Heart attack
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A Heart attack was a condition affecting certain individuals of near-human species.
The Seventh Doctor, who, being Gallifreyan, had a binary vascular system, once had a "one-sided" heart attack. (NA: So Vile a Sin)
Geraint Cooper suffered from a series of heart attacks. (TW: The New World, The Categories of Life)
Behind the scenes
Several Doctor Who contributors have suffered from heart attacks:
- Patrick Troughton had three major heart attacks, in 1978, 1984 and 1987 respectively, he died from the last one.
- Ian Marter died of a heart attack in 1986.
- Jon Pertwee died of a heart attack in 1996.
