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'''Heart''' can also refer to the physical or ideological centre of a location; [[Loom]]s were the heart of the Great Houses ([[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]''), or the [[Kandy Man]]'s kitchen which was at the heart of [[Terra Alpha]]'s governance system. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'') | '''Heart''' can also refer to the physical or ideological centre of a location; [[Loom]]s were the heart of the Great Houses ([[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]''), or the [[Kandy Man]]'s kitchen which was at the heart of [[Terra Alpha]]'s governance system. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'') | ||
'''Heart''' can also refer to the change in emotional standing in an individual ie them having a "change of heart" such as [[Maldak]] saving the [[Governor]] and [[Peri Brown]] from execution on [[Varos]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'') or [[Alan Jackson]] changing his mind to move away from [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'') | '''Heart''' can also refer to the change in emotional standing in an individual ie them having a "change of heart" such as [[Maldak]] saving the [[Governor of Varos|Governor]] and [[Peri Brown]] from execution on [[Varos]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'') or [[Alan Jackson]] changing his mind to move away from [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'') | ||
==Behind the Scenes== | ==Behind the Scenes== | ||
Revision as of 09:02, 13 November 2009
The Heart was an organ in many lifeforms. Humans had a single heart while Time Lords had a second heart. Some accounts indicate that a Time Lord would grow his or her second heart after the first regeneration. (MA: The Man in the Velvet Mask)
The Great Vampire, lesser vampires and Haemovores could only be killed by a stake through the heart. (DW: State of Decay, The Curse of Fenric)
Alternative definitions
Heart can also refer to the physical or ideological centre of a location; Looms were the heart of the Great Houses (NA: Lungbarrow), or the Kandy Man's kitchen which was at the heart of Terra Alpha's governance system. (DW: The Happiness Patrol)
Heart can also refer to the change in emotional standing in an individual ie them having a "change of heart" such as Maldak saving the Governor and Peri Brown from execution on Varos (DW: Vengeance on Varos) or Alan Jackson changing his mind to move away from Sarah Jane Smith. (SJA: The Lost Boy)
Behind the Scenes
The Man in the Velvet Mask attempted to retroactively explain why the Doctor appears to only have one heart in DW: The Edge of Destruction. However, the same ommission also appears in the Second Doctor story DW: The Wheel in Space; it is not concretely mentioned that the Doctor has a Binary vascular system until DW: Spearhead from Space.
Later stories would instead imply that injury or illness could temporarily stop one of the two hearts. (DW: The Mind of Evil; DW: The Christmas Invasion)
See also
