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Hypnosis

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

Hypnosis or mind control was the ability to place others into a suggestible state, such that they would obey the commands of the hypnotist or believe what the hypnotist told them. Some forms of hypnosis were stronger than others. Memory erasure or alteration also could be accomplished hypnotically.

[edit] Incomplete list of hypnotists

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