Amputation
Amputation was the removal of a limb, it was performed (or considered) for a number of reasons, mostly medical in order to preserve the body from infection, injury or attack. (TV: The Seeds of Doom [+]Loading...["The Seeds of Doom (TV story)"], PROSE: The Taking of Planet 5 [+]Loading...["The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)"], Anachrophobia [+]Loading...["Anachrophobia (novel)"])
In 1980s when Charles Winlett was infected by a Krynoid pod the Fourth Doctor suggested amputation of his arm as a method of saving him from its infection. (TV: The Seeds of Doom [+]Loading...["The Seeds of Doom (TV story)"])
In 2006 leader of the Sycorax cut off the Tenth Doctor's hand with a sword. Since the Doctor had recently regenerated, his hand regrew. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)
After Corakinus amputated one of Ram Singh's legs in 2016, the Twelfth Doctor gave him a prosthetic leg from the Lothan. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
On Karn Mehendri Solon had several being's body parts which he'd amputated for form a body for Morbius. (TV: The Brain of Morbius [+]Loading...["The Brain of Morbius (TV story)"])
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In March 1991, a doctor told Davros, who was only a head at the time, that he would have to amputate on him. (NOTVALID: The Year Ahead?)
