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How come 11 never aged?
Sora2311
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In let's kill hitler it shows melody age from a kid to a grown up and in the last of the time lords it shows the master as a kid so timelords do age but how come 11 traveled for 300 years and still looked exactly the same
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How does that explain the first doctors age
Yes his ability to regenerate was suspended by The Master, so his appearance matched his age in years.
Didn't River make some comment about tweaking her appearance to look a bit younger?
She's a human with the ability to regenerate and who had enough control over her regenerative abilities by the time of her second regeneration to 'take the age down a little' over time. Which was obviously just Moffat's silly/clever way to deal with River looking younger in the library.
But ultimately, she's still a human. So when she was growing up as Mels, there was no reason why she wouldn't have aged at a normal rate.
Yes — partly as a production joke, I think, but it's on the record now.
Regarding ageing in general though, e.g. Michelle Pfeiffer now is pretty much the same age as Hartnell was when the programme began. Go check out a recent photo and be honest: would you have guessed?
(That explanation sounded so much better in my head. )
Still, imagine if no one had vision problems, but people had at some point. Glasses might be taken as a statement or fashion. Perhaps age is to Timelords. I like to think, alongside other things such as clothes and TARDIS interiors, new incarnations of Timelords try out different ages to see what fits their new personality the most. Perhaps 11 decided he would see if being older suited him between episodes, travelled as this for a bit, then got bored and turned back. This could also solve any Multi-Doctor story problems to do with ageing!
11 stays fixed at his age across 200 years and 8 doesn't noticebly age at all across 600 trapped on Orbis. Ageing has already been shown to be incredibly slow on Timelords, if there at all. 2 did say Timelords could live forever barring accidents. Perhaps 1 was only old as he was feeling old? He was getting tired of life and his body reflected this? Plus the Master could 'decide' to be young when he regenerate and River could slowly de-age. And she's only part Timelord! Imagine how quickly a full Timelord could do it! I like to think several hours they can change their age completely.
I mean, what are the chances all the grumpy Timelords were old. It was probably the 'thing' then. Much like the 'thing' now is to have a younger Doctor and perhaps an older Doctor wouldn't cut it today (as some people say). And that is also why Timelords are younger too. Their styles change. It's fashionable to be young this year.
That's my theory anyway. You can choose to ignore it. But if I ever get the opportunity to change the Whoniverse, I will jump at the opportunity to add these changes and fix dilemmas such as these. :cool:
I'm so sad.
I suspect also that 1 wanted to look older so it would make sense he had a Granddaughter.
The Master ageing Doc#10, Doc #4 being aged in (I think) The Leasure Hive, Doc# 5 when he met Doc#10.
While a Timelord probably does age within an incarnation it is obviously only very slowly (apart from possibly the first incarnation where they may age faster).
Maturation and ageing are really two different things. Going from child to adult is not the same as the deterioration of the ageing process so there's no reason why one wouldn't advance according to human norms and the other be extremely slow.
That's assuming a Time Lord would age in a similar fashion to us across their lifespan. As they can live considerably longer than us (even without regenerating), its possible they may remain physically in their prime for a long time.
eg. the first doctor might have had the appearance of a 30-year-old for about 400 years and only started to "decay" in the last 50 years or so.