So many things could of happened to change the limit over the years, didn't Tom B merge with a guardian during his regeneration? Sorry if faulty memory but was it ever addressed what sort of affect that may have?
Long Standing Question to be answered this series?
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The 4th Doctor merged with "The Watcher" during his regen, but the Watcher turned out to be the 5th Doctor come early (probably due to the damage the Master caused on Logopolis)
Originally Posted by codename_47:
“Do you think any of the kids who have started with the modern series are aware of it though?
Somehow I think not...”
“Do you think any of the kids who have started with the modern series are aware of it though?
Somehow I think not...”
Yeah they do. I started with the modern series, and I know that, and a couple of my friends who haven't seen any old who, know about it. (They asked my about it last night.)
I don't think it'd be reconfirming te regeneration limit for modern Who, my younger brother has the Doctor Who Adventure magazine and I'm sure they mentioned it recently in there.
One popular theory going round at the moment is that perhaps River Song could casually mention having met "the 14th Doctor" or something like that, thus confirming he lives beyond #13, but without going into any detail.
Originally Posted by The Brig:
“I'd be glad if that was resolved. To Robert Holmes in 1976, 13 Doctors seemed a very long way away and to be fair, the thirteen Doctor's death probably would be beyond 2020 as it stands now. What was a plot device in Deadly Assassin is now an ongoing worry.
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“I'd be glad if that was resolved. To Robert Holmes in 1976, 13 Doctors seemed a very long way away and to be fair, the thirteen Doctor's death probably would be beyond 2020 as it stands now. What was a plot device in Deadly Assassin is now an ongoing worry.
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People seem to forget Mawdryn Undead, where it was a major part of the plot, much more so than in The Deadly Assassin.
This regeneration thing does confuse me a bit. Since each regeneration only seems to last two or three years (the longest, I believe, was Tom Baker's at seven), how on earth has he managed to survive nine centuries?
Originally Posted by David Waine:
“This regeneration thing does confuse me a bit. Since each regeneration only seems to last two or three years (the longest, I believe, was Tom Baker's at seven), how on earth has he managed to survive nine centuries?”
“This regeneration thing does confuse me a bit. Since each regeneration only seems to last two or three years (the longest, I believe, was Tom Baker's at seven), how on earth has he managed to survive nine centuries?”
Real Life years are not equal to in series years
A lot of time pass between the televised adventures too, hence all the books
Originally Posted by TwEeD.NK:
“Real Life years are not equal to in series years
A lot of time pass between the televised adventures too, hence all the books”
“Real Life years are not equal to in series years
A lot of time pass between the televised adventures too, hence all the books”
And the apparent discrepancies in his age in the televised stories, like the second Doctor being three hundred years younger than the fourth. Though the new series has screwed it up completely by having the ninth and tenth Doctors claim to be younger than the seventh...
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