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The Time Lords also granted the [[Eleventh Doctor]] a new cycle of regenerations before he could die for the final time, having used up all twelve of his regenerations in his first cycle; ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}) the [[Twelfth Doctor]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Kill the Moon (TV story)}}) [[the Master]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor Falls (TV story)}}) and even [[Rassilon]] himself were uncertain as to how many regenerations the Doctor now possessed. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}}) | The Time Lords also granted the [[Eleventh Doctor]] a new cycle of regenerations before he could die for the final time, having used up all twelve of his regenerations in his first cycle; ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}) the [[Twelfth Doctor]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Kill the Moon (TV story)}}) [[the Master]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor Falls (TV story)}}) and even [[Rassilon]] himself were uncertain as to how many regenerations the Doctor now possessed. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}}) | ||
Aside from being granted a new cycle, there were other ways to gain regenerations. Having used up all of his natural regenerations, the Master was able to gain an extra one by using [[The Source (The Keeper of Traken)|the Source]] to merge with Tremas, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'') undergoing a regeneration into a new body, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'') then later gaining another regeneration after being cured by [[Tzun]] [[nanite]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'') However these artificial means of adding regenerations was not permanent and eventually the Master reverted back to his decayed self. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Planet of Dust (audio story)|Planet of Dust]]'') | Aside from being granted a new cycle, there were other ways to gain regenerations. Having used up all of his natural regenerations, the Master was able to gain an extra one by using [[The Source (The Keeper of Traken)|the Source]] to merge with Tremas, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'') undergoing a regeneration into a new body, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'') then later gaining another regeneration after being cured by [[Tzun]] [[nanite]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'') However, these artificial means of adding regenerations was not permanent and eventually the Master reverted back to his decayed self. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Planet of Dust (audio story)|Planet of Dust]]'') | ||
{{Dhawan|c}}'s discoveries about the [[Timeless Child]] in [[the Matrix]] suggested that the Child had originally possessed more regenerations than the typical twelve, and that it had been the [[Second Tecteun]]'s decision, when the Founder had shared the genetic gift of regeneration with [[Shobogan (species)|his people]], to limit the common folk's regenerations to a maximum of twelve times. The Master believed that the Child had later become [[the Doctor]], who had gone through a number of lives which even he couldn't even guess at. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Timeless Children (TV story)}}) | {{Dhawan|c}}'s discoveries about the [[Timeless Child]] in [[the Matrix]] suggested that the Child had originally possessed more regenerations than the typical twelve, and that it had been the [[Second Tecteun]]'s decision, when the Founder had shared the genetic gift of regeneration with [[Shobogan (species)|his people]], to limit the common folk's regenerations to a maximum of twelve times. The Master believed that the Child had later become [[the Doctor]], who had gone through a number of lives which even he couldn't even guess at. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Timeless Children (TV story)}}) | ||