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Parahuman (or para-human) was a label attributed to the humanoid members of the Special Executive team during the early days of the Time Lord history. Parahumans showed abilities such as psychic powers, time acceleration or the ability to pass through solid matter. (COMIC: 4-D War, Black Sun Rising) The first parahuman brigades were contemporaneous with the first Looms on Gallifrey. (PROSE: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing)

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  • Lance Parkin's short story Executive Action, originally published the charity anthology Walking in Eternity, explained that the parahumans of the Special Executive were the result of Rassilon's first experiments with Looms, and Rassilon formed the Special Executive to do the Time Lords' "dirty jobs". Later, when Rassilon ordered a purge of the Womb-born (as seen in Cold Fusion), the Special Executive fled Gallifrey and became an independent team.
  • Daniel O'Mahony's A Rag and a Bone, published in the 2003 fanzine Myth Makers Presents: Essentials, mentions "Dawn Brigades of parahumans" fighting "cat people" in Gallifrey's past. The story features a dog-faced parahuman in "Gallifreyan scarlet" as a veteran of Gallifrey's First Time War and an assistant of Sabbath.

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