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("Read by" isn't really applicable here; there's no narration in this story; it "just so" happens that Dudman plays all three characters)
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|writer                = [[Alfie Shaw]]
|writer                = [[Alfie Shaw]]
|director              = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|director              = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|read by                = [[Jacob Dudman]]
|producer              = [[Alfie Shaw]]
|producer              = [[Alfie Shaw]]
|music                  = [[Ioan Morris]]
|music                  = [[Ioan Morris]]
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== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] is in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] atop a [[cloud]] above [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[London]]. He’s retired, no longer interfering in the affairs of others. There’s nothing that could make him help anyone else. Except, perhaps, the lure of another Time Lord...  
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] is in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] atop a [[cloud]] above [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[London]]. He’s retired, no longer interfering in the affairs of others. There’s nothing that could make him help anyone else. Except, perhaps, the lure of another [[Time Lord]]...  


[[Twelfth Doctor|The Doctor]] is locked in a mortuary in Victorian London, dying. He can’t escape and doesn’t know how to keep himself alive. Just when he thinks it can’t get any worse, he finds himself locked in with the one person he hates most in the entire universe.
[[Twelfth Doctor|The Doctor]] is locked in a mortuary in Victorian London, dying. He can’t escape and doesn’t know how to keep himself alive. Just when he thinks it can’t get any worse, he finds himself locked in with the one person he hates most in the entire universe.
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* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Twelfth Doctor]]
* [[Twelfth Doctor]]
* [[Gregory Chapman (Regeneration Impossible)|Gregory Chapman]]
* [[Gregory Chapman]]


== References ==
== References ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] mistakes the [[Twelfth Doctor]] for [[the Master]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', etc) The Twelfth Doctor scoffs at the suggestion, saying that she's "locked up 120 years and miles away." ([[TV]]: [[Extremis (TV story)|''Extremis'']])
* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] mistakes the [[Twelfth Doctor]] for [[the Master]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', etc) The Twelfth Doctor scoffs at the suggestion, saying that she's "locked up 120 years and miles away." ([[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'')
* The Eleventh Doctor learns that he is to save [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
* The Eleventh Doctor learns that he is to save [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
* The Twelfth Doctor refers to his past association with [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', etc)
* The Twelfth Doctor refers to his past association with [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', etc)
* Gregory Chapman uses a [[Time Ring]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
* Gregory Chapman uses a [[Time Ring]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
* The Eleventh Doctor believes he is the last incarnation of his regeneration cycle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'')
* The Eleventh Doctor believes he is the last incarnation of his regeneration cycle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'')
* The Eleventh Doctor decides to leave the TARDIS behind to investigate the possibility of another Time Lord, saying that the last time he took the TARDIS, she nearly became dinner. ([[TV]]: [[The Doctor's Wife|''The Doctor's Wife'']])
* The Eleventh Doctor decides to leave the TARDIS behind to investigate the possibility of another Time Lord, saying that the last time he took the TARDIS, she nearly became dinner. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
* The Eleventh Doctor says that regenerating in a morgue is something "you only do once". ([[TV]]: [[Doctor Who (TV story)|''Doctor Who'']])
* The Eleventh Doctor says that regenerating in a morgue is something "you only do once". ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* The Twelfth Doctor says his regeneration number is "complicated". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')
* The Twelfth Doctor says his regeneration number is "complicated". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')
* The Twelfth Doctor says that an [[Donna Noble|old friend of his]] once told him that "you just have to save someone". ([[TV]]: [[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|''The Fires of Pompeii'']])
* The Twelfth Doctor says that an [[Donna Noble|old friend of his]] once told him that "you just have to save someone". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
* The Twelfth Doctor psychically shows the Eleventh Doctor scenes from the latter's future: destroying the [[Dalek]] ship at [[Christmas (town)|Christmas]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''); his regeneration into the Twelfth Doctor ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''); him telling [[Clara]] that she can't see him ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]''); and him calling himself "the man who stops the monsters." ([[TV]]: [[Flatline (TV story)|''Flatline'']])
* The Twelfth Doctor psychically shows the Eleventh Doctor scenes from the latter's future: destroying the [[Dalek]] ship at [[Christmas (town)|Christmas]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''); his regeneration into the Twelfth Doctor ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''); him telling [[Clara]] that she can't see him ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]''); and him calling himself "the man who stops the monsters." ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'')
* When asked if the Twelfth Doctor knows any psychopaths with a penchant for the convoluted, he replies that he knows two - he locked [[The Master|one]] in his basement and married [[River Song|the other]].
* When asked if the Twelfth Doctor knows any psychopaths with a penchant for the convoluted, he replies that he knows two - he locked [[The Master|one]] in his basement and married [[River Song|the other]].
* The Twelfth Doctor says "here we go again" as he regenerates. The phrase was previously said by [[the Brigadier]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') and [[Madame Vastra]] ([[TV]]: [[Deep Breath (TV story)|''Deep Breath'']]), also in response to the Doctor's regenerations.
* The Twelfth Doctor says "here we go again" as he regenerates. The phrase was previously said by [[the Brigadier]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') and [[Madame Vastra]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]''), also in response to the Doctor's regenerations.
* The Doctors deduce that the trap had to go after the Twelfth Doctor because his current career as a professor marked the only time when a Time Lord remained in one place for a prolonged period with a full set of regenerations and access to a working TARDIS, conditions that don't apply to his time in UNIT and the Eleventh's current 'retirement'.  
* The Doctors deduce that the trap had to go after the Twelfth Doctor because his current career as a professor marked the only time when a Time Lord remained in one place for a prolonged period with a full set of regenerations and access to a working TARDIS, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'') conditions that don't apply to his time in UNIT ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', et al.) and the Eleventh's current 'retirement'. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowman (TV story)|The Snowman]]'')
* The Eleventh Doctor mentions watching his own death before with a spacesuit coming out of a [[Lake Silencio|scenic lake]]. ([[TV]]: [[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|''The Impossible Astronaut'']])
* The Eleventh Doctor mentions watching his own death before with a spacesuit coming out of a [[Lake Silencio|scenic lake]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
* The Eleventh Doctor says "Why did he have to be old? Anything but old!" when referring to his future self, mimicking his own words to Clara over the telephone before he regenerated. ([[TV]]: [[Deep Breath (TV story)|''Deep Breath'']])
* The Eleventh Doctor says "Why did he have to be old? Anything but old!" when referring to his future self, mimicking his own words to Clara over the telephone before he regenerated. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'')
* The Twelfth Doctor is aware of [[Bill Potts|Bill]] sneaking into his lectures ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'')
* The Twelfth Doctor is aware of [[Bill Potts|Bill]] sneaking into his lectures ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'')
* After having his mind erased, the Eleventh Doctor wonders if he's ginger. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Battlefield (novelisation)|Battlefield]]'', ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* After having his mind erased, the Eleventh Doctor wonders if he's ginger. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Battlefield (novelisation)|Battlefield]]'', ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
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Regeneration Impossible was the fifth story of the tenth season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series.

Publisher's summary

The Doctor is in his TARDIS atop a cloud above Victorian London. He’s retired, no longer interfering in the affairs of others. There’s nothing that could make him help anyone else. Except, perhaps, the lure of another Time Lord...

The Doctor is locked in a mortuary in Victorian London, dying. He can’t escape and doesn’t know how to keep himself alive. Just when he thinks it can’t get any worse, he finds himself locked in with the one person he hates most in the entire universe.

Himself.

Plot

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Characters

References

Notes

  • From the Eleventh Doctor's perspective, this story is set shortly before The Snowmen. (DWM 551)
  • From the Twelfth Doctor's perspective, this story is set soon before The Pilot. (DWM 551) In the story, he identifies the year he's come from as 2017, and notes he's been teaching for 70 years.
  • Unusual for a Short Trips story, Jacob Dudman performs the story as an audio drama rather than narrated from the third person.
  • This story was recorded on 24 April 2019 at the Soundhouse.

Continuity

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