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''The Impossible Astronaut'' starts with the Doctor's "death." After River shoots him, he starts to regenerate, but river shoots him again in the middle of his regeneration cycle, killing him. Why does he start to regenerate? As shown in ''The Time of the Doctor'', he has no regenerations left. Was this a mistake on Moffat's part? Or was it because the Doctor's death was supposed to be as realistic as possible, and everyone present was unaware of the war doctor? [[User:CloneMarshalCommanderCody|CloneMarshalCommanderCody]] [[User talk:CloneMarshalCommanderCody|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:06, August 19, 2014 (UTC)
''The Impossible Astronaut'' starts with the Doctor's "death." After River shoots him, he starts to regenerate, but river shoots him again in the middle of his regeneration cycle, killing him. Why does he start to regenerate? As shown in ''The Time of the Doctor'', he has no regenerations left. Was this a mistake on Moffat's part? Or was it because the Doctor's death was supposed to be as realistic as possible, and everyone present was unaware of the war doctor? [[User:CloneMarshalCommanderCody|CloneMarshalCommanderCody]] [[User talk:CloneMarshalCommanderCody|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:06, August 19, 2014 (UTC)
'''***''' Interesting thought '''CloneMarshalCommanderCody''' But didn't River Song give the            Doctor her own lives in ''Let's Kill Hitler'' to save his life after she poisoned him? Maybe it gave him a bit of a top up?
[[User:Mickie Newton|Mickie Newton]] [[User talk:Mickie Newton|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:20, August 21, 2014 (UTC)
Not to be rude, but these comments imply both of you havent seen all of series 6, or at least not the finale. Cause it is explained there. And here. And im not gonna put a spoiler alert as it is three years old by now. The Teselecta, featured in lets kill hitler, was used by the doctor to fake his own death. It then faked regeneration to appear as if it had failed and make the death more believable. Surprising really that youve seen the series 7 christmas special, but not that, since if you believed he did die then, then how could he have been in the special and regenerated again. --[[User:Coop3|Coop3]] [[User talk:Coop3|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:28, August 22, 2014 (UTC)
While I doubt that Moffat had planned to make Eleven the last incarnation as far back as Series 6, remember that, in-universe, the War Doctor was still being kept secret at the time of the assassination, and that only three people witnessed the meta-crisis in Series 4. As far as the people who are watching the assassination know, the Eleventh Doctor ''really is'' the Eleventh Doctor, and those are the people that the Doctor has to convince. [[User:Ensephylon|Ensephylon]] [[User talk:Ensephylon|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:33, September 20, 2014 (UTC)
Cody didn't you already ask this same question on the answers wiki? [[Special:Contributions/213.249.213.20|213.249.213.20]]<sup>[[User talk:213.249.213.20#top|talk to me]]</sup> 23:13, September 20, 2014 (UTC)
I actually ''have'' seen the finale of series 6, Coop3. I'm completely aware of it being the Tesselecta. And as implied by the last sentence, my question was about why the Tesselecta simulated regeneration when the real Doctor had none left. Don't jump to conclusions. [[User:CloneMarshalCommanderCody|CloneMarshalCommanderCody]] [[User talk:CloneMarshalCommanderCody|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:37, October 13, 2014 (UTC)
The last sentence isnt clear though. You do not mention the teselecta anywhere in your question, and the wording made it look like you were asking how could the doctor naturally regenerate, Advice, be clearer next time. If you want to ask a question about the teselecta, then mention it. --[[User:Coop3|Coop3]] [[User talk:Coop3|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:09, October 13, 2014 (UTC)
Um...Cody, did you not read the responses to your post on the discussion you made about this on the answers wiki? Those responses pretty much answered your question. [[Special:Contributions/213.249.213.20|213.249.213.20]]<sup>[[User talk:213.249.213.20#top|talk to me]]</sup> 19:14, October 15, 2014 (UTC)

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The Impossible Astronaut starts with the Doctor's "death." After River shoots him, he starts to regenerate, but river shoots him again in the middle of his regeneration cycle, killing him. Why does he start to regenerate? As shown in The Time of the Doctor, he has no regenerations left. Was this a mistake on Moffat's part? Or was it because the Doctor's death was supposed to be as realistic as possible, and everyone present was unaware of the war doctor? CloneMarshalCommanderCody 14:06, August 19, 2014 (UTC)

*** Interesting thought CloneMarshalCommanderCody But didn't River Song give the Doctor her own lives in Let's Kill Hitler to save his life after she poisoned him? Maybe it gave him a bit of a top up?

Mickie Newton 18:20, August 21, 2014 (UTC)

Not to be rude, but these comments imply both of you havent seen all of series 6, or at least not the finale. Cause it is explained there. And here. And im not gonna put a spoiler alert as it is three years old by now. The Teselecta, featured in lets kill hitler, was used by the doctor to fake his own death. It then faked regeneration to appear as if it had failed and make the death more believable. Surprising really that youve seen the series 7 christmas special, but not that, since if you believed he did die then, then how could he have been in the special and regenerated again. --Coop3 17:28, August 22, 2014 (UTC)

While I doubt that Moffat had planned to make Eleven the last incarnation as far back as Series 6, remember that, in-universe, the War Doctor was still being kept secret at the time of the assassination, and that only three people witnessed the meta-crisis in Series 4. As far as the people who are watching the assassination know, the Eleventh Doctor really is the Eleventh Doctor, and those are the people that the Doctor has to convince. Ensephylon 21:33, September 20, 2014 (UTC)

Cody didn't you already ask this same question on the answers wiki? 213.249.213.20talk to me 23:13, September 20, 2014 (UTC)

I actually have seen the finale of series 6, Coop3. I'm completely aware of it being the Tesselecta. And as implied by the last sentence, my question was about why the Tesselecta simulated regeneration when the real Doctor had none left. Don't jump to conclusions. CloneMarshalCommanderCody 01:37, October 13, 2014 (UTC)

The last sentence isnt clear though. You do not mention the teselecta anywhere in your question, and the wording made it look like you were asking how could the doctor naturally regenerate, Advice, be clearer next time. If you want to ask a question about the teselecta, then mention it. --Coop3 18:09, October 13, 2014 (UTC)

Um...Cody, did you not read the responses to your post on the discussion you made about this on the answers wiki? Those responses pretty much answered your question. 213.249.213.20talk to me 19:14, October 15, 2014 (UTC)