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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3291051" data-attributes="member: 18280">Nah.&nbsp; The Twin Dilemna (6th Doctor) tells us that a Time Lord can force a thirteenth regeneration, but it is invariably fatal.&nbsp; In fact, this trick is used to slay the BBEG.As you say, the Master has circumvented the rule by being a body thief, but he has required an enormous energy source to steal the body of Consul Tremas (The Keeper of Traken, 4th Doctor).&nbsp; In the TV Movie (8th Doctor), the protoplasmic Master (which I theorize is a Dalek construct) can possess a human body, but the body immediately begins to degrade.&nbsp; It's hard to imagine the Doctor accepting either of these solutions.The Time Lords did offer the Master a whole new cycle of regenerations, though, in The Five Doctors, so there must be a way to get around this.&nbsp; (I theorize that the Valeyard is actually a construct created by the Matrix on Gallifrey, an amalgamation of the Doctor's evil in potential futures predicted by the Matrix, but not necessarily required to come to pass.&nbsp; This because, in Trial of a Time Lord, it is clearly shown that the Matrix has become a &quot;real&quot; place with alternate laws of physics, that physical beings can enter and leave.&nbsp; Since the energy created in the Matrix would be real when projected through the viewscreen, one could posit that a creature created in the Matrix could be made real if it left the Matrix.&nbsp; Not unlike the Plasmatons and Gel Guards created by Omega's will.&nbsp; I would also guess that the Mel the 6th Doctor left the Trial with was a similar construct, or else he would certainly be worried about temporal anomolies.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 3291051, member: 18280"] Nah. [i]The Twin Dilemna[/i] (6th Doctor) tells us that a Time Lord can force a thirteenth regeneration, but it is invariably fatal. In fact, this trick is used to slay the BBEG. As you say, the Master has circumvented the rule by being a body thief, but he has required an enormous energy source to steal the body of Consul Tremas ([i]The Keeper of Traken[/i], 4th Doctor). In the TV Movie (8th Doctor), the protoplasmic Master (which I theorize is a Dalek construct) can possess a human body, but the body immediately begins to degrade. It's hard to imagine the Doctor accepting either of these solutions. The Time Lords did offer the Master a whole new cycle of regenerations, though, in [i]The Five Doctors[/i], so there must be a way to get around this. (I theorize that the Valeyard is actually a construct created by the Matrix on Gallifrey, an amalgamation of the Doctor's evil in potential futures predicted by the Matrix, but not necessarily required to come to pass. This because, in [i]Trial of a Time Lord[/i], it is clearly shown that the Matrix has become a "real" place with alternate laws of physics, that physical beings can enter and leave. Since the energy created in the Matrix would be real when projected through the viewscreen, one could posit that a creature created in the Matrix could be made real if it left the Matrix. Not unlike the Plasmatons and Gel Guards created by Omega's will. I would also guess that the Mel the 6th Doctor left the Trial with was a similar construct, or else he would certainly be worried about temporal anomolies.) [/QUOTE]

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