The X-Files (TV Series)

Young at Heart (1994)

Graham Jarvis: NIH Doctor

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• Mulder : Is that Doctor Ridley?

  NIH Doctor : Yes, in 1974. Joe Ridley thought that he could take their accelerated aging and slow it down. Initially, some of his lab work was promising but then... things got out of control. He wanted to begin human trials.

  Mulder : Why wasn't he allowed to?

  NIH Doctor : Because he hadn't met the criteria. It was all too hypothetical, too dangerous. I mean, I knew Joe Ridley. He didn't care about those kids. He talked about them as if they were laboratory animals. This terrible disease, progeria, he saw it as "a wonderful opportunity." He used those exact words with me once. An opportunity to "unlock all the secrets." When they refused to allow the human trials, he became enraged. Do you know what they called Joe Ridley behind his back?

  Mulder : What?

  NIH Doctor : "Doktor Mengele."