yeah, but most fans will watch this, cuz it's got Eleven and Jo in it...
Death of the Doctor Spoilers
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Oh, hell...
Doesn't this take some of the drama away? If the Doctor can now regenerate an infinite number of times, doesn't that mean he can never die? What *can* kill a Time Lord, apart from running out of regenerations?
Doesn't this take some of the drama away? If the Doctor can now regenerate an infinite number of times, doesn't that mean he can never die? What *can* kill a Time Lord, apart from running out of regenerations?
decapitation, i'd guess.
If they can grow new hands, they can grow new heads as well. 
A CBBC show is going to pull in 7-8 million?. If it wasn't for BBS I would't know Mat Smith was going to be in it, BBC suck at advertising
But it'll get mentioned on the parent show eventually. Without a doubt.
Overreaction much? Yeah I suspect that the other Doctor's will appear via flashback clips, the Tenth Doctor probably from either "Journey's End" or "School Reunion". As for the regeneration thing being touched on "Sarah Jane"....why the hell not? First of all it's RTD writing the series so he must have spoken to Moffat about this and got his permission to mention it. Secondly, the Doctor has major history with Sarah Jane so it's not like this is rift raft we're dealing with, thirdly if you have been following the internet at all for the last several months since the announcement has been made you'd know that Matt was on.
I'm kind of intrigued with what Sarah's found on google! Probably will turn out to be something lame.
I'm kind of intrigued with what Sarah's found on google! Probably will turn out to be something lame.
It's actually sort of returning to the old "We can live forever, barring accidents" dialogue. If I remember correctly, the regeneration limit was mainly imposed (Writing wise) for the Master, to explain his decayed appearence during the Tom Baker years.
Regarding Mr. Laser beam's point, it's possible for regeneration to fail and the time lord to die then. The Doctor has been unsure during a few of his regenerations whether he's going to make it to the next incarnation or not (Such as in "Caves of Androzani").
It's possible that the Time Lords gave the Doctor more regenerations for the Time War, as they definetly did for the Master. When he was destroyed last in the TV movie, the Master was in a human body-yet in the new series he's full time lord again, as he does have regenerations. From Jacobi to Simm, and possibly Simm to someone else if he didn't refuse to regenerate.
Regarding Mr. Laser beam's point, it's possible for regeneration to fail and the time lord to die then. The Doctor has been unsure during a few of his regenerations whether he's going to make it to the next incarnation or not (Such as in "Caves of Androzani").
It's possible that the Time Lords gave the Doctor more regenerations for the Time War, as they definetly did for the Master. When he was destroyed last in the TV movie, the Master was in a human body-yet in the new series he's full time lord again, as he does have regenerations. From Jacobi to Simm, and possibly Simm to someone else if he didn't refuse to regenerate.
^ Not just that but perhaps they gave him more regenerations and he doesn't know it yet.
If they go with "No Timelords, No Limit" I can buy that; it'd make sense that they'd want to keep their kind on a "leash" as well as encourage "turn over" to keep one guy from becoming, even more so than they could be, a "God"
Another ideal: The TARDIS. The Doctor's life could be tied in some way to the old girl's, and as long as she alive, he'll live on. Granted if they go that route, that's going to make the connection between the TARDIS and the Doctor take on a whole new level.
Another ideal: The TARDIS. The Doctor's life could be tied in some way to the old girl's, and as long as she alive, he'll live on. Granted if they go that route, that's going to make the connection between the TARDIS and the Doctor take on a whole new level.
I reckon she typed in 'French military victories' for the first time. That would delight anyone.
The old Dr. Who role playing game put it rather succinctly.
Regeneration after disintergration: Impossible.
Exactly my point. Rassilon had unlimited regenerations, and set himself up as a god. When they finally "defeated" him, they figured a good way to prevent this type of thing would be to limit the lifespan somewhat.
Though, if a given timelord wasn't running about getting himself killed, he might be near immortal.
With the timelords gone, even the Doctor fell into the "timelord victorious" trap.
That's pretty much my pet idea: whatever he did at the end of the Time War has reset his regen cycle (so Eccleston is both nine and two-one), but he doesn't know that.
So we can play out the character implications of him knowing he's only got two more incarnations... and then have his surprise when he carries on.
We're forgetting something: 9th's final episodes, he adsorbed the time-vortex energy to save Rose. It's possible that the result was, similar to Capt. Jack, a inability to die till the energy burns off at last (that little puff of "gold" we've seen during regeneration from 10 and 11)
^ That makes a lot of sense actually. It's not really been explained what that extra puff of energy is except I think excess regen energy.
Well we already know the whole regeneration thing is open to manipulation, in The five doctors the timelords proved they could grant more regenerations when they offered the Master another full cycle for his help, and in the movie regenerations seem to be transferable from timelord to timelord, and they can also be stopped as in The stolen earth.......but it will be interesting to see how they deal with it when the time comes....but as long as its entertaining i suppose that's all that matters.
The date 1066 springs to mind.. didn't they conquer some backwards little island somewhere at about that time?
the french didn't, the Normans did.
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