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The tenth regeneration, whose after-effects are documented in ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', introduces the notion that the regenerative cycle lasts for fifteen hours. Within that window, the Doctor can lose body parts and yet re-grow them as he does with [[the Doctor's hand|a hand he loses in battle]] with a [[Sycorax]]. Both ''Invasion'' and [[Children in Need Special|the preceding mini-episode]] also add another wrinkle to the mythos of regeneration. They show that the Doctor needs to expel [[regeneration energy|regenerative energy]] in the aftermath of a change — something seen again in ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''. | The tenth regeneration, whose after-effects are documented in ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', introduces the notion that the regenerative cycle lasts for fifteen hours. Within that window, the Doctor can lose body parts and yet re-grow them as he does with [[the Doctor's hand|a hand he loses in battle]] with a [[Sycorax]]. Both ''Invasion'' and [[Children in Need Special|the preceding mini-episode]] also add another wrinkle to the mythos of regeneration. They show that the Doctor needs to expel [[regeneration energy|regenerative energy]] in the aftermath of a change — something seen again in ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''. | ||
The Doctor's twelfth regeneration is shown to be tangibly explosive, something that hadn't been explored by any previous [[BBC Wales]] — or, for that matter, ''any'' — regeneration. That is, regenerative energy is depicted as being able to physically damage things. By the end of the cycle, [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] is ''itself'' in need of a "regeneration." It is implied that this explosive regeneration is due to the Doctor delaying it while he travelled to see all his former companions for an unknown period of time, thus allowing that regenerative energy to build up. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', | The Doctor's twelfth regeneration is shown to be tangibly explosive, something that hadn't been explored by any previous [[BBC Wales]] — or, for that matter, ''any'' — regeneration. That is, regenerative energy is depicted as being able to physically damage things. By the end of the cycle, [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] is ''itself'' in need of a "regeneration." It is implied that this explosive regeneration is due to the Doctor delaying it while he travelled to see all his former companions for an unknown period of time, thus allowing that regenerative energy to build up. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') | ||
Aspects of both the ninth and tenth regenerations are invested in [[River Song]]'s second regeneration, seen in ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]''. [[River Song]] practically begs to be shot by [[Nazi]] soldiers immediately after regeneration so that she can re-trigger her explosive regenerative energy and hurt them. The ''Hitler'' regeneration also definitively proves that skin | Aspects of both the ninth and tenth regenerations are invested in [[River Song]]'s second regeneration, seen in ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]''. [[River Song]] practically begs to be shot by [[Nazi]] soldiers immediately after regeneration so that she can re-trigger her explosive regenerative energy and hurt them. The ''Hitler'' regeneration also definitively proves that skin color can change through regeneration — though this had actually been practically settled long before by the "blue option" seen in [[Romana]]'s ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' regeneration. | ||
Some details about regeneration are given by stories that don't technically feature a regeneration. For instance, ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'' establishes that Time Lords can change gender through regeneration. | Some details about regeneration are given by stories that don't technically feature a regeneration. For instance, ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'' establishes that Time Lords can change gender through regeneration. This is later seen with the Missy incarnation of [[the Master]], the regeneration of [[The General]] into a woman in ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'' along with the fact that the General only had a single male incarnation and the regeneration of the [[Twelfth Doctor]] into the female [[Thirteenth Doctor]] in ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]''. | ||
In ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', the story featured what the [[Twelfth Doctor]] called "a state of grace" where the regenerating Time Lord is restored to full health for a period of time, but grows steadily weaker and must decide whether or not to regenerate once its over. This "state of grace" allowed an explanation for the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s ability to delay regeneration to visit all of his former companions ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') and allowed for a story where the [[First Doctor]] and the Twelfth Doctor shared an adventure together that would help them determine whether or not they would regenerate or die. | |||
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