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In the [[9th century]],<ref>In the television story ''[[The Woman Who Lived (TV story)|The Woman Who Lived]]'', which is set in the year [[1651]], [[Ashildr]] mentions having had 800 years of adventure.</ref> a [[Viking]] girl named [[Ashildr]] was granted immortality when, after her death, a [[Mire]] [[repair kit]] was placed in her head. This device would keep repairing her, so she would never die. The [[Twelfth Doctor]] later gave Ashildr another chip to give to someone she would want to keep with her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died]]'') Her immortality remained for billions of years, up to the last 5 minutes of the universe, outliving every other immortal. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') The second chip was subsequently used to revive highwayman [[Sam Swift]], though the circumstances left the Doctor uncertain as to whether the result would be immortality in his case. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Lived (TV story)|The Woman Who Lived]]'') | In the [[9th century]],<ref>In the television story ''[[The Woman Who Lived (TV story)|The Woman Who Lived]]'', which is set in the year [[1651]], [[Ashildr]] mentions having had 800 years of adventure.</ref> a [[Viking]] girl named [[Ashildr]] was granted immortality when, after her death, a [[Mire]] [[repair kit]] was placed in her head. This device would keep repairing her, so she would never die. The [[Twelfth Doctor]] later gave Ashildr another chip to give to someone she would want to keep with her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died]]'') Her immortality remained for billions of years, up to the last 5 minutes of the universe, outliving every other immortal. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') The second chip was subsequently used to revive highwayman [[Sam Swift]], though the circumstances left the Doctor uncertain as to whether the result would be immortality in his case. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Lived (TV story)|The Woman Who Lived]]'') | ||
[[Clara Oswald]] gained a measure of immortality when she was [[extraction chamber|extracted]] from her death at the hands of the [[Quantum Shade]] by the [[Time Lords]]. Her physical processes [[time loop]]ed, she lost all life signs (such as heartbeat, breathing and even aging), but was functionally speaking immortal. However, as her death was a historically established event, she could not delay it indefinitely without the risk of incurring paradoxes on a scale which could damage the universe; her immortality ceased when she finally returned to [[Gallifrey]] and was sent back to her pre-destined death on the [[Trap | [[Clara Oswald]] gained a measure of immortality when she was [[extraction chamber|extracted]] from her death at the hands of the [[Quantum Shade]] by the [[Time Lords]]. Her physical processes [[time loop]]ed, she lost all life signs (such as heartbeat, breathing and even aging), but was functionally speaking immortal. However, as her death was a historically established event, she could not delay it indefinitely without the risk of incurring paradoxes on a scale which could damage the universe; her immortality ceased when she finally returned to [[Gallifrey]] and was sent back to her pre-destined death on the [[Trap Street, London|trap street]] in [[London]], after spending an undetermined amount of time travelling with Ashildr. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent]]'') | ||
The [[Cybermen]] gained immortality by replacing their body parts with cybernetic ones, but they lost their [[emotion]]s and humanity in the process. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') | The [[Cybermen]] gained immortality by replacing their body parts with cybernetic ones, but they lost their [[emotion]]s and humanity in the process. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') | ||
