Dual monitor, each with a dock: Possible?

Hi, at work I hook my MB upto a 2nd screen, everything runs fine, I have them sat next to each other and can scroll from one to the other as if it's 1 wide screen, only the dock and menu bar can only site on one or the other. Is it possible to set things up so both screens have the dock and menu bar?
Ta.

In mirror mode (accessible from the displays in sys prefs), you'll obtain a duplicate screen, but not more screen real estate per say. I know of no way to have the menu and dock appear on both displays of the extended desktop mode.

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