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According to the [[Twelfth Doctor]], there is a period of time that he calls "a state of grace" when a dying Time Lord can resist regeneration for a period of time without consequence where they are restored to full strength. During this period of time, the Time Lord must choose whether or not they will ultimately regenerate and start to grow weaker as time passes by. At the end of this period of time, the Time Lord must regenerate or die permanently. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') | According to the [[Twelfth Doctor]], there is a period of time that he calls "a state of grace" when a dying Time Lord can resist regeneration for a period of time without consequence where they are restored to full strength. During this period of time, the Time Lord must choose whether or not they will ultimately regenerate and start to grow weaker as time passes by. At the end of this period of time, the Time Lord must regenerate or die permanently. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') | ||
The Ninth Doctor was able to hold off his impending regeneration for a few moments to explain what was happening to [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') After subjecting his body to a lethal amount of radiation, the [[Tenth Doctor]] | The Ninth Doctor was able to hold off his impending regeneration for a few moments to explain what was happening to [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') After subjecting his body to a lethal amount of radiation, the [[Tenth Doctor]] delayed the regenerative process long enough to revisit each of his former companions of his own incarnation and his past selves as well ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') before he finally regenerated, which severely damaged the TARDIS. A few minutes before the regeneration began, his "state of grace" ended causing the Tenth Doctor to experience excruciating pain, resulting in him to collapse to the ground, barely possessing the strength to reach his TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') When the Eleventh Doctor was granted a new regeneration cycle on Trenzalore, he was able to use the energy from the resulting "reset" to regress his body to a younger state and hold back the regenerative process for a time, allowing him to say goodbye to his companion before finally undergoing a full regeneration. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor]]'') | ||
When severely injured by a Cyberman, the Twelfth Doctor was able resist regeneration for several weeks despite struggling to walk. He further resisted it despite being on the brink of death when surrounded and blasted by numerous Cybermen, buying himself time to [[Battle of Floor 0507|ignite]] [[Floor 0507]]. However, he struggled to hold it off when revived in the TARDIS very nearly regenerating completely. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') The Twelfth Doctor encountered the [[First Doctor]] at this time who was also in a state of grace, holding back his regeneration as he feared regenerating. Throughout this time, the Twelfth Doctor steadily grew weaker, nearly collapsing at one point while at [[Villengard]] and having to sit down for a few minutes to recover. At the end of their period of time, both Doctors chose to regenerate. While holding his regeneration back a little longer to make an advisory speech to his future incarnation, the Twelfth Doctor continued to grow weaker and collapsed to the floor just before his regeneration occurred though he managed to stand up once more. Similar to the Tenth Doctor's regeneration, the Twelfth Doctor regenerated explosively, causing the control room in the TARDIS to explode. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') | |||
The [[First Doctor]], his fearing regeneration, held off his own regeneration for several hours. However, unlike his future incarnations, the First Doctor face did not stay the same, becoming "mixed up" while in the state of grace. When the First Doctor regenerated, he passed out as his state of grace ceased. grace. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') However, his regeneration was comparitively peaceful than when his other selves used the state of grace. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | |||
=== Difficult or unusual regenerations === | === Difficult or unusual regenerations === | ||
