Gallifreyan physiology: Difference between revisions

Gallifreyan [[blood]] was different from human blood, darker and with a slight orange tinge to it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'') The differences were readily apparent under a [[microscope]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') It was highly adaptive, with regenerative properties. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Art of Destruction]]'') Gallifreyan blood had [[temporal platelet]]s, allowing for a more "ad-hoc" recovery from injury not serious enough to require [[regeneration]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|The Bride of Peladon]]'') It didn't have the same A and B types as human blood (i.e., the A and B antibodies were not present), but different blood types still existed with [[Romana II]] noting that her blood was not compatible with the [[Fourth Doctor]] when he was badly injured by [[vampire]]s, requiring him to receive a transfusion from his [[Eighth Doctor|future self]] ([[PROSE]] ''[[The Eight Doctors]]''). The extra-cellular matrix was incompatible with [[Earth]]-based life and the structure of {{w|haemoglobin|haemoglobin}} was different. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Art of Destruction]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Placebo Effect (novel)|Placebo Effect]]'') The Tenth Doctor explained to [[Christina de Souza (Keeping up with the Joneses)|Christina]] that fried bread would clog arteries, but he had "tiny things" inside his blood that "sluice[d] it out again." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Keeping up with the Joneses (short story)|Keeping up with the Joneses]]'')