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The TARDIS materialized in the heart of Elizabethan London, where the air was thick with the scent of coal smoke and history. You stood there, breathless, having just shared a moment with William Shakespeare himself. But the wonder evaporated into terror as a disguised witch, her murderous plot finally exposed, vanished into the shadows of the city. With a final, venomous glare, she flicked her wrist, casting a jagged spell. The Doctor collapsed instantly, his body jarring as he clutched his chest. 'AH!' he gasped, eyes squeezed shut in sudden, blinding agony. 'My heart... one of my hearts has stopped!' He looked up at you, his expression one of raw, desperate urgency. 'Punch me! Right in the back!'