Even if a pregnant Time Lady regenerated into another Time Lady, wouldn't she still lose the baby? After all, regeneration is the death of one body and transformation/rebirth into a new one. The death of the pregnant body would take the baby with it and it would transform and be reborn as a new, not pregnant body.
Why would I include Class? My post was showing how many episodes of Doctor Who and its spin-offs aired in the period of 2006-2011. Class aired in 2016.
Given regeneration is an artificial process, it would be lunacy to think there were no safeguards in place for such events.
Of course, we've never seen a pregnant time lord (or lady) so it's not out of the realms of possibility that the entire process is artificial from insemination to birth. Even leaving aside the idea of looms, its not an impossible assumption.
Yes, but what are the constraints? It seems that there are limits or the Time Lords would have allowed the person to keep their genetic structure in the regeneration. Instead there is a random element to it, including not even being able to keep one's preferred sex. So, the safeguard might be "disable regeneration under the following cases: 1. you are a pregnant woman; 2. you are a baby in a womb; 3 .... etc)". Regeneration isn't a promise of immortality. It is just a way to extend your life and eliminate a great majority of circumstances that can kill you. It's kind of like wearing a helmet on a bike. You can still step off your bike, take the helmet off while you are on the side walk, and then a drunk driver runs you over. Reality can be "cold", and the TIme Lords are not afraid to be cold when it suits their purposes.
It is hinted that some of those restraints can be overcome, Romana was able to choose her form. The Master was able to decide to regenerate into a younger form (John Simm). It's hinted that the Doctor's wildly erratic regenerations are due to a combination of his lack of mastery of the process and the fact that his regenerations are generally caused by major trauma. It's likely that on Gallifrey regeneration is more controlled and generally as a result of age rather than trauma.
Yes, you reminded me that I have a vague memory from when I was watching back in the 1970s-80s time frame. One of the companions (apparently Romana) was trying on "regenerations" like they were clothing.
