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However, Gallifreyan children grew at about the same rate as humans of the same age. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'') After this point, ageing would slow, with the Gallifreyan looking like a teenager for decades. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks]]'') Ninety years could still be considered childhood. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'')
However, Gallifreyan children grew at about the same rate as humans of the same age. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'') After this point, ageing would slow, with the Gallifreyan looking like a teenager for decades. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks]]'') Ninety years could still be considered childhood. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'')


The [[Second Doctor]] once stated that, barring accidents, Gallifreyans could live forever. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'') They considered 750 middle-age for a regeneration. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'') One Time Lord, [[Quences]], was killed when he was over 7,000 years old. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'') [[Salyavin|Professor Chronotis]] suffered from senility when over 12,000 years old. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]]'') The Doctor was estimated as being around 2100 years old at the time he approached his thirteenth death and was granted a new regeneration cycle. ([[TV]]:''[[The Time of the Doctor]]'')
The [[Second Doctor]] once stated that, barring accidents, Gallifreyans could live forever. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'') They considered 750 middle-age for a regeneration. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'') One Time Lord, [[Quences]], was killed when he was over 7,000 years old. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'') [[Salyavin|Professor Chronotis]] suffered from senility when over 12,000 years old. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]]'') The Doctor was estimated as being around 2100 years old at the time he approached his fourteenth death and was granted a new regeneration cycle. ([[TV]]:''[[The Time of the Doctor]]'')


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