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An '''incarnation''' was the term applied to the bodies/selves/lives of a [[Time Lord]]. While it was sometimes used interchangeably with "[[regeneration]]", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]], [[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'') incarnations were actually the result of this process, with Time Lords regenerating from one incarnation to another. | An '''incarnation''' was the term applied to the bodies/selves/lives of a [[Time Lord]]. While it was sometimes used interchangeably with "[[regeneration]]", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]], [[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'') incarnations were actually the result of this process, with Time Lords regenerating from one incarnation to another. | ||
Contact between | Barring special circumstances, a Time Lord could only have thirteen incarnations, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'') before their [[Symbiotic nucleus|symbiotic nuclei]] started to break down. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Trial of the Valeyard]]'') Some, like [[the Master]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eyes of the Master (audio story)|Eyes of the Master]]'') and [[the Doctor]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor]]''), have been given new [[regeneration cycle]]s, bypassing this limit. | ||
Contact between separate incarnations of the same [[Time Lord]] constituted a violation of the [[First Law of Time]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') | |||
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Revision as of 17:59, 10 October 2018
An incarnation was the term applied to the bodies/selves/lives of a Time Lord. While it was sometimes used interchangeably with "regeneration", (TV: The Keeper of Traken, Extremis) incarnations were actually the result of this process, with Time Lords regenerating from one incarnation to another.
Barring special circumstances, a Time Lord could only have thirteen incarnations, (TV: The Deadly Assassin) before their symbiotic nuclei started to break down. (AUDIO: Trial of the Valeyard) Some, like the Master (TV: Utopia, AUDIO: Eyes of the Master) and the Doctor (TV: The Time of the Doctor), have been given new regeneration cycles, bypassing this limit.
Contact between separate incarnations of the same Time Lord constituted a violation of the First Law of Time. (TV: The Three Doctors)
Use of the term
Looking back on their previous lives, the Doctor occasionally used the word incarnation. (TV: The Twin Dilemma, AUDIO: The Light at the End, The Chimes of Midnight, Dead London, Scaredy Cat) He also used it in reference to the Master, (TV: Doctor Who) and others used it to talk about the Doctor's regenerations, as well. (TV: The Ultimate Foe)
The Eleventh Doctor thought he had never used the word incarnation in that capacity but was proven wrong by Ally, from an alternate dimension, who played a clip from Doctor Who of the Sixth Doctor discussing his "last incarnation" in The Twin Dilemma. He conceded but claimed that the word was hardly ever used. (COMIC: The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who) When referring to past incarnations, the Doctor would use the plural "mes", faces or lives. (COMIC: Four Doctors) Time Lords might also use the term "bodies" or "body" when referring, generally, to either their own or other Time Lords' different incarnations. (COMIC: Doorway to Hell) On one occasion, the Sixth Doctor used the word "iteration". (AUDIO: The Light at the End)
