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'''Immortality''' was the ability to live forever, or at least a vastly long time. Most beings called immortal were not also indestructible, but there were exceptions. | '''Immortality''' was the ability to live forever, or at least a vastly long time. Most beings called immortal were not also indestructible, but there were exceptions. | ||
[[Time Lord]]s were described by the [[Second Doctor]] as being immortal, "barring accidents", ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') a phrasing the [[Twelfth Doctor]] would later use to describe [[Ashildr|Lady Me]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'') [[K9 Mark I]] likewise described the Time Lords as "immortal". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[K9 and the Zeta Rescue (novel)|K9 and the Zeta Rescue]]'') In case of such accidents, [[regeneration]] would allow the Time Lord to live on in a new [[incarnation]], but they could only regenerate for [[regeneration cycle|a set number of times]], after which point they would permanently die. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') | [[Time Lord]]s were described by the [[Second Doctor]] as being immortal, "barring accidents", ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') a phrasing the [[Twelfth Doctor]] would later use to describe [[Ashildr|Lady Me]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'') [[K9 Mark I]] likewise described the Time Lords as "immortal". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[K9 and the Zeta Rescue (novel)|K9 and the Zeta Rescue]]'') In case of such accidents, [[regeneration]] would allow the Time Lord to live on in a new [[incarnation]], but they could only regenerate for [[regeneration cycle|a set number of times]], after which point they would permanently die. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') | ||
Until they met the [[First Doctor]], the [[Ashtallan]]s were considered to be immortal, their bodies being able to heal from any injury. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Invention of Death (audio story)|The Invention of Death]])'' | |||
== Attempts at gaining immortality == | == Attempts at gaining immortality == | ||
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[[Sebastiene]] had nano-technology in his body that could heal even fatal wounds. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor Trap (novel)|The Doctor Trap]]'') | [[Sebastiene]] had nano-technology in his body that could heal even fatal wounds. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor Trap (novel)|The Doctor Trap]]'') | ||
After [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] had been healed using Ashtallan cells, the First Doctor speculated that the two might have become functionally ageless. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Invention of Death (audio story)|The Invention of Death]])'' | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
