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Looking back on his previous lives, the Doctor occasionally used the word incarnation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'', ''[[The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)|The Chimes of Midnight]]'', ''[[Dead London (audio story)|Dead London]]'', ''[[Scaredy Cat (audio story)|Scaredy Cat]]'') He also used it in reference to [[the Master]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') and others used it to talk about the Doctor's regenerations, as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'') | Looking back on his previous lives, the Doctor occasionally used the word incarnation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'', ''[[The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)|The Chimes of Midnight]]'', ''[[Dead London (audio story)|Dead London]]'', ''[[Scaredy Cat (audio story)|Scaredy Cat]]'') He also used it in reference to [[the Master]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') and others used it to talk about the Doctor's regenerations, as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'') | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] thought he had never used the word incarnation in that capacity but was proven wrong by [[Ally (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Ally]], from an [[alternate universe|alternate dimension]], who played a clip from ''[[Doctor Who (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|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 (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'') When referring to past incarnations, the Doctor would use the plural "mes", faces or lives. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|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 (comic story)|Doorway to Hell]]'') On one occasion, the [[Sixth Doctor]] used the word "iteration". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'') | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] thought he had never used the word incarnation in that capacity but was proven wrong by [[Ally (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Ally]], from an [[alternate universe|alternate dimension]], who played a clip from ''[[Doctor Who (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|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 (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'') When referring to past incarnations, the Doctor would use the plural "mes", faces or lives. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|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 (comic story)|Doorway to Hell]]'') On one occasion, the [[Sixth Doctor]] used the word "iteration". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'')[[Category:Time Lords]] | ||
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[[Category:Regeneration]] | [[Category:Regeneration]] | ||
[[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]] | [[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]] | ||
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Revision as of 08:48, 30 June 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 Tremas Master and the Doctor, have been given new regeneration cycles, bypassing this limit. (TV: The Keeper of Traken, The Time of the Doctor)
Contact between seperate 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 his 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)
