The Doctor's death: Difference between revisions

Eventually, Steven Moffat decided to write his way out of the regeneration limit by having the Time Lords grant the Doctor a new [[life cycle|regeneration cycle]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'', in order to allow the franchise to continue without breaking [[continuity]] with earlier ''Doctor Who'' serials, which he respected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who-50th-anniversary/a533505/doctor-who-steven-moffat-on-regeneration-limit/|title='Doctor Who': Steven Moffat on regeneration limit|author=Rigby, Sam|date of source=24 November 2013|website name=Digital Spy|accessdate=12 January 2022}}</ref>

''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]'', produced in the years following the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|introduction]] of [[Paul McGann]]'s [[Eighth Doctor]] but before plans were announced to revive the series, was an attempt to create a story that would act as the series finale for ''Doctor Who'' altogether. This ending would dovetail into a spin-off that would be the spiritual successor to ''Doctor Who'', called ''The Minister of Chance''. The would-be finale depicts [[Seventh Doctor]], as ever portrayed by [[Sylvester McCoy]], making a final sacrifice, and an implied downfall of the Time Lord society prior to the events of the story, as the few Time Lords seen in the story are stated to be the last alive. The Doctor's [[companion]], [[Ace (Death Comes to Time)|Ace]], also ends up on her own, solemnly telling [[The Brigadier (Death Comes to Time)|the Brigadier]] about the Doctor's demise. However, because the Doctor's body is never found, his final fate is unclear.