Members of the Doctor’s race, the Time Lords, can only regenerate twelve times — but there are loopholes. The limitation was first revealed in “The Deadly Assassin” (1976), but ironically the story also featured an attempt by the Doctor’s arch-enemy, the Master, to renew himself after his thirteenth body had started to fail. In the new series it turns out that the Time Lords have since bestowed on the Master a new cycle of regenerations. We also know that the Elixir of Life guarded by the Sisterhood on Karn —seen last week in “The Night of the Doctor”—can trigger regeneration. So, while the Doctor is the last of the Time Lords, it’s unlikely that his thirteenth incarnation will be his last. What?. . WHAT?!
Posted on: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 08:25:25 +0000
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