A condition which afflicts most people who have viewed the Doctor Who serial The Horns of Nimon. The condition is characterised by an almost obsessive desire to reference the character of Soldeed, as played by Graham Crowden by, for example, referring to individuals with whom one has beef as 'meddlesome hussies', reacting to even the most minor frustration by exclaiming 'my dreams of conquest!', finding any possible excuse to insert a particular picture of Soldeed into as many of one's blog posts as possible even to the detriment of said posts' coherence, insisting that the Nimon be praised, suggesting Soldeed as a plausible replacement for the outgoing Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland etc etc.
Sufferers who are old enough to have seen The Horns of Nimon as children when originally broadcast, and who will therefore be most likely to have watched Blue Peter during the crucial Period When It Was Good also display a comorbid obsession with pointing out the presence in this serial of a young Janet Ellis, in one of her earliest TV roles.
See also: Harrison Chase Syndrome, Ainleyism, Strickson's Malaise, the Hill/Aldred Paradox
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