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Zygon

The Zygons are an extraterrestrial race in the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The Zygons have shape-shifting abilities, allowing them to replicate the appearance of another being. They first appear in 1975's Terror of the Zygons, where they attempt to invade the planet alongside their Skarasen creature, which they need to survive and has, in the serial's setting, been mistaken for the Loch Ness Monster. They subsequently return in the 2013 episode "The Day of the Doctor", where, following an invasion attempt, Zygons are able to negotiate with humans to be able to live on the planet. The Zygons are subsequently integrated into society in human disguise in the 2015 two-part story "The Zygon Invasion" and "The Zygon Inversion". While many Zygons are content to live as humans, many younger Zygons radicalise into a splinter group known as Truth or Consequences and seek to unmask all Zygons across the globe, though a truce is eventually able to be negotiated. The Zygons were conceived by writer Robert Banks Stewart and designed by James Acheson. Initially, their debut story was largely focused on the idea of the Loch Ness monster being an alien, with the Zygons being shifted to the main focus during development.…

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The Zygons are an extraterrestrial race in the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The Zygons have shape-shifting abilities, allowing them to replicate the appearance of another being. They first appear in 1975's Terror of the Zygons, where they attempt to invade the planet alongside their Skarasen creature, which they need to survive and has, in the serial's setting, been mistaken for the Loch Ness Monster. They subsequently return in the 2013 episode "The Day of the Doctor", where, following an invasion attempt, Zygons are able to negotiate with humans to be able to live on the planet. The Zygons are subsequently integrated into society in human disguise in the 2015 two-part story "The Zygon Invasion" and "The Zygon Inversion". While many Zygons are content to live as humans, many younger Zygons radicalise into a splinter group known as Truth or Consequences and seek to unmask all Zygons across the globe, though a truce is eventually able to be negotiated. The Zygons were conceived by writer Robert Banks Stewart and designed by James Acheson. Initially, their debut story was largely focused on the idea of the Loch Ness monster being an alien, with the Zygons being shifted to the main focus during development.…

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  1. date of establishment: 2015 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "2015". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378328747

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