When the flame arrived in Nottingham on Thursday evening, Torvill and Dean carried it across the ice at the National Ice Centre and performed a specially-choreographed routine with the torch in hand.

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On its front was the organization's seal--a toga-swathed figure holding a torch in one hand and a coin in the other.

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Vertical exploration is supposed to be a major component of the level design in the game, and traversing the depths, torch clutched tight in hand, is something we can all look forward to.

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Even so, Dr Eastlund hopes that he will soon be able to hand on the torch to someone who can make real use of it.

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Multiple gold shards are used at the elbow to focus the eye on the arm, with a final shard continuing down to the cuff and the hand holding the torch.

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This torch works by storing energy in a hand-wound spring, and then using that energy to drive a dynamo.

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