Twelfth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death): Difference between revisions

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The Twelfth Doctor came into being when his [[Eleventh Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|previous incarnation]] [[Regeneration|regenerated]] after an electrical mishap. He noted that he had wasted three incarnations in a very short time span simply because he "forgot to unplug". He proved the shortest-lived incarnation, only living long enough to shut off a zectronic energy generator before being hit by excess [[zectronic beam|zectronic energy]]. He immediately died from the exposure as, allegedly, zectronic energy would kill [[Time Lord]]s beyond any hope of regeneration.

He gave a final speech to [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]] and {{Pryce}}, asking them to "look after the universe" for him, as he had "put a lot of work into it", and then died. His foes, the [[Dalek]]s and the Master, vowed to reform and live better lives because of his sacrifice.

Sometime later his final words, "look after the universe for me, I've put a lot of work into it", would be uttered by another [[Twelfth Doctor]], on [[Karn]], when that incarnation believed he would die. ([[WC]]: ''[[Prologue (webcast)|Prologue]]'')

* [[Russell T Davies]] later offered the role of the [[Ninth Doctor]] to [[Hugh Grant]], who declined, thinking the show would not be a success, a decision he later came to regret.<ref>[http://www.contactmusic.com/news/grant-dismissed-doctor-who-as-tv-flop_1022674 ContactMusic.com]</ref>

* The line, ''"I've put a lot of work into it"'', would later be incorporated into the television story ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', also written by Moffat, spoken by [[Matt Smith]]'s [[Eleventh Doctor]], referring to Earth while responding to the [[Atraxi]]'s comment that he was not a native of the planet. The full line was also stated by [[Peter Capaldi]]'s [[Twelfth Doctor]] to the [[Sisterhood of Karn]] in the [[Series 9 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 9]] prelude webcast ''[[Prologue (webcast)|Prologue]]'' when he believed his latest adventure would result in his end.