expect from the woman who brought the second Romana to life on our screens. The only disappointment to the audio version is that they couldn't secure the rights to use the musical score from the televised version for the audio book. Of course, this is entirely a personal bias, but I think the audio score for "The Leisure Hive" is one of the best and most memorable incidental scores ever created for the classic series (part of it may be the umpteen and one listens to my dubbed copy of Doctor Who: The Music growing up), thus making it feel a bit odd when another set of musical cues are used to signal chapter breaks and changes in the audio book release.
But if that's all I can find wrong with this release (and it pretty much is) that means I'm probably nitpicking and obsessing over details that don't amount to much in the final equation.
Yes, this one is as good as I recall and it's one of the better adaptations Target produced from the range.
One that elicits good memories and feelings of enjoyment is David Fisher's adaptation of his script for "The Leisure Hive." My recollections of the novel were that it did a nice job of world-building and character development, all while keeping the basic story from the television screen in tact, even if it wasn't necessarily a beat for beat adaptation.
In fact, I'd say that Fisher spends the bulk of his time adapting what is (on-screen anyway) the first installment of the story that the rest of his novel ends up feeling a bit too rushed to get to the finish line. I'd love to know what Fisher might have done without the publisher imposed page-count on the Target novels of this era.
Alas, it appears that Fisher isn't going to re-work his initial novelization or expand it any for the audio release, which I think is a bit of a shame.
All of that said, this one holds up remarkably well. Again, a lot of it comes down to Fisher's world-building and filling it details that are merely hinted at in the television version. Fisher also brings a bit of a Douglas Adams sensibility to certain passages of the novel, which works fairly well, for the most part.
Lalla Ward's reading of the novel is solid and exactly what you'd expect from the woman who brought the second Romana to life on our screens. The only disappointment to the audio version is that they couldn't secure the rights to use the musical score from the televised version for the audio book. Of course, this is entirely a personal bias, but I think the audio score for "The Leisure Hive" is one of the best and most memorable incidental scores ever created for the classic series (part of it may be the umpteen and one listens to my dubbed copy of Doctor Who: The Music growing up), thus making it feel a bit odd when another set of musical cues are used to signal chapter breaks and changes in the audio book release.
But if that's all I can find wrong with this release (and it pretty much is) that means I'm probably nitpicking and obsessing over details that don't amount to much in the final equation.
Yes, this one is as good as I recall and it's one of the better adaptations Target produced from the range.
April 7, 2018
David Fisher might be one of the most underrated writers in all of Doctor Who. Blending sci-fi ideas with sharp wit and comedy, his four stories encapsulate the Graham Williams era at its best, and he was arguably the writer who best suited the version of the show with Douglas Adams at the helm as script editor. While The Leisure Hive was made after both had departed the show, there's still something resolutely of that era in its DNA, which is only heightened here. This novelisation of his own story gleams with madcap comic energy, adding plenty of Adamsian humour - especially in the early portrayal of the Argolin and Foamasi, and their war against each other. A terrific read.
March 12, 2022
This is a book which I listened to the audiobook reading immediately after the horror inspired Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius, which created for an interesting mood as on television, The Leisure Hive is not a horror story, but a comedy with most of the jokes surgically removed by script editor Christopher H. Bidmead in an attempt to make Doctor Who a more serious science fiction program. That of course doesn’t work when David Fisher had already contributed three heavily comedic scripts with The Stones of Blood, The Androids of Tara, and The Creature from the Pit as well as contributing the original idea to what would become City of Death. Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive as a novelization immediately reinserts much of the dry humor due to David Fisher being tapped to write the book himself, two years after airing and enough time to move past the Bidmead style of Doctor Who. The first few chapters are extended sequences detailing the opening shots and the history of the Argolin/Foamasi conflict, done in tribute to Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
The backstory for the conflict is actually a gift, it allows the reader to understand the conflict and a lot of the motivation for the side characters who on television never really got enough time to develop naturally with Lovett Bickford’s rather odd direction. This does cause an interesting pacing issue as there are stretches of this book where the Doctor and Romana do not appear while the final three chapters, which are less than one-third of the book, encompass all of Part Three and Four, which makes me wonder if Fisher knew that his story wasn’t highly regarded so attempted to build a comedy heavy first half to offset the rather bland second half which involves a takeover, mistaken identity, and the same weak conclusion that we saw on television. Luckily Fisher does make the story in general more interesting, with some of the intrigue of Mina’s dealings appearing on a scene on a futuristic Earth instead of confining most of the action to the actual Leisure Hive, and the buildup towards the Foamasi’s appearance being done with more flair than them essentially showing up right at the end. There’s also some genuinely horrifying moments when the tachyonics generator malfunctions, killing its volunteer while Fisher describes the blood, guts, and pain the man experiences. It hits the reader like a brick which is incredibly important for setting up the actual danger of the situation and is followed up on when the Doctor is aged with some genuine existential dread brought in.
Overall, Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive is a good example of a Doctor Who author taking the chance to improve on aspects of a television story, however, not enough to make this an amazing story. There are still the flaws inherent in The Leisure Hive even if the tone has changed to a more dark, absurdist comedy as it still reflects the issues of a slow moving plot with a back half compressed far too much. 6/10.
The backstory for the conflict is actually a gift, it allows the reader to understand the conflict and a lot of the motivation for the side characters who on television never really got enough time to develop naturally with Lovett Bickford’s rather odd direction. This does cause an interesting pacing issue as there are stretches of this book where the Doctor and Romana do not appear while the final three chapters, which are less than one-third of the book, encompass all of Part Three and Four, which makes me wonder if Fisher knew that his story wasn’t highly regarded so attempted to build a comedy heavy first half to offset the rather bland second half which involves a takeover, mistaken identity, and the same weak conclusion that we saw on television. Luckily Fisher does make the story in general more interesting, with some of the intrigue of Mina’s dealings appearing on a scene on a futuristic Earth instead of confining most of the action to the actual Leisure Hive, and the buildup towards the Foamasi’s appearance being done with more flair than them essentially showing up right at the end. There’s also some genuinely horrifying moments when the tachyonics generator malfunctions, killing its volunteer while Fisher describes the blood, guts, and pain the man experiences. It hits the reader like a brick which is incredibly important for setting up the actual danger of the situation and is followed up on when the Doctor is aged with some genuine existential dread brought in.
Overall, Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive is a good example of a Doctor Who author taking the chance to improve on aspects of a television story, however, not enough to make this an amazing story. There are still the flaws inherent in The Leisure Hive even if the tone has changed to a more dark, absurdist comedy as it still reflects the issues of a slow moving plot with a back half compressed far too much. 6/10.
March 13, 2019
So it begins, the last season of Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor. On TV this kicked off with a new look. The question is how well does that translate to the written word? Not too well as it turns out.
The plot of The Leisure Hive has always alluded me. I had seen the story a couple of times, but not recently to remember the details. It has always been a visual story to remember. By reading the novelization it is a bit dull. Part of it could be due to the technobabble used still does not make any sense to me.
Still it is better than some other Target novelizations as David Fisher does inject additional material to help give more background to the races. It is refreshing seeing how two races are after a near genocidal war, that does not involve action taking place in dystopian wasteland. (Yes, Argolis is a wasteland, but the action takes place in the Leisure Hive which is tourist destination.)
In the end another novelization that Doctor Who fans will enjoy more than non-Who fans. If you are into science fiction, you might like it, but don't expect much.
The plot of The Leisure Hive has always alluded me. I had seen the story a couple of times, but not recently to remember the details. It has always been a visual story to remember. By reading the novelization it is a bit dull. Part of it could be due to the technobabble used still does not make any sense to me.
Still it is better than some other Target novelizations as David Fisher does inject additional material to help give more background to the races. It is refreshing seeing how two races are after a near genocidal war, that does not involve action taking place in dystopian wasteland. (Yes, Argolis is a wasteland, but the action takes place in the Leisure Hive which is tourist destination.)
In the end another novelization that Doctor Who fans will enjoy more than non-Who fans. If you are into science fiction, you might like it, but don't expect much.
May 16, 2021
A much better book than Nightmare of Eden for me - still has the humour style from the prior one, but this time it doesn't seem to get in the way of the story itself, or lead to cutting off of important dialogue. Instead it just provides more amusing background and context to what is going on, than comes across in the original TV story.
I like the intro bit in Brighton, even if it leads to K9 not really featuring much in the story, and it carries on well into the main story.
The Doctor and Romana get lots of interesting moments and scenes in here, with a good does of humour throughout. The one off characters are a varied bunch, but also get reasonably fleshed out, and bounce off each other and the Doctor and Romana well.
I like the visuals evoked from the description of the planet itself as well, quite strong imagery in there.
Overall, a pretty good read :)
I like the intro bit in Brighton, even if it leads to K9 not really featuring much in the story, and it carries on well into the main story.
The Doctor and Romana get lots of interesting moments and scenes in here, with a good does of humour throughout. The one off characters are a varied bunch, but also get reasonably fleshed out, and bounce off each other and the Doctor and Romana well.
I like the visuals evoked from the description of the planet itself as well, quite strong imagery in there.
Overall, a pretty good read :)
August 21, 2023
Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive (1982) by David Fisher is the novelisation of the first serial of the eighteenth season of Doctor Who.
The Doctor, Romana and K9 are trying to have a holiday and first go to Brighton where K9 gets wet. Then they travel to Argolis, a Leisure Hive. Argolis was irradiated after a war with the Foamasi. The Argolans have since turned their attention to providing leisure for galactic travelers. They have also been experimenting with Tachyons and use them for tricks to amuse travellers. One of these tricks goes wrong and a traveler is killed. The Doctor and Romana are the prime suspects. While all this is going on an accountant of the Argolans appears with an offer to buy the irradiated planet.
It’s an OK Doctor Who story. It does feel that the Tom Baker era was getting tired by this point.
The Doctor, Romana and K9 are trying to have a holiday and first go to Brighton where K9 gets wet. Then they travel to Argolis, a Leisure Hive. Argolis was irradiated after a war with the Foamasi. The Argolans have since turned their attention to providing leisure for galactic travelers. They have also been experimenting with Tachyons and use them for tricks to amuse travellers. One of these tricks goes wrong and a traveler is killed. The Doctor and Romana are the prime suspects. While all this is going on an accountant of the Argolans appears with an offer to buy the irradiated planet.
It’s an OK Doctor Who story. It does feel that the Tom Baker era was getting tired by this point.
August 20, 2023
I have a sketchy memory of this stoy from the tv, the aliens wearing skin suits the Doctor aging decades, the baddy being reduced in age to an infant, im sure those themes wont be repeated again 😂
*goes off & watches the tv story*
This is a fairly decent novelisation, the extra back story puts some weight behind the proceedings although it does mean that the Doctor is missing for for the most part from the first quarter of the book which wouldn't be too bad but its only 120 odd pages long.
The plot is proper sci-fi using actual scientific thought mixed with real world dilemmas, its really satisfying in that respect and i think it would stand up even if the tv story hadnt been seen. Its not perhaps not as good as the tv story but it complements it wonderfully.
*goes off & watches the tv story*
This is a fairly decent novelisation, the extra back story puts some weight behind the proceedings although it does mean that the Doctor is missing for for the most part from the first quarter of the book which wouldn't be too bad but its only 120 odd pages long.
The plot is proper sci-fi using actual scientific thought mixed with real world dilemmas, its really satisfying in that respect and i think it would stand up even if the tv story hadnt been seen. Its not perhaps not as good as the tv story but it complements it wonderfully.
November 30, 2022
This was a weird little Fourth Doctor adventure, but not a terrible one. The initial build-up kind of took a while - explaining the Leisure Hive, how a whole race of warriors became dedicated to being peaceful administrators of a tourist trap of a dead world.
But we get all that settled, then it becomes a great Doctor and Romana caper in its own right as they bumble around and stumble into the mystery and a much larger plot at work. I enjoyed those bits and most of the progression to the end. The final "solution" to things felt a bit hand-wavey, if you get my drift. But hey, it's a Classic Doctor Who adventure.
But we get all that settled, then it becomes a great Doctor and Romana caper in its own right as they bumble around and stumble into the mystery and a much larger plot at work. I enjoyed those bits and most of the progression to the end. The final "solution" to things felt a bit hand-wavey, if you get my drift. But hey, it's a Classic Doctor Who adventure.
March 27, 2019
Pdf version - which may account for why I found this an uninspired read. I'm not too sure that the original holds up well, either - and the added content seems to be larley irrelevant. Doctor and Romana barely feature for the first four chapters and poor old K9 is essentially written out for the story after an ill-advised dip in the Brighton sea...
August 17, 2022
Is this one worth a read?
-Yes
Is it better than the TV version?
-No
Go on...
-The author gives us a lot more background detail to the story not made explicit in the TV version, which is very rewarding (the history and culture of the Argolin, and the war). When the Doctor is aged, more is made of his age and his absent-mindedness.
We get a little bit of the 'wide-screen' treatment of opening things up beyond the budget of 80's Who.
However, in terms of structure, because most of the exposition is delivered in narration, the Doctor and Romana have actually precious little to contribute in the story proper (and are pretty much absent for the first quarter of the book).
-Yes
Is it better than the TV version?
-No
Go on...
-The author gives us a lot more background detail to the story not made explicit in the TV version, which is very rewarding (the history and culture of the Argolin, and the war). When the Doctor is aged, more is made of his age and his absent-mindedness.
We get a little bit of the 'wide-screen' treatment of opening things up beyond the budget of 80's Who.
However, in terms of structure, because most of the exposition is delivered in narration, the Doctor and Romana have actually precious little to contribute in the story proper (and are pretty much absent for the first quarter of the book).
August 24, 2023
A quite light hearted adaptation of this serial. The Doctor and Romana after an unsuccessful trip to Brighton land on the leisure planet of Argolis where they become involved in treachery and deceit. David Fisher has adapted his script well giving it a touch of humour. Not my favourite storyline but still worth reading. Lalla Ward does an excellent job with the narration.
October 31, 2018
The performance by Lalla Ward is excellent but I listend to a Tom Baker performance (Brain of Morbius) previously. Lalla couldn't win this game. She is very good though.
I watched the serial some years ago. Yet the only thing I remembered was Romana and K9 at Brighton Beach...
Tbc...
I watched the serial some years ago. Yet the only thing I remembered was Romana and K9 at Brighton Beach...
Tbc...
March 8, 2020
I need to just come to terms with the fact that none of the Doctor Who books are really that amazing. They're fine for a quick read, but nothing that stands out or really adds to my day. It was fine. It wasn't better or worse than that.
January 30, 2025
Fisher takes an interesting approach here and gives us a lot of buildup before the story as we know it starts. This gives us a little more insight into what is happening before we get a fast-paced adventure.
May 14, 2017
Not sure if it is Doctor Who fatigue or this book just didn't grab me. Either way I didn't enjoy it. The whole book seemed to drag on a wee bit.
June 27, 2017
A nice book. I have read better Who books.
April 22, 2018
A wonderfully witty expansion of the televised version. Hugely enjoyable.
December 19, 2018
Had to frown at the whole, "Whites vs Blacks, Foamasi Style" but otherwise it was fun.
April 27, 2021
I quite liked this novelization to be honest. It made me appreciate the televised story a bit more plus it was a nice wee quick read as most of the Targets are :)
May 27, 2021
Probably not the best Doctor Who story and novelization but still an entertaining read. At the beginning of the book it`s detailing the Argonian civilization and its fall which is a plus.
February 25, 2022
Fun, well-written version of the story.
April 16, 2022
An okay read took me a bit longer to get through than usual not the best TV story and not much was added to the novelisation.
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October 21, 2007http://nhw.livejournal.com/896496.html[return][return]David Fisher wrote two Doctor Who novels based on his own scripts for the Fourth Doctor stories Creature from the Pit and The Leisure Hive. (He also wrote the original scripts for two Fourth Doctor Key to Time stories, The Stones of Blood and the Androids of Tara, but the novelisations of those were done by of course Terrance Dicks.) I remember really enjoying his Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit when it first came out, and Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive is, for the same reasons, also a hilarious read Fisher has a Douglas Adams-like ability to build in circumstantial detail and hilarious commentary to make you feel that this is a real, zany universe in which the Doctor and Romana are dealing with complex alien societies as well as future technology.
December 10, 2012
This is one of my favourite Doctor who adventures and this was an exceptionally good novelisation of it. In fact it put to shame pretty much all other Doctor Who novels I've read so far. It really built up the cultural backgrounds of the two main alien races. It went into a lot of not just individual character motivation but also the cultural motivations as well. The story involves two races that have all but destroyed themselves trying to get beyond their hatred of each other. There are spies and misdirections and the attempt to make a device that contains the secret of immortality (which almost works thanks to Romana's technical brilliance). It's a shame that Fisher only wrote one other Doctor Who novelisation, but I will definitely be keeping an eye out for that one!
June 14, 2015
I wish I could give 2.5 stars! This was an impulse pickup at the library, and was fun enough as a Doctor Who story, but there was enough bad editing to distract me from the story. I don't mean spelling and punctuation errors (although there were some of those, and not a UK/US spelling difference, either; legitimate spelling errors), but a few plot points that didn't go anywhere. Perhaps if I read more of the books, I would feel like there were fewer loose ends, but it would be nice if it could stand alone without outside explanation.
Even though I gave this book a low rating, I would read other Doctor Who books. I mean, it's The Doctor. It's hard not to like it a little bit!
Even though I gave this book a low rating, I would read other Doctor Who books. I mean, it's The Doctor. It's hard not to like it a little bit!
September 27, 2009
Not a classic, but still a very fun read.
When their vacation in Brighton turns out to be a bit of a dud, the Doctor takes Romanna to an alien health spa and they get involved in some alien politics.
Except it might not be the monster they need to worry about.
Some interesting new aliens and a few clever ideas take a fairly light weight story and make it one of the more entertaining of the later 4th Doctor stories.
Only gripe is how little we see of K-9.
When their vacation in Brighton turns out to be a bit of a dud, the Doctor takes Romanna to an alien health spa and they get involved in some alien politics.
Except it might not be the monster they need to worry about.
Some interesting new aliens and a few clever ideas take a fairly light weight story and make it one of the more entertaining of the later 4th Doctor stories.
Only gripe is how little we see of K-9.
January 22, 2011
On TV, "The Leisure Hive" is a slick & moody piece of storytelling. In print, the story takes on a different tone, thanks to David Fisher's Douglas-Adams-inspired writing style. In a book that manages to take the mickey out of both photography-mad Japanese tourists & Amok-Time-style single combat, we also get nicely fleshed out characters, droll lizard men, and a solid command of the 4th Doctor & Romana.
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