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A '''''doppelgänger''''' ({{Audio|De-doppelgaenger.ogg|pronunciation}}) or '''fetch''' is the ghostly double of a living person, a sinister form of [[bilocation]]. |
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country = England | |
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name = Alan Wells | |
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date = 1 January | |
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: ''For the Scottish sprinter and Olympic 100 m champion, see [[Allan Wells]].'' |
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'''Alan Peter Wells''' (born [[2 October]] [[1961]] in [[Newhaven, East Sussex]]) is an English [[cricket]]er. He played for [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] from 1981 to 1996, where he was captain from 1992 to 1996. He then played for [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] from 1997 to 2000. In total he played 376 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches in a career spanning twenty seasons, with a [[batting average]] of 38.57 and a top score of 253 [[not out]] (against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] at [[Middlesbrough]] in 1991). <sup>[http://live.stbedes.getfrank.com/Sen/sport/sport_cricket]</sup> |
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In the [[vernacular]], "Doppelgänger" has come to refer (as in [[German language|German]]) to any double or [[look-alike]] of a person. The word is also used to describe the sensation of having glimpsed oneself in [[peripheral vision]], in a position where there is no chance that it could have been a reflection. They are generally regarded as [[harbinger]]s of bad luck. In some traditions, a doppelgänger seen by a person's friends or relatives portends illness or danger, while seeing one's own doppelgänger is an [[omen]] of [[death]]. In Norse mythology, a ''[[vardøger]]'' is a ghostly double who precedes a living person and is seen performing their actions in advance. |
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==Spelling== |
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The word "doppelgänger" is a [[German language|German]] [[loanword]]. It derives from ''Doppel'' (double) and ''Gänger'' (goer),<ref>New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 2005.</ref> although the German part word ''-gänger'' only occurs in compound nouns. As is true for all other [[common noun]]s in German, the word is written with an initial [[capital letter]]; English usage varies. |
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In [[English language|English]], the word is conventionally uncapitalized ('''d'''oppelgänger). It is also common to drop the [[diacritic]] [[Umlaut (diacritic)|umlaut]], writing "doppelg'''a'''nger." The correct alternative German spelling is "Doppelg'''ae'''nger." |
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He only played twice for [[English cricket team|England]], once in a [[Test cricket|Test match]] (where he was dismissed for a [[golden duck]] by the [[West Indian cricket team|West Indian]] [[fast bowler]] [[Curtly Ambrose]]) and once in a [[One Day International]]. But he did also play on the [[South African rebel tours|rebel tour]] of South Africa in 1989-90. |
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==Famous reports== |
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===John Donne=== |
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[[Izaak Walton]] claimed that [[John Donne]], the English [[metaphysical poet]], saw his wife's doppelgänger in [[1612]] in Paris, on the same night as the stillbirth of their daughter. |
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==As England 'A' captain== |
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:Two days after their arrival there, Mr. ''Donne'' was left alone, in that room in which Sir ''Robert'', and he, and some other friends had dined together. To this place Sir ''Robert'' return'd within half an hour; and, as he left, so he found Mr. ''Donne'' alone; but, in such Extasie, and so alter'd as to his looks, as amaz'd Sir ''Robert'' to behold him: insomuch that he earnestly desired Mr. ''Donne'' to declare befaln him in the short time of his absence? to which, Mr. ''Donne'' was not able to make a present answer: but, after a long and perplext pause, did at last say, ''I have seen a dreadful Vision since I saw you: I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room, with her hair hanging about her shoulders, and a dead child in her arms: this, I have seen since I saw you.'' To which, Sir ''Robert'' reply'd; ''Sure Sir, you have slept since I saw you; and, this is the result of some melancholy dream, which I desire you to forget, for you are now awake.'' To which Mr. ''Donnes'' reply was: ''I cannot be surer that I now live, then that I have not slept since I saw you: and am, as sure, that at her second appearing, she stopt, and look'd me in the face, and vanisht.''<ref>Walton, Izaak. ''Life of Dr. John Donne.'' Fourth edition, 1675.</ref> |
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During the winter of 1994-95, Alan Wells led England 'A' to a long and highly successful tour of the [[Indian Subcontinent]]. They convincingly won the 3 unofficial tests against their Indian counterparts. The 3 match One-Day series was lot closer, but still England 'A' emerged victorious (2-1). [[Alan Wells|Wells]] produced his in the 2nd 'Test' at the [[Eden Garden]], [[Calcutta]]. There, he socred 93 & 65. The Indian leg was followed by a short tour of [[Bangladesh]] in Mid-February. Engalnd 'A' won the 2 One-Day matches, while the 3-Day amtch was drawn. |
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Wells' able leadership was a key factor in the success of the tour. It was a great learning experience for some of the young England players. Some of them, like, [[Nick Knight]], [[Micheal Vaughan]], [[Dominic Cork]], [[Jason Gallian]],went on to play for the main England outfit. |
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This account first appears in the edition of ''Life of Dr John Donne'' published in [[1675]], and is attributed to "a Person of Honour... told with such circumstances, and such asseveration, that... I verily believe he that told it me, did himself believe it to be true." At the time Donne was indeed extremely worried about his pregnant wife, and was going through severe illness himself. However, R. C. Bald points out that Walton's account "is riddled with inaccuracies. He says that Donne crossed from London to Paris with the Drurys in twelve days, and that the vision occurred two days later; the servant sent to London to make inquiries found Mrs Donne still confined to her bed in Drury House. Actually, of course, Donne did not arrive in Paris until more than three months after he left England, and his wife was not in London but in the [[Isle of Wight]]. The still-born child was buried on [[24 January]].... Yet as late as [[14 April]] Donne in Paris was still ignorant of his wife's ordeal."<ref>Bald, R.C. ''John Donne: a Life.'' Oxford University Press, 1970.</ref> In January, Donne was still at [[Amiens]]. His letters do not support the story as given.<ref>Bennett, R.E. "Donne's Letters from the Continent in 1611-12." ''Philological Quarterly'' xix (1940), 66-78.</ref> |
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His brother, [[Colin Wells (cricketer)|Colin Wells]], also played for Sussex and England (In two one day internationals). |
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===Abraham Lincoln=== |
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[[Carl Sandburg]]'s biography contains the following: |
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Alan Wells is now director of cricket at [[St Bede's School, Hailsham]]. <ref> [http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/22361.html] </ref> |
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:A dream or illusion had haunted [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]] at times through the winter. On the evening of his election he had thrown himself on one of the haircloth sofas at home, just after the first telegrams of November 6 had told him he was elected President, and looking into a bureau mirror across the room he saw himself full length, but with two faces. |
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== References == |
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:It bothered him; he got up; the illusion vanished; but when he lay down again there in the glass again were two faces, one paler than the other. He got up again, mixed in the election excitement, forgot about it; but it came back, and haunted him. He told his wife about it; she worried too. |
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:A few days later he tried it once more and the illusion of the two faces again registered to his eyes. But that was the last; the ghost since then wouldn't come back, he told his wife, who said it was a sign he would be elected to a second term, and the death pallor of one face meant he wouldn't live through his second term.<ref>Sandburg, Carl. ''Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years.'' Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York, 1926. Volume 2, Chapter 165, pp.423-4</ref> |
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* [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/54/54760.html Scorecard of Yorkshire vs Sussex 1991] |
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This is adapted from ''Washington in Lincoln's Time'' (1895) by [[Noah Brooks]], who claimed that he had heard it from Lincoln himself on [[9 November]] [[1864]], at the time of his re-election, and that he had printed an account "directly after." He also claimed that the story was confirmed by [[Mary Todd Lincoln]], and partially confirmed by Private Secretary [[John Hay]] (who thought it dated from Lincoln's nomination, not his election). Brooks's version is as follows (in Lincoln's own words): |
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:It was just after my election in 1860, when the news had been coming in thick and fast all day and there had been a great "hurrah, boys," so that I was well tired out, and went home to rest, throwing myself down on a lounge in my chamber. Opposite where I lay was a bureau with a swinging glass upon it (and here he got up and placed furniture to illustrate the position), and looking in that glass I saw myself reflected nearly at full length; but my face, I noticed had ''two'' separate and distinct images, the tip of the nose of one being about three inches from the tip of the other. I was a little bothered, perhaps startled, and got up and looked in the glass, but the illusion vanished. On lying down again, I saw it a second time, plainer, if possible, than before; and then I noticed that one of the faces was a little paler — say five shades — than the other. I got up, and the thing melted away, and I went off, and in the excitement of the hour forgot all about it — nearly, but not quite, for the thing would once in a while come up, and give me a little pang as if something uncomfortable had happened. When I went home again that night I told my wife about it, and a few days afterward I made the experiment again, when (with a laugh), sure enough! the thing came back again; but I never succeeded in bringing the ghost back after that, though I once tried very industriously to show it to my wife, who was somewhat worried about it. She thought it was a "sign" that I was to be elected to a second term of office, and that the paleness of one of the faces was an omen that I should not see life through the last term.<ref>Brooks, Noah. ''Washington in Lincoln's Time.'' Century, New York, 1895. Reprinted as ''Washington, D.C., in Lincoln's Time.'' Edited by Herbert Mitgang. Quadrangle Books, Chicago, 1971. University of Georgia Press, Athens, 1989. First ed., pages 220-221. Mitgang's ed., pages 198-200.</ref> |
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Lincoln was known to be superstitious,<ref>Luthin, Reinhard H. ''The Real Abraham Lincoln.'' Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1960. Page 116.</ref> and old mirrors will occasionally produce double images; whether this [[Janus (mythology)|Janus]] illusion can be counted as a doppelgänger is perhaps debatable, though probably no more than other such claims of doppelgängers. An alternate consideration, however, suggests that Lincoln suffered vertical [[strabismus]] in his left eye<ref> {{cite journal | last = Goldstein | first = JH | title = Lincoln's vertical strabismus. | journal = J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus | volume = 34 | issue = 2 | pages = 118–20 | year = 1997 | month=Mar-Apr | pmid = 9083959}}</ref>, a disorder which could induce visions of a vertically-displaced image. |
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===Johann Wolfgang von Goethe=== |
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Near the end of Book XI of his autobiography, ''Dichtung und Wahrheit'' ("Truth and Fiction"), [[Goethe]] wrote, almost in passing: |
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:Amid all this pressure and confusion I could not forego seeing [[Friederike Brion|Frederica]] once more. Those were painful days, the memory of which has not remained with me. When I reached her my hand from my horse, the tears stood in her eyes; and I felt very uneasy. I now rode along the foot-path toward [[Drusenheim]], and here one of the most singular forebodings took possession of me. I saw, not with the eyes of the body, but with those of the mind, my own figure coming toward me, on horseback, and on the same road, attired in a dress which I had never worn, — it was pike-gray [''hecht-grau''], with somewhat of gold. As soon as I shook myself out of this dream, the figure had entirely disappeared. It is strange, however, that, eight years afterward, I found myself on the very road, to pay one more visit to Frederica, in the dress of which I had dreamed, and which I wore, not from choice, but by accident. However it may be with matters of this kind generally, this strange illusion in some measure calmed me at the moment of parting. The pain of quitting for ever noble [[Alsace]], with all I had gained in it, was softened; and, having at last escaped the excitement of a farewell, I, on a peaceful and quiet journey, pretty well regained my self-possession.<ref>''The Autobiography of Wolfgang von Goethe.'' Translated by John Oxenford. Horizon Press, 1969.</ref> |
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This is a rare example of a doppelgänger which is both benign and reassuring. |
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===Emilie Sagée=== |
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[[Robert Dale Owen]] was responsible for writing down the singular case of Emilie Sagée. He was told this anecdote by Julie von Güldenstubbe, a [[Latvia]]n [[aristocrat]]. Von Güldenstubbe reported that in the year [[1845]]–[[1846|46]], at the age of 13, she witnessed, along with audiences of between 13 and 42 children, her 32-year-old French teacher Sagée [[bilocation|bilocate]], in broad daylight, inside her school, ''Pensionat von Neuwelcke''. The actions of Sagée's doppelgänger included: |
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*Mimicking writing and eating, but with nothing in its hands. |
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*Moving independently of Sagée, and remaining motionless while she moved. |
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*Appearing to be in full health at a time when Sagée was badly ill. |
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Apparently, the doppelgänger also exerted resistance to the touch, but was non-physical (one girl passed through the doppelgänger's body).<ref>[http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa111102a.htm Doppelganger!<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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==Scientific, psychological, and philosophical investigations== |
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===Left temporoparietal junction=== |
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In September [[2006]] it was reported in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]''<ref>[http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060918/full/060918-4.html Access : Brain electrodes conjure up ghostly visions : Nature News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> that Shahar Arzy and colleagues of the University Hospital, [[Geneva, Switzerland]], had unexpectedly reproduced an effect strongly reminiscent of the doppelgänger phenomenon via the [[Transcranial magnetic stimulation|electromagnetic stimulation]] of a patient's brain. They applied focal electrical stimulation to a patient's [[Parietal cortex|left temporoparietal junction]] while she lay flat on a bed. The patient immediately felt the presence of another person in her "extrapersonal space." Other than [[epilepsy]], for which the patient was being treated, she was psychologically fit. |
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The other person was described as young, of indeterminate sex, silent, motionless, and with a body posture identical to her own. The other person was located exactly behind her, almost touching and therefore within the bed that the patient was lying on. |
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A second electrical stimulation was applied with slightly more intensity, while the patient was sitting up with her arms folded. This time the patient felt the presence of a "man" who had his arms wrapped around her. She described the sensation as highly unpleasant and electrical stimulation was stopped. |
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Finally, when the patient was seated, electrical stimulation was applied while the patient was asked to perform language test with a set of [[flash cards]]. On this occasion the patient reported the presence of a sitting person, displaced behind her and to the right. She said that the presence was attempting to interfere with the test: "He wants to take the card; he doesn’t want me to read." Again, the effect was disturbing and electrical stimulation was ceased. |
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Similar effects were found for different positions and postures when electrical stimulation exceeded 10 [[ampere|mA]], at the left temporoparietal junction. |
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Arzy and his colleagues suggest that the left temporoparietal junction of the brain evokes the sensation of self image—body location, position, posture etc. When the left temporoparietal junction is disturbed, the sensation of self-attribution is broken and may be replaced by the sensation of a foreign presence or copy of oneself displaced nearby. This copy mirrors the real person's body posture, location and position. Arzy and his colleagues suggest that the phenomenon they created is seen in certain mental illnesses, such as [[schizophrenia]], particularly when accompanied by [[paranoia]], delusions of persecution and of alien control. Nevertheless, the effects reported are highly reminiscent of the doppelgänger phenomenon.<ref>''The Psychology of Anomalous Experience: A Cognitive Approach'' |
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by Graham F. Reed, Prometheus Books, Rev Sub edition September 1988</ref> Accordingly, some reports of doppelgängers may well be due to failure of the left temporoparietal junction. |
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See [[monothematic delusion]] for a detailed description of various psychological problems including the [[syndrome of subjective doubles]], which may be related to the doppelgänger. <ref>''The Psychology of Anomalous Experience: A Cognitive Approach'' |
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by Graham F. Reed,Prometheus Books, Rev Sub edition September 1988</ref> See also [[out-of-body experience]]. |
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==In fiction== |
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{{seealso|List of fictional doppelgängers}} |
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Doppelgängers, as dark doubles of individual identities, appear in a variety of fictional works from [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]'s ''[[The Double: A Petersburg Poem|The Double]]'' to ''[[Season of Migration to the North]]'' to [[Ralph Ellison]]'s ''[[Invisible Man]]''. In its simplest incarnation, mistaken identity is a classic trope used in literature, from ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' to ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]''. But in these cases, the characters look similar for perfectly normal reasons, such as being siblings or simple coincidence. |
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Some stories offer supernatural explanations for doubles. These doppelgängers are typically, but not always, evil in some way. The double will often impersonate the victim and go about ruining them, for instance through committing crimes or insulting the victim's friends. Sometimes, the double even tries to kill the original. The torment is occasionally earned; for instance, in [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s short story ''[[William Wilson (short story)|William Wilson]]'', the protagonist of questionable morality is dogged by his doppelgänger most tenaciously when his morals fail. When doppelgängers are used as harbingers of impending destruction, they are almost always supernaturally based. <ref>For example, the television series ''[[Twin Peaks]]''.</ref> Some works of fantasy include [[shapeshifter]]s, as either talented individuals or as a separate race, who can mimic any person. |
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*Another variant, usually seen in [[science fiction]], involves [[cloning|clone]]s, which creates a genetically identical new being without the memories and experiences of the original. Some futuristic variants in fiction duplicate living beings in their entirety, albeit sometimes with modified memories and motives. |
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*Doubles are also seen in fiction involving [[time travel]] and [[Parallel universe (fiction)|parallel universes]], as in the motion picture ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]''. In this case, the doppelgänger really "is" the doubled person, but from a different timeline or different version of the universe. |
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*In ''[[Doppelganger (novel)|Doppelganger]]'', the novel by Marie Brennan, five days after birth, the daughter of a witch undergoes a ritual to give her the ability to use magic; the ritual creates a doppelganger of the infant which is unable to use magic and is usually killed instantly. |
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*In the final episode of the ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' TV series, special agent [[Dale Cooper]] is confronted by a host of doppelgangers imitating previous lovers, friends and acquaintances of his, ultimately being chased by one in the guise of himself. |
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*In the final battle of the Duelist Kingdom, [[Duel Monsters]], [[tournament]] in [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]], one of the cards belonging to [[Pegasus J. Crawford| Maximilian Pegasus]] in his deck is called "Doppelganger" and has the ability to change into a copy of any other monster on the field. This duel was conducted against [[Yugi Mutou]] & [[Yami Yugi]]. |
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*In the ''[[Sweet Valley High]]'' books, Elizabeth Wakefield was chased by an insane doppelgänger - a girl who was not related to her yet looked exactly like her - named Margo Black who attempted to murder her and take her place. Later Margo's twin sister, Nora Chappelle, arrived in town and attempted to kill Jessica, Elizabeth's twin sister, so she could take her place. Neither attempt was successful and the twins lived on to face many more attempts on their lives throughout the series. |
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*In [[Masashi Kishimoto]]'s hit ninja manga series ''[[Naruto]]'', the main character, [[Naruto Uzumaki]], uses "Shadow Doppelgangers" as a [[jutsu]]. Note that in the English anime, "Shadow Doppelgangers" is translated to "Shadow Clones", even though doppelgangers and clones are different. |
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*In the episode ''Doppelganger'' of the television series [[Stargate Atlantis]], Sheppard touches a crystal entity that takes on an evil version of himself and causes nightmares for several expedition members. |
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*In the TV show ''[[Alias]]'', [[Francie Calfo]] is murdered by [[Allison Doren]], a woman who was transfigured to look exactly like her with the help of [[gene therapy]]. The doppelganger then uses her position to spy on Francie's roommate [[Sydney Bristow]] and gather intelligence. |
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*In the [[.hack//G.U.]] games a Doppelgänger version of [[Haseo]] plays a small role. When a player enters onto a field they risk encountering the doppelgänger which they can run from or fight. The doppelganger always appears as a dark twisted [[Haseo]] and is eight levels stronger than the players current level. Eerie music will cue up and a red arrow will flash where the doppel is approaching from. |
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*In the 2006 film [[Silent Hill (film)|Silent Hill]], a side character named [[Alessa Gillespie]] is able to create a doppelgänger of herself, [[Dark Alessa]], containing the dark side of her soul. Alessa is aware of her doppelgänger and Dark Alessa is aware of Alessa. They work in tandem to destroy the people responsible for Alessa's suffering. Dark Alessa appears to be psionic, telekinetic, and telepathic, among other things. |
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*[[Gengar]] from the [[Pokémon]] series. A dual type ghost/poison pokemon that is also known as the shadow pokemon. It can be safe to assume that it gets the name as an anagram of "ganger" in "doppelganger." Gengar have been known to take the shape of a person's shadow on the night of a full moon to pull tricks on its victims, true to it's doppelganger supernature. |
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*Wario from the Mario game series is another example of a doppelganger, as Wario is an exaggerated version of his counterpart, Mario. |
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*In the anime series, Escaflowne. A 'doppleganger' takes on the form of a monk, Blacktooth. giving him his apperance to infiltrate the duchy of Fraid. |
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*In the episode Dopplegangland of the tv series [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] a vampire doppelgänger of [[Buffy Summers | Buffy's]] best friend [[Willow Rosenberg | Willow]] is brought to Sunnydale from a alternative reality Sunnydale by demon [[Anya Jenkins | Anyanka]]. |
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*In the Playstation 3 game Metal Gear Solid 4, Liquid refers to himself as Liquid's doppleganger. |
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*In the [[Sega Saturn]] roleplaying game Dark Savior, the theme of doppelgangers are paramount. |
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*In the NBC hit show Heroes, Ali Larter's character; originally named Niki Sanders, but also went by Jessica, Gina, and Tracy, has a superpower that began as a twist on the doppleganger stories, it is now said to be an identity crisis disorder with superstrength. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Bilocation]] |
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*[[Body double]] |
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*[[cast-off being]] |
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*[[Evil twin]] |
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*[[List of fictional doppelgangers]] |
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*[[Look-alike]] |
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*[[Syndrome of subjective doubles]] |
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*[[The Fall Of Troy]] |
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*[[Vardøger]] |
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Revision as of 04:07, 10 October 2008
Source: [2], 1 January 2006 |
- For the Scottish sprinter and Olympic 100 m champion, see Allan Wells.
Alan Peter Wells (born 2 October 1961 in Newhaven, East Sussex) is an English cricketer. He played for Sussex from 1981 to 1996, where he was captain from 1992 to 1996. He then played for Kent from 1997 to 2000. In total he played 376 first-class matches in a career spanning twenty seasons, with a batting average of 38.57 and a top score of 253 not out (against Yorkshire at Middlesbrough in 1991). [3]
He only played twice for England, once in a Test match (where he was dismissed for a golden duck by the West Indian fast bowler Curtly Ambrose) and once in a One Day International. But he did also play on the rebel tour of South Africa in 1989-90.
As England 'A' captain
During the winter of 1994-95, Alan Wells led England 'A' to a long and highly successful tour of the Indian Subcontinent. They convincingly won the 3 unofficial tests against their Indian counterparts. The 3 match One-Day series was lot closer, but still England 'A' emerged victorious (2-1). Wells produced his in the 2nd 'Test' at the Eden Garden, Calcutta. There, he socred 93 & 65. The Indian leg was followed by a short tour of Bangladesh in Mid-February. Engalnd 'A' won the 2 One-Day matches, while the 3-Day amtch was drawn.
Wells' able leadership was a key factor in the success of the tour. It was a great learning experience for some of the young England players. Some of them, like, Nick Knight, Micheal Vaughan, Dominic Cork, Jason Gallian,went on to play for the main England outfit.
His brother, Colin Wells, also played for Sussex and England (In two one day internationals).
Alan Wells is now director of cricket at St Bede's School, Hailsham. [1]