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As noted above, regeneration was not guaranteed. The Doctor on numerous occasions believed he was at risk of actually dying. Even with regeneration a possibility, the Doctor came to feel such a change as being a "death". In recollecting the events surrounding [[the Master]]'s attempt to steal the [[Eye of Harmony]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] referred to his incarnations as "lives". ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') The Doctor's [[Third Doctor|third]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') [[Ninth Doctor|ninth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') and [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] incarnations ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') referred to their regenerations as the end of their life. The Twelfth Doctor also referred to regeneration (though not his own) as the same as death, but also stated that to Time Lords, death was simply "man flu". ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') When faced with regeneration himself, however, this Doctor truly valued his life, resisting the process as he didn't want to change. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') When he finally accepted the inevitable, he spoke out loud instructions for his next incarnation to follow as if actually speaking with them. The First Doctor held similar reservations, disliking the change he would undergo. After seeing what his future would bring though, he felt more comfortable, embracing the change as he lost consciousness. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') | As noted above, regeneration was not guaranteed. The Doctor on numerous occasions believed he was at risk of actually dying. Even with regeneration a possibility, the Doctor came to feel such a change as being a "death". In recollecting the events surrounding [[the Master]]'s attempt to steal the [[Eye of Harmony]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] referred to his incarnations as "lives". ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') The Doctor's [[Third Doctor|third]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') [[Ninth Doctor|ninth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') and [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] incarnations ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') referred to their regenerations as the end of their life. The Twelfth Doctor also referred to regeneration (though not his own) as the same as death, but also stated that to Time Lords, death was simply "man flu". ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') When faced with regeneration himself, however, this Doctor truly valued his life, resisting the process as he didn't want to change. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') When he finally accepted the inevitable, he spoke out loud instructions for his next incarnation to follow as if actually speaking with them. The First Doctor held similar reservations, disliking the change he would undergo. After seeing what his future would bring though, he felt more comfortable, embracing the change as he lost consciousness. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') | ||
In fact, the Doctor seemed to regard his previous incarnations as different individuals, capable of interacting and working with each other ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Two Doctors]]'','' [[Time Crash]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') However, they still regarded their otherselves as them, to the extent that his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]] became ashamed of the actions of his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]], going through a period of keeping his memory of his previous self locked up in his mind ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head Games]]'') until he accepted that he was the Doctor in all of his incarnations and forgave his past self's sins after he nearly died after being shot by an arrow. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'') Younger or older Doctors could also disapprove of their other selves, such as the [[Fifth Doctor]] being horrified when he witnessed what the Seventh Doctor was capable of, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'') the [[Eighth Doctor]] being ashamed at the manipulations of his past self, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Resurrection of Mars]]''), the [[Third Doctor]] regarding his immediate predecessor as a distraction who would actually make him less effective ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''), the Tenth Doctor expressing a rather low opinion of his [[Ninth Doctor|previous self]], considering him to be violent due to being "born in battle", ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') and the Twelfth Doctor saying that his first incarnation was "rude to people" in his early days. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') The Missy and Harold Saxon incarnations of the Master grew to outright despise each other, despite having grown attracted to each other when working together, due to their juxtaposed view of the Doctor, to the point that they actually killed each other. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') At the same time, meeting other Doctors could allow other incarnations the chance to re-evaluate their opinion of themselves, such as the [[Eighth Doctor]] coming to admire the [[Sixth Doctor]] where his seventh had feared his potential, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'') and the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors recognising that the [[War Doctor]] was a true Doctor despite denying him for years. Their acceptance of the War Doctor was due to their discovery that, far from destroying Gallifrey, he had helped them and all their other selves place Gallifrey in a pocket universe to protect it. It was also revealed that the Eleventh Doctor remembered that incarnation destroying the Time Lords because the time streams of his other incarnations were out of sync with his own, resulting in all his previous selves losing their memories of the Time War's true ending, as happened to the War Doctor during his regeneration. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor]]'') The Twelfth Doctor was also rather fond of the First Doctor, amused at his old ways in how he still called the TARDIS "the Ship" and how he looked wearing the [[Sonic sunglasses]]. However, he disliked his original self's lack of political correctness. The First Doctor | In fact, the Doctor seemed to regard his previous incarnations as different individuals, capable of interacting and working with each other ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Two Doctors]]'','' [[Time Crash]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') However, they still regarded their otherselves as them, to the extent that his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]] became ashamed of the actions of his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]], going through a period of keeping his memory of his previous self locked up in his mind ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head Games]]'') until he accepted that he was the Doctor in all of his incarnations and forgave his past self's sins after he nearly died after being shot by an arrow. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'') Younger or older Doctors could also disapprove of their other selves, such as the [[Fifth Doctor]] being horrified when he witnessed what the Seventh Doctor was capable of, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'') the [[Eighth Doctor]] being ashamed at the manipulations of his past self, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Resurrection of Mars]]''), the [[Third Doctor]] regarding his immediate predecessor as a distraction who would actually make him less effective ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''), the Tenth Doctor expressing a rather low opinion of his [[Ninth Doctor|previous self]], considering him to be violent due to being "born in battle", ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') and the Twelfth Doctor saying that his first incarnation was "rude to people" in his early days. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') The Missy and Harold Saxon incarnations of the Master grew to outright despise each other, despite having grown attracted to each other when working together, due to their juxtaposed view of the Doctor, to the point that they actually killed each other. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') At the same time, meeting other Doctors could allow other incarnations the chance to re-evaluate their opinion of themselves, such as the [[Eighth Doctor]] coming to admire the [[Sixth Doctor]] where his seventh had feared his potential, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'') and the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors recognising that the [[War Doctor]] was a true Doctor despite denying him for years. Their acceptance of the War Doctor was due to their discovery that, far from destroying Gallifrey, he had helped them and all their other selves place Gallifrey in a pocket universe to protect it. It was also revealed that the Eleventh Doctor remembered that incarnation destroying the Time Lords because the time streams of his other incarnations were out of sync with his own, resulting in all his previous selves losing their memories of the Time War's true ending, as happened to the War Doctor during his regeneration. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor]]'') The Twelfth Doctor was also rather fond of the First Doctor, amused at his old ways in how he still called the TARDIS "the Ship" and how he looked wearing the [[Sonic sunglasses]]. However, he disliked his original self's lack of political correctness. The First Doctor was dismayed at learning the Twelfth Doctor played the electric guitar and was disappointed to learn he no longer liked women cleaning the TARDIS for him. As a whole, the First Doctor was horrified to learn he would eventually become a [[War Doctor|Doctor of War]]. However, he grew to admire his future self, believing their actions were for the greater good rather than malicious purposes as he initially believed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') | ||
Most other Time Lords never expressed any strong opinions about their other incarnations as they never met their other selves. However, when the Time Lord [[Straxus]] learned that he would become the insane Kotris in his next incarnation, he was horrified at his next self, proclaiming that Kotris was a psychopath, although Kotris claimed that his insanity was the result of Straxus' insanity and self-loathing. However, despite his disgust at Kotris's actions, Straxus only made a few half-hearted efforts to kill himself to avoid becoming Kotris which were prevented by a drone Kotris had sent, until the final confrontation between the two incarnations culminated in Straxus being exterminated as even the Daleks were disgusted with his selfishness. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[X and the Daleks (audio story)|X and the Daleks]]'') When the Master made contact with the [[Cult of the Heretic]] and was offered an alliance with them if he killed one of his past selves- with the promise that the Cult would use the [[Anomaly Cage]] to prevent him being wiped out by the paradox- the Master laughed as he dismissed his past incarnations as foolish. Although he later claimed that he had targeted his past self at a point when he knew that the younger Master would survive, the two Masters found it difficult to cooperate, as the younger Master was more serious and dedicated to ensuring victory where the future Master's new lease on life had left him more inclined to make various bad jokes as he taunted his enemies. The older Master noted that the Cult's plans to remake the universe had been inspired by the beliefs of the renegade Time Lord known as the Heretic, whose belief that the universe was sick led him to perceive regeneration as the only cure for this 'illness'. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]'') | Most other Time Lords never expressed any strong opinions about their other incarnations as they never met their other selves. However, when the Time Lord [[Straxus]] learned that he would become the insane Kotris in his next incarnation, he was horrified at his next self, proclaiming that Kotris was a psychopath, although Kotris claimed that his insanity was the result of Straxus' insanity and self-loathing. However, despite his disgust at Kotris's actions, Straxus only made a few half-hearted efforts to kill himself to avoid becoming Kotris which were prevented by a drone Kotris had sent, until the final confrontation between the two incarnations culminated in Straxus being exterminated as even the Daleks were disgusted with his selfishness. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[X and the Daleks (audio story)|X and the Daleks]]'') When the Master made contact with the [[Cult of the Heretic]] and was offered an alliance with them if he killed one of his past selves- with the promise that the Cult would use the [[Anomaly Cage]] to prevent him being wiped out by the paradox- the Master laughed as he dismissed his past incarnations as foolish. Although he later claimed that he had targeted his past self at a point when he knew that the younger Master would survive, the two Masters found it difficult to cooperate, as the younger Master was more serious and dedicated to ensuring victory where the future Master's new lease on life had left him more inclined to make various bad jokes as he taunted his enemies. The older Master noted that the Cult's plans to remake the universe had been inspired by the beliefs of the renegade Time Lord known as the Heretic, whose belief that the universe was sick led him to perceive regeneration as the only cure for this 'illness'. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]'') | ||
