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<blockquote data-quote="meomwt" data-source="post: 3290040" data-attributes="member: 47885"><p>Right, here's the deal with The Doctor's regenerations: </p><p></p><p>The 12-regeneration (13 body) rule was established in the Ton Baker story <em>The Deadly Assassin</em>, written by the then Script Editor Robert Holmes. He inserted this line to put a limit on a Time Lord's lifespan. Previously, there had been no limits stated on the number of regenerations which they could undergo. </p><p></p><p>In the same story, we saw a decayed and dying Master who had used all of his regenerations. His plan was to harness the Time Lords' power source (The Eye of Harmony, a black hole balanced against the mass of their planet) to give himself more regenerations. The Doctor managed to work out what was happening and put a stop to it. </p><p></p><p>Later, in Tom's penultimate story <em>The Keeper of Traken</em>, The Master used a TARDIS-like construct (The Melkur) to hide on Traken whilst manipulating one of its rulers into position to become The Keeper - a mortal who became joined with The Source, a powerful energy source which kept the Traken system in harmony. The Doctor manipulated The Source to reject The Melkur/ Master. However, The Master had absorbed sufficient energy from The Source to merge with another of the Trakenite rulers and steal his body. </p><p></p><p>The Master was, indeed, offered a new regeneration cycle in <em>The Five Doctors</em>, as an inducement to help The Doctor discover what was happening in Gallifrey's Death Zone. He was never given one, however. He was seen being exterminated by The Daleks at the start of the McGann TV Movie, after which his remains turned into a snake-like creature which took over the body of ambulance driver Bruce (Eric Roberts). So it seems The Master has survived by Body-snatching. </p><p></p><p>As regards what will happen when The Doctor hits his thirteenth regeneration? Who knows! Suffice to say, if the series is still pulling in viewers and making money through merchandising, there'll be a conveniant narrative reason why the limit is removed (effect of being last Time Lord, special radiation, etc.).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meomwt, post: 3290040, member: 47885"] Right, here's the deal with The Doctor's regenerations: The 12-regeneration (13 body) rule was established in the Ton Baker story [i]The Deadly Assassin[/i], written by the then Script Editor Robert Holmes. He inserted this line to put a limit on a Time Lord's lifespan. Previously, there had been no limits stated on the number of regenerations which they could undergo. In the same story, we saw a decayed and dying Master who had used all of his regenerations. His plan was to harness the Time Lords' power source (The Eye of Harmony, a black hole balanced against the mass of their planet) to give himself more regenerations. The Doctor managed to work out what was happening and put a stop to it. Later, in Tom's penultimate story [i]The Keeper of Traken[/i], The Master used a TARDIS-like construct (The Melkur) to hide on Traken whilst manipulating one of its rulers into position to become The Keeper - a mortal who became joined with The Source, a powerful energy source which kept the Traken system in harmony. The Doctor manipulated The Source to reject The Melkur/ Master. However, The Master had absorbed sufficient energy from The Source to merge with another of the Trakenite rulers and steal his body. The Master was, indeed, offered a new regeneration cycle in [i]The Five Doctors[/i], as an inducement to help The Doctor discover what was happening in Gallifrey's Death Zone. He was never given one, however. He was seen being exterminated by The Daleks at the start of the McGann TV Movie, after which his remains turned into a snake-like creature which took over the body of ambulance driver Bruce (Eric Roberts). So it seems The Master has survived by Body-snatching. As regards what will happen when The Doctor hits his thirteenth regeneration? Who knows! Suffice to say, if the series is still pulling in viewers and making money through merchandising, there'll be a conveniant narrative reason why the limit is removed (effect of being last Time Lord, special radiation, etc.). [/QUOTE]
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