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Even without regeneration, Gallifreyans had considerable lifespans. Within one regeneration, Gallifreyans could live for hundreds of years, yet look much younger than a human of equivalent age. When artificially aged 500 years, the [[Fourth Doctor]] looked like an elderly human. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'') During his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], the Doctor spent over a century trapped on Earth ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'' to ''[[Escape Velocity (novel)|Escape Velocity]]'') and never seemed to physically age during that time, he then spent approximately 600 years in the planet [[Orbis]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Orbis (audio story)|Orbis]]''). | Even without regeneration, Gallifreyans had considerable lifespans. Within one regeneration, Gallifreyans could live for hundreds of years, yet look much younger than a human of equivalent age. When artificially aged 500 years, the [[Fourth Doctor]] looked like an elderly human. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'') During his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], the Doctor spent over a century trapped on Earth ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'' to ''[[Escape Velocity (novel)|Escape Velocity]]'') and never seemed to physically age during that time, he then spent approximately 600 years in the planet [[Orbis]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Orbis (audio story)|Orbis]]''). | ||
Physical stress could cause Gallifreyians to age. The [[Second Doctor]]'s hair turned from black to grey after the stress of his confrontation with the [[Player]]s as they attempted to alter the outcome of the [[Napoleonic Wars]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]''). The [[War Doctor]], appearing as a young man at the beginning of his life, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]''). looked considerably older at the end of his life ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') after fighting in the Time War, an event that lineally lasted 400 years, but was more like an eternity. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') The [[Ninth Doctor]] was once sent back in the past, and waited 28 years before seeing [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] again, and looked just the same as the day they were separated. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Other Side (audio story)|The Other Side]]'') When the [[Tenth Doctor]] was artificially aged 100 years by the Master's [[laser screwdriver]], he took on the appearance of a very old man. Ageing him a further 900 years turned the Doctor into a small, grey-skinned figure. | Physical stress could cause Gallifreyians to age. The [[Second Doctor]]'s hair turned from black to grey after the stress of his confrontation with the [[Player]]s as they attempted to alter the outcome of the [[Napoleonic Wars]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]''). The [[War Doctor]], appearing as a young man at the beginning of his life, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]''). looked considerably older at the end of his life ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') after fighting in the Time War, an event that lineally lasted 400 years, but was more like an eternity. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') The [[Ninth Doctor]] was once sent back in the past, and waited 28 years before seeing [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] again, and looked just the same as the day they were separated. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Other Side (audio story)|The Other Side]]'') When the [[Tenth Doctor]] was artificially aged 100 years by the Master's [[laser screwdriver]], he took on the appearance of a very old man. Ageing him a further 900 years turned the Doctor into a small, grey-skinned figure. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'' / ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] looked essentially the same for two centuries, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'') though at least three more centuries caused him to age somewhat and six more centuries {{Fact}} of further time caused him to age into a very old man, near death from old age. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor]]'') | ||
However, Gallifreyan children grew at about the same rate as humans of the same age. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'') After this point, ageing would slow, with the Gallifreyan looking like a teenager for decades. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] referred to himself at ninety years old as being "just a kid". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'') | However, Gallifreyan children grew at about the same rate as humans of the same age. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'') After this point, ageing would slow, with the Gallifreyan looking like a teenager for decades. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] referred to himself at ninety years old as being "just a kid". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'') | ||
