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'''Life span''' or '''life expectancy''' was the average length of time a lifeform would live. Male fertility in the Western world on an [[Pete's World|alternate Earth]] and lifespan were it seemed linked according to a [[Barren Earth Scenario|study]] done by the [[Torchwood Institute]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'')
'''Life span''' or '''life expectancy''' was the average length of time a lifeform would live. Male fertility in the Western world on an [[Pete's World|alternate Earth]] and lifespan were it seemed linked according to a [[Barren Earth Scenario|study]] done by the [[Torchwood Institute]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'')


== Species lifespans ==
== Species lifespans ==
* The [[Family of Blood]]'s species had a natural lifespan of only 3 months. The [[Tenth Doctor]] prolonged their lifespans to be indefinite. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Family of Blood]]'')
* The [[Family of Blood]]'s species had a natural lifespan of only 3 months. The [[Tenth Doctor]] prolonged their lifespans to be indefinite. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood]]'')
* The [[Silurian]] (and possibly [[Sea Devil]]) lifespan was 200 to 250 years. Silurian-Sea Devil hybrids had a shorter lifespan due to cellular degradation. ([[MA]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice]]'')
* The [[Silurian]] (and possibly [[Sea Devil]]) lifespan was 200 to 250 years. Silurian-Sea Devil hybrids had a shorter lifespan due to cellular degradation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice]]'')
* The [[human]] lifespan varied wildly throughout history. In [[1898]], the average life expectancy was 49 years. [[1998|100 years later]], it was 66 years. ([[TW]]: ''[[The Blood Line]]'') There were also cases of humans having their lifespan extended artificially, such was the case of the heavily surgically altered [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17|Cassandra]], who existed in the [[far future]], and who once colloquially referred to not looking a day over two thousand. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') Using a [[time store]] to maintain youth, [[Eleanor (Golden Age)|the Duchess]] and other former [[Torchwood India]] personnel lived for at least 100 years. ([[BBCR]]: ''[[Golden Age (audio story)|Golden Age]]'') [[Miracle Day]] in [[2011]] stretched the human lifespan indefinitely, ceasing death, but not ageing, although this was only a temporary change. ([[TW]]: ''[[The New World]]''); Similarly, [[Jack Harkness]] was rendered effectively immortal by the [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''), however, unlike the humans during miracle day, didn't age and healed almost instantly and was known to have lived thousands of years ([[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]]'') and was suggested to be the [[Face of Boe]] who had lived for billions of years ([[DW]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'').
* The [[human]] lifespan varied wildly throughout history. In [[1898]], the average life expectancy was 49 years. [[1998|100 years later]], it was 66 years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Blood Line]]'') There were also cases of humans having their lifespan extended artificially, such was the case of the heavily surgically altered [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17|Cassandra]], who existed in the [[far future]], and who once colloquially referred to not looking a day over two thousand. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') Using a [[time store]] to maintain youth, [[Eleanor (Golden Age)|the Duchess]] and other former [[Torchwood India]] personnel lived for at least 100 years. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Golden Age (audio story)|Golden Age]]'') [[Miracle Day]] in [[2011]] stretched the human lifespan indefinitely, ceasing death, but not ageing, although this was only a temporary change. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World]]''); Similarly, [[Jack Harkness]] was rendered effectively immortal by the [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''), however, unlike the humans during miracle day, didn't age and healed almost instantly and was known to have lived thousands of years ([[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]]'') and was suggested to be the [[Face of Boe]] who had lived for billions of years ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'').
** Humans converted to [[pig slave]]s, however, barely lasted weeks. ([[DW]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]''/''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'')
** Humans converted to [[pig slave]]s, however, barely lasted weeks. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]''/''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'')
* The [[Ood]] had a very long, unspecified lifespan as [[Ood Sigma]] lived through 100 years and didn't show any visible signs of age. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* The [[Ood]] had a very long, unspecified lifespan as [[Ood Sigma]] lived through 100 years and didn't show any visible signs of age. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* The average [[Ice Warrior]] lifespan was 300 years ([[NA]]: ''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]''), although some lived over 400 years. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
* The average [[Ice Warrior]] lifespan was 300 years ([[PROSE]]: ''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]''), although some lived over 400 years. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
* The inhabitants of [[Anu]] had lifespans of almost a thousand years. ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'')
* The inhabitants of [[Anu]] had lifespans of almost a thousand years. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'')
* [[The Face of Boe|At least one member of Boekind]] lived slightly less than five billion years. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'', ''[[Gridlock]]'')
* [[The Face of Boe|At least one member of Boekind]] lived slightly less than five billion years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'', ''[[Gridlock]]'')
* The [[Jixen]] had a lifespan of 800 years. ([[K9TV]]: ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'')
* The [[Jixen]] had a lifespan of 800 years. ([[TV]]: ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'')
* The [[Time Lord]]s (and likely [[Gallifreyan]]s - it remains a matter of debate whether the two were synonymous) had extremely long lifespans. [[Quences|One Time Lord]] lived to at least 7000 years. ([[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'') The [[Second Doctor]] stated that Time Lords could live forever "barring accidents". ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'') The life span of a human/time lord hybrid created by travelling through the time vortex has not been stated, but they also possessed the ability to regenerate ([[DW]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]''); the only known example, [[River Song]], was killed prematurely rather than living out her life naturally ([[DW]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'').
* The [[Time Lord]]s (and likely [[Gallifreyan]]s - it remains a matter of debate whether the two were synonymous) had extremely long lifespans. [[Quences|One Time Lord]] lived to at least 7000 years. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'') The [[Second Doctor]] stated that Time Lords could live forever "barring accidents". ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'') The life span of a human/time lord hybrid created by travelling through the time vortex has not been stated, but they also possessed the ability to regenerate ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]''); the only known example, [[River Song]], was killed prematurely rather than living out her life naturally ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'').
* [[Osirian]]s were able to live for thousands of years. ([[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'')
* [[Osirian]]s were able to live for thousands of years. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'')
* [[Prisoner Zero]]'s species were able to live for thousands of years, considering 12 years to be 'a pit stop'. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'')
* [[Prisoner Zero]]'s species were able to live for thousands of years, considering 12 years to be 'a pit stop'. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'')
* [[Gorgon]]s were able to live for thousands of years and when inhabiting a human host; the host had a prolonged lifespan of 200 years. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Eye of the Gorgon]]'')
* [[Gorgon]]s were able to live for thousands of years and when inhabiting a human host; the host had a prolonged lifespan of 200 years. ([[TV]]: ''[[Eye of the Gorgon]]'')
* [[Vervoid]]s could only live one year before they decayed. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'')
* [[Vervoid]]s could only live one year before they decayed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'')
* The [[Ogri]] were able to live for thousands of years. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood]]'')
* The [[Ogri]] were able to live for thousands of years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood]]'')
* Force-grown clones such as [[Chip]] could only live half the lifespan of a human. ([[DW]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'')
* Force-grown clones such as [[Chip]] could only live half the lifespan of a human. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'')
* [[Peladonian]]s were lucky to live to 50 years; most miners only lived to 40. When they joined the [[Galactic Federation]], medical technology allowed them to live to 65 years. ([[NA]]: ''[[Legacy]]'')
* [[Peladonian]]s were lucky to live to 50 years; most miners only lived to 40. When they joined the [[Galactic Federation]], medical technology allowed them to live to 65 years. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy]]'')
* [[Poodle (race)|Poodles]] native to the planet [[Dog World]] were able to live for over 60 years. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'')
* [[Poodle (race)|Poodles]] native to the planet [[Dog World]] were able to live for over 60 years. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'')
* [[Ockoran]]s were able to live for hundreds of years. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Final Sanction]]'')
* [[Ockoran]]s were able to live for hundreds of years. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Sanction]]'')
* [[Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform]]s could live to 300 years by taking hosts. Any alteration to the lifespan of the hosts themselves was unstated. ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')
* [[Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform]]s could live to 300 years by taking hosts. Any alteration to the lifespan of the hosts themselves was unstated. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')
* [[Arcateenian]]s were able to live for at least 200 years. They could also sustain a human host for that time and the host would show no signs of age even long after the end of normal human lifespan. ([[TW]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'')
* [[Arcateenian]]s were able to live for at least 200 years. They could also sustain a human host for that time and the host would show no signs of age even long after the end of normal human lifespan. ([[TV]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'')
* [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|The Beast]], [[Abaddon]], [[Pwccm]] and [[Demon|creatures]] like them were able to live for billions of years. It is even possible they had an infinite lifespan. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Satan Pit]]'', [[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'', [[TWN]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets]]'')
* [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|The Beast]], [[Abaddon]], [[Pwccm]] and [[Demon|creatures]] like them were able to live for billions of years. It is even possible they had an infinite lifespan. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[End of Days]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets]]'')
* The [[Ukkan]]s could live for millennia. ([[K9TV]]: ''[[Lost Library of Ukko]]'')
* The [[Ukkan]]s could live for millennia. ([[TV]]: ''[[Lost Library of Ukko]]'')
* [[House]] implied that he lived for at least half a million years. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'')
* [[House]] implied that he lived for at least half a million years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'')
* [[Dalek Emperor#Emperors during the Last Great Time War|One Dalek]] implemented its plans for nearly 200 years. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')
* [[Dalek Emperor#Emperors during the Last Great Time War|One Dalek]] implemented its plans for nearly 200 years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')
* The [[Ancient Lights]] waited carefully for 13 billion years. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Secrets of the Stars]]'')
* The [[Ancient Lights]] waited carefully for 13 billion years. ([[TV]]: ''[[Secrets of the Stars]]'')
* The [[Pied Piper]] lived for over 700 years. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'')
* The [[Pied Piper]] lived for over 700 years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'')
* [[The Editor]] of [[Satellite Five]] stated the [[Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe]] would have lived for 3,000 years. The Jagrafess itself had overseen the Satellite for 91 years. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'')
* [[The Editor]] of [[Satellite Five]] stated the [[Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe]] would have lived for 3,000 years. The Jagrafess itself had overseen the Satellite for 91 years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'')
* The [[Carrionite]]s lived for billions of years. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'')
* The [[Carrionite]]s lived for billions of years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'')
* [[Rory Williams (Auton)|One Auton]] waited for over 1800 years, with no access to Auton-derived technology to maintain himself. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')
* [[Rory Williams (Auton)|One Auton]] waited for over 1800 years, with no access to Auton-derived technology to maintain himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')
* For [[Strax|one Sontaran]], 12 years was considered a 'good life'. ([[DW]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
* For [[Strax|one Sontaran]], 12 years was considered a 'good life'. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
* The [[Parasite (Submission)|parasite]] possessing the human [[Sam Doyle]] halted Sam's ageing, letting him live to 100, while the parasite itself lived for at least 150 million years. ([[BBCR]]: ''[[Submission]]'')
* The [[Parasite (Submission)|parasite]] possessing the human [[Sam Doyle]] halted Sam's ageing, letting him live to 100, while the parasite itself lived for at least 150 million years. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Submission]]'')
* [[Max Capricorn]], the [[near-human]] individual from [[Sto]], whose lifespan was presumably prolonged by his cybernetics, ran [[Max Capricorn Cruiseliners]] for 176 years. ([[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'')
* [[Max Capricorn]], the [[near-human]] individual from [[Sto]], whose lifespan was presumably prolonged by his cybernetics, ran [[Max Capricorn Cruiseliners]] for 176 years. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'')
* A Time Lord mind inside a human body creates a shortened lifespan for both, quickly burning up the human body and lasting perhaps days. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Journey's End]]'')
* A Time Lord mind inside a human body creates a shortened lifespan for both, quickly burning up the human body and lasting perhaps days. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Journey's End]]'')
* The [[Great Vampire]]s' lifespan was unstated, but [[King Vampire|the one]] that lay in [[E-Space]], along with [[Three Who Rule|its life-extended human minions]] lived for at least one thousand years. ([[DW]]: ''[[State of Decay]]'')
* The [[Great Vampire]]s' lifespan was unstated, but [[King Vampire|the one]] that lay in [[E-Space]], along with [[Three Who Rule|its life-extended human minions]] lived for at least one thousand years. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay]]'')
* The lifespan of someone brought back with a [[Resurrection Gauntlet]] seems to depend on the amount of energy that is in their body after the gauntlet has been destroyed. ([[TW]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'')
* The lifespan of someone brought back with a [[Resurrection Gauntlet]] seems to depend on the amount of energy that is in their body after the gauntlet has been destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'')
* The [[firebird]], a creature literally made out of [[fire]], had a lifespan of only one minute. ([[TW]]: ''[[Immortal Sins]]'')
* The [[firebird]], a creature literally made out of [[fire]], had a lifespan of only one minute. ([[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins]]'')
* The [[Olympians]] could live for an indefinite length of time, since they are [[Immortal]].
* The [[Olympians]] could live for an indefinite length of time, since they are [[Immortal]].
* "Photocopy" [[clone]]s of the [[Fourth Doctor (clone)|Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela (clone)|Leela]] created using the [[Kilbracken cloning technique]] had a maximum lifespan of eleven minutes. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'')
* "Photocopy" [[clone]]s of the [[Fourth Doctor (clone)|Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela (clone)|Leela]] created using the [[Kilbracken cloning technique]] had a maximum lifespan of eleven minutes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'')


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 11:55, 17 September 2012

Life span or life expectancy was the average length of time a lifeform would live. Male fertility in the Western world on an alternate Earth and lifespan were it seemed linked according to a study done by the Torchwood Institute. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)

Species lifespans

See also

Lifespan
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