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== The Doctor ==
== The Doctor ==
* [[Second Doctor|First regeneration/second incarnation]]: Died of old age, which wore his elderly body thin until he finally collapsed from exhaustion. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'')
* [[First Doctor]]: Died of old age, which wore his elderly body thin until he finally collapsed from exhaustion. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'')
* During second incarnation: Shot in the head when confronted by guards on [[Skybase]], causing damage to his skull and frontal lobe; subsequent fall broke his nose, jaw, right femur, and collarbone, along with some spine damage; an injection of [[Shiner]] [[DNA]] delayed the regeneration and kept him alive long enough for his body to go into a six-month healing coma to recover on its own ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Indestructible Man]]'').
* Second Doctor: Forced to change his appearance as part of his exile at the hands of the Time Lords. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Night Walkers (comic story)|The Night Walkers]]'')
* [[Third Doctor|Second regeneration/third incarnation]]: Forced to change his appearance as part of his exile at the hands of the Time Lords. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Night Walkers (comic story)|The Night Walkers]]'')
* During third incarnation: Fell off a building during a struggle, and began to regenerate into the [[Fourth Doctor]] as the [[Nurazh]] attempted to take over the Doctor's mind; unable to cope with two Time Lord minds at the same time, the Nurazh perished, thus healing the Doctor back to his Third incarnation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Touch of the Nurazh]]'')
* During third incarnation: Fell off a building during a struggle, and began to regenerate into the [[Fourth Doctor]] as the [[Nurazh]] attempted to take over the Doctor's mind; unable to cope with two Time Lord minds at the same time, the Nurazh perished, thus healing the Doctor back to his Third incarnation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Touch of the Nurazh]]'')
* [[Fourth Doctor|Third regeneration/fourth incarnation]]: Caused by exposure to [[The Great One (Planet of the Spiders)|The Great One]]'s highly unstable web of [[Metebelis crystal]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'')
* [[Fourth Doctor|Third regeneration/fourth incarnation]]: Caused by exposure to [[The Great One (Planet of the Spiders)|The Great One]]'s highly unstable web of [[Metebelis crystal]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'')

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The causes of regeneration, especially amongst Time Lords, were many and varied. They ran the gamut from simple desire to change, to life-threatening maladies which typically resulted in human death. The following are the known causes of regeneration of specific Time Lords.

The Doctor

Romana

The Master

Rassilon

K'anpo Rimpoche

Borusa


Chronotis

  • Salyavin used up his thirteenth and final incarnation when he was attached by the Sphere. However, when his Type 12 TARDIS was sent backwards, it altered his personal timeline and brought him back to life. (HOMEVID: Shada/WC: Shada)


Rallon

Azmael

  • In his thirteenth and final body, Azmael regenerated past his limit, killing him and Mestor, who possessed Azmael's body after his own was destroyed. (TV: The Twin Dilemma)

Iris Wildthyme

The War Chief

  • The War Chief underwent a faulty regeneration after being shot by War Lords; lack of medical care and the scale of the damage sustained resulted in his new form appearing like two bodies fused together. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus)

Because of this, he can no longer regenerate.

The Monk

Ruath

Innocet

I.M. Foreman

  • As a priest, I.M. Foreman had been given the gift of regenerations. This made twelve different individuals, who were created by his body absorbing the DNA around him; all regenerations were caused by the Third Doctor sending the first twelve back to Gallifrey's past so that they fell from a great height and regenerated into the next one. (PROSE: Interference - Book One, Interference - Book Two)

The Corsair

River Song