Regeneration: Difference between revisions

'''Regeneration''' was the process by which [[Time Lord]]s and others renewed themselves, causing a complete physical and often psychological change. It could happen because of severe illness, ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'', ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[Day of the Moon]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Brink of Death (audio story)|The Brink of Death]]'') old age/fatigue ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'',"[[TV]]: [[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)]]) or injury. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[Time and the Rani]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'', ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'', ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'') It could also be invoked by choice, whether voluntary ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'', [[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|''The Twin Dilemma'']], ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Nightmare in Silver]]'') or involuntary. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'') Conversely, regeneration could be prevented by choice, although choosing not to regenerate from fatal damage was essentially an act of suicide. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'') Although, a Time Lord could delay the actual change in appearance and enter "a state of grace" for a brief period of time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Doctor Falls]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') Precise damage to a Time Lord could also cause a delay in the  regeneration starting. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')