Ivy-Covered Cottage

A modest wooden cottage with weathered stone foundations, its walls nearly obscured by a thick mantle of green ivy that rustles underfoot as Sarah and the Doctor burst through the door. Sunlight filters through the dense foliage, casting shifting bruise-like patches across the warped floorboards. The air carries the scent of damp earth and crushed vegetation, punctuated by the acrid tang of Styggron’s artificial ivy embedded deeper in the structure. A single crude wooden cross stands barely visible through the ivy, its presence marking the crucifix where the Doctor was bound. The intimate space feels unbearably confined as the village outside collapses around them, wood splintering under unseen pressure.