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Accounts differed as to the vascular systems of Gallifreyans in their first incarnation. Some accounts indicate that Gallifreyans normally had two hearts even in their first body. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Frostfire (audio story)|Frostfire]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time And Relative]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'') Other accounts indicated that Gallifreyans [[Loom]]ed after the [[Pythia's curse]] of sterility originally emerged with a single heart and gained their second only after their first [[regeneration]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Man in the Velvet Mask (novel)|The Man in the Velvet Mask]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time in Office (audio story)|Time in Office]]'') while those of [[Newblood]] houses sprang from the Looms with two hearts from the outset. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') | Accounts differed as to the vascular systems of Gallifreyans in their first incarnation. Some accounts indicate that Gallifreyans normally had two hearts even in their first body. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Frostfire (audio story)|Frostfire]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time And Relative]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'') Other accounts indicated that Gallifreyans [[Loom]]ed after the [[Pythia's curse]] of sterility originally emerged with a single heart and gained their second only after their first [[regeneration]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Man in the Velvet Mask (novel)|The Man in the Velvet Mask]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time in Office (audio story)|Time in Office]]'') while those of [[Newblood]] houses sprang from the Looms with two hearts from the outset. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') | ||
A Gallifreyan could survive with only one heart, should the other be punctured, destroyed or otherwise stopped, though they would be greatly weakened. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'', ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'', ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] claimed that he wouldn't survive much longer after one of his hearts was stopped by a [[Shakri cube]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') A Gallifreyan in total cardiac arrest would need [[CPR]] on ''both'' hearts. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') Regeneration would become impossible if both hearts were burnt out simultaneously, ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'') or with three [[bullet]]s in each heart and two inside their three [[brain stem]] | A Gallifreyan could survive with only one heart, should the other be punctured, destroyed or otherwise stopped, though they would be greatly weakened. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'', ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'', ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] claimed that he wouldn't survive much longer after one of his hearts was stopped by a [[Shakri cube]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') A Gallifreyan in total cardiac arrest would need [[CPR]] on ''both'' hearts. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') Regeneration would become impossible if both hearts were burnt out simultaneously, ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'') or with three [[bullet]]s in each heart and two inside their three [[brain stem]]s. (TV: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'') | ||
[[File:2hearts.jpg|thumb|left|A human doctor indicating the second heart on an [[X-ray]] taken of the [[Third Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')]] | [[File:2hearts.jpg|thumb|left|A human doctor indicating the second heart on an [[X-ray]] taken of the [[Third Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')]] | ||
