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According to the retired submariner, "a 'no drinking' rule is in force at sea".

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Vigil, the new series from World Productions, the TV company behind such pulse-racing hits as Line of Duty and Bodyguard, boasts a truly original premise, courtesy of its writer Tom Edge (previously responsible for The Crown and Judy): what if a crime was committed on board a nuclear submarine, and what if that crime turned out to be misdirection for something far more sinister?

The show been billed by the BBC as their major new drama for Sunday nights. With a star-studded cast featuring Suranne Jones as the submarine-bound protagonist DCI Amy Silva, Game of Thrones’ Rose Leslie as her landlocked colleague Kirsten Longacre and Endeavour star Shaun Evans as the (apparently) sympathetic coxswain Elliot Glover, it’s not short of classy actors. Its mixture of palm-sweating tension and twist-laden political intrigue means that it will be the next must-watch for millions. But is any of it remotely based in fact – or is it just pure fiction?

For the naval historian Philip D Grove, the programme is at odds with reality from the very first scene, in which Martin Compston’s junior submariner Craig Burke openly and angrily questions the authority of Paterson Joseph’s Captain Newsome after an apparent collision with a trawler. As Grove puts it: "A direct challenge from a junior figure would be a very rare occurrence. The captain of a vessel is not quite the godlike figure often depicted in Second World War films, but simultaneously respect of the chain of command is key within a ship, submarine or squadron." Grove acknowledges that "Familiarity between similar ranks is much more common than decades ago… there is also a great deal of camaraderie on board a submarine, because of the very close working and living environment, with a different environment to a surface ship". But there is a limit to this familiarity. One reason for this respect is because a submarine captain has been extensively tested before they take command. As Grove says, "They taken what’s known as the Perisher Course, because you can fail for a lot of reasons. None of this process is easy and few make it. So the crew on board know that they are being captained by someone who is not just competent but very able." That said, one anonymous sailor, asked for his opinion on the subject, says simply that "Mutiny has happened", but refuses to go into more detail.

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Why would a doctor not remove a bullet?

In most cases, if a bullet has not penetrated an internal organ or caused infection, doctors will leave it in rather than risk surgery. The surrounding tissue encapsulates the bullet, preventing it from dissolving and leaching into the blood.

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Most people associate lead poisoning with paint chips and toxic dust. But in a case report published last week, doctors identified a more unusual source of exposure, gunshot wounds. The article, about a 32-year-old Chicago man who had lead poisoning from a gunshot wound to his elbow, appears in the latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. In the same issue was a report about a man in the Netherlands who, despite pieces of buckshot peppering his back from a hunting accident, was in fine health. In most cases, if a bullet has not penetrated an internal organ or caused infection, doctors will leave it in rather than risk surgery. The surrounding tissue encapsulates the bullet, preventing it from dissolving and leaching into the blood. That was shown in the case of the Dutch man, who was having routine chest X-rays when his doctors noticed dozens of pellets lodged in his back. The patient explained that a friend had accidentally shot him years ago. Stunned by the X-rays, his doctors checked his liver and kidneys and did a blood workup but found him healthy.

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