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Different explanations were given for the origins of regeneration. Some accounts involved the intervention or discoveries of [[Rassilon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'', ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') Indeed, by the time of Rassilon's ill-fated intervention on [[Kolstan]], [[Artron]], his contemporary, knew that Rassilon had "experimented" with a limited sort of regeneration. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]'') However, some accounts saw an origin for regeneration from outside of [[Gallifrey]]. According to the [[Spy Master]], the [[Founders of Gallifrey]] wanted a "noble creation myth", and so did not tell the story as it really happened, intentionally leaving out the true details. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') | Different explanations were given for the origins of regeneration. Some accounts involved the intervention or discoveries of [[Rassilon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'', ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') Indeed, by the time of Rassilon's ill-fated intervention on [[Kolstan]], [[Artron]], his contemporary, knew that Rassilon had "experimented" with a limited sort of regeneration. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]'') However, some accounts saw an origin for regeneration from outside of [[Gallifrey]]. According to the [[Spy Master]], the [[Founders of Gallifrey]] wanted a "noble creation myth", and so did not tell the story as it really happened, intentionally leaving out the true details. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') | ||
One account held that [[Lord Cardinal|Cardinal]] Rassilon had been investigating a method of regenerating decayed and diseased tissue via a series of self-replicating, biogenic molecules. The [[cell (biology)|cells]] of a [[Gallifreyan]] body would be repaired, restored and re-organised, resulting in a wholly new physical form. The [[brain]] cells would also be rearranged, though to a lesser extent; the new incarnation would retain the [[memory|memories]] of the former incarnation, though the [[personality]] of the Time Lord could change, the degree of this change depending upon the Time Lord in question. Rassilon intended this mechanism only for the [[Time Lord|Gallifreyan elite]]. He also imposed a standard limit of twelve regenerations to avoid decaying biogenic molecules ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') | One account held that [[Lord Cardinal|Cardinal]] Rassilon had been investigating a method of regenerating decayed and diseased tissue via a series of self-replicating, biogenic molecules. The [[cell (biology)|cells]] of a [[Gallifreyan]] body would be repaired, restored and re-organised, resulting in a wholly new physical form. The [[brain]] cells would also be rearranged, though to a lesser extent; the new incarnation would retain the [[memory|memories]] of the former incarnation, though the [[personality]] of the Time Lord could change, the degree of this change depending upon the Time Lord in question. Rassilon intended this mechanism only for the [[Time Lord|Gallifreyan elite]]. He also imposed a standard limit of twelve regenerations to avoid decaying biogenic molecules; ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') because the mind could not handle the [[Regenerative dissonance|multiplicity of psyches]]; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]'') and because he considered total immortality a curse. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') | ||
The [[Black Scrolls of Rassilon]] indicated instead that regeneration was caused by a [[Virus (The Scrolls of Rassilon)|virus]] created by [[Thremix]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scrolls of Rassilon (short story)|The Scrolls of Rassilon]]'') which ravaged ancient [[Gallifrey]] society when Rassilon seized power. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scrolls of Rassilon (short story)|The Scrolls of Rassilon]]'', ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]'') Another account of Rassilon's creation of regeneration as biological engineering stated that Time Lords had triple-helix [[DNA]]: the third strand was added by [[Rassilon]] to enable regeneration. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'') | The [[Black Scrolls of Rassilon]] indicated instead that regeneration was caused by a [[Virus (The Scrolls of Rassilon)|virus]] created by [[Thremix]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scrolls of Rassilon (short story)|The Scrolls of Rassilon]]'') which ravaged ancient [[Gallifrey]] society when Rassilon seized power. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scrolls of Rassilon (short story)|The Scrolls of Rassilon]]'', ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]'') Another account of Rassilon's creation of regeneration as biological engineering stated that Time Lords had triple-helix [[DNA]]: the third strand was added by [[Rassilon]] to enable regeneration. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'') | ||
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The Time Lords also granted the [[Eleventh Doctor]] a new cycle of regenerations before he could die for the final time, having used up all twelve of his regenerations in his first cycle; ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') the [[Twelfth Doctor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Kill the Moon (TV story)|Kill the Moon]]'') [[the Master]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') and even [[Rassilon]] himself were uncertain as to how many regenerations the Doctor now possessed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | The Time Lords also granted the [[Eleventh Doctor]] a new cycle of regenerations before he could die for the final time, having used up all twelve of his regenerations in his first cycle; ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') the [[Twelfth Doctor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Kill the Moon (TV story)|Kill the Moon]]'') [[the Master]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') and even [[Rassilon]] himself were uncertain as to how many regenerations the Doctor now possessed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | ||
Aside from being granted a new cycle, there were other ways to gain regenerations. Having used up all of his natural regenerations, the Master was able to gain an extra one by using [[The Source (The Keeper of Traken)|the Source]] to merge with Tremas, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'') undergoing a regeneration into a new body, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'') then later gaining another regeneration after being cured by [[Tzun]] [[nanite]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'') | Aside from being granted a new cycle, there were other ways to gain regenerations. Having used up all of his natural regenerations, the Master was able to gain an extra one by using [[The Source (The Keeper of Traken)|the Source]] to merge with Tremas, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'') undergoing a regeneration into a new body, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'') then later gaining another regeneration after being cured by [[Tzun]] [[nanite]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'') However these artificial means of adding regenerations was not permanent and eventually the Master reverted back to his decayed self. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Planet of Dust (audio story)|Planet of Dust]]'') | ||
{{Dhawan|c}}'s discoveries about the [[Timeless Child]] in [[the Matrix]] suggested that the Child had originally possessed more regenerations than the typical twelve, and that it had been the [[Second Tecteun]]'s decision, when the Founder had shared the genetic gift of regeneration with [[Shobogan (species)|his people]], to limit the common folk's regenerations to a maximum of twelve times. The Master believed that the Child had later become [[the Doctor]], who had gone through a number of lives which even he couldn't even guess at. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') | {{Dhawan|c}}'s discoveries about the [[Timeless Child]] in [[the Matrix]] suggested that the Child had originally possessed more regenerations than the typical twelve, and that it had been the [[Second Tecteun]]'s decision, when the Founder had shared the genetic gift of regeneration with [[Shobogan (species)|his people]], to limit the common folk's regenerations to a maximum of twelve times. The Master believed that the Child had later become [[the Doctor]], who had gone through a number of lives which even he couldn't even guess at. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') | ||
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=== Forced regeneration === | === Forced regeneration === | ||
It was possible for Time Lords to inflict a forced regeneration on others, triggering a regeneration as a punishment and even deliberately influencing the form of the next incarnation. When the Time Lords sentenced the [[Second Doctor]] to [[exile on Earth]], they initially attempted to give him a choice about his next appearance as part of the accompanying sentence of regeneration, but the Doctor tried to escape this choice by rejecting the offered faces and his subsequent regeneration was seemingly random ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | It was possible for Time Lords to inflict a forced regeneration on others, triggering a regeneration as a punishment and even deliberately influencing the form of the next incarnation. When the Time Lords sentenced the [[Second Doctor]] to [[exile on Earth]], they initially attempted to give him a choice about his next appearance as part of the accompanying sentence of regeneration, but the Doctor tried to escape this choice by rejecting the offered faces and his subsequent regeneration was seemingly random. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | ||
Using technology he had stolen from the now-destroyed Gallifrey, the Master used an artificial planetoid to gather enough energy to allow him to force a regeneration on the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], causing her to regenerate into a form that was a near-exact copy of the Master himself. However, this regeneration was soon established as being particularly unstable, allowing the Doctor's allies to capture the Master/Doctor and use that same equipment to undo the forced regeneration so that the Doctor was restored to her previous incarnation. It is unclear if this transition to and from her temporary state as the duplicate Master would count as the Doctor using a regeneration or two, as the process was explicitly described as being unstable to the extent that the Thirteenth Doctor spoke with manifestations of her past selves in her mind who suggested that she was resisting the "need" to complete the change in hopes of stopping the Master's plan ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'') | Using technology he had stolen from the now-destroyed Gallifrey, the Master used an artificial planetoid to gather enough energy to allow him to force a regeneration on the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], causing her to regenerate into a form that was a near-exact copy of the Master himself. However, this regeneration was soon established as being particularly unstable, allowing the Doctor's allies to capture the Master/Doctor and use that same equipment to undo the forced regeneration so that the Doctor was restored to her previous incarnation. It is unclear if this transition to and from her temporary state as the duplicate Master would count as the Doctor using a regeneration or two, as the process was explicitly described as being unstable to the extent that the Thirteenth Doctor spoke with manifestations of her past selves in her mind who suggested that she was resisting the "need" to complete the change in hopes of stopping the Master's plan. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'') | ||
=== State of grace === | === State of grace === | ||
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=== Attitude toward regeneration === | === Attitude toward regeneration === | ||
As noted above, regeneration was not guaranteed. The Doctor on numerous occasions believed they were 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]]'') [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') and [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') incarnations 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]]'') 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]]'') By contrast, the Thirteenth Doctor ultimately accepted the change, wishing the next Doctor well after a significant victory over the Daleks, the Cybermen and the Master with the aid of various old friends ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'') | As noted above, regeneration was not guaranteed. The Doctor on numerous occasions believed they were 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]]'') [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') and [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') incarnations 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]]'') 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]]'') By contrast, the Thirteenth Doctor ultimately accepted the change, wishing the next Doctor well after a significant victory over the Daleks, the Cybermen and the Master with the aid of various old friends. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'') | ||
In fact, the Doctor sometimes seemed to regard their previous incarnations as different individuals, capable of interacting and working with each other. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'','' [[Time Crash (TV story)|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 other selves as them, to the extent that their [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]] became ashamed of the actions of his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth self]], going through a period of keeping his memory of his previous self locked up in his mind ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head Games (novel)|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 (novel)|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 (audio story)|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 (TV story)|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]]'') | In fact, the Doctor sometimes seemed to regard their previous incarnations as different individuals, capable of interacting and working with each other. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'','' [[Time Crash (TV story)|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 other selves as them, to the extent that their [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]] became ashamed of the actions of his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth self]], going through a period of keeping his memory of his previous self locked up in his mind ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head Games (novel)|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 (novel)|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 (audio story)|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 (TV story)|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]]'') | ||
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In general, the Doctor avoided discussing regeneration with their companions unless someone else brought it up first, ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') but explained the process in the aftermath. They were particularly open about the process in their [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], telling companion [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] about regeneration and their past faces, noting at one point that he considered regeneration superior to the straightforward immortality of the ruthless [[Sebastian Grayle]], as regeneration allowed him to change and develop as time went on where Grayle was stuck with one point of view and no real way to change. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Seasons of Fear (audio story)|Seasons of Fear]]'') Despite this, the Doctor's attitude towards regeneration seemed to change during their later incarnations, considering it more like true death. In their [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]], the Doctor bade farewell to his companion even though he was not actually dying. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') The Doctor's [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] was concerned about a prediction made regarding his own impending regeneration, saying, "Even if I change, it feels like dying. Everything I am dies. Some new man goes sauntering away...and I'm dead." ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') Their tenth incarnation also compared regeneration to a [[lottery]], in terms of what he becomes as a result of it; when meeting his [[Eleventh Doctor|immediate successor]], he joked that [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his eleventh incarnation's bigger sonic screwdriver]] was "compensating". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') Following his regeneration into his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]], the Doctor's memories of his sixth self's persona came to resent the current Doctor, accusing the current Doctor of "murdering" him ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]'') before the Doctor came to accept that he was the Doctor in all his lives and forgive the sins of his previous self. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors (novel)|The Room With No Doors]]'') The [[War Doctor]], however, accepted the start of his regeneration, remarking that his old body was "wearing a bit thin" and even joking about his hopes for getting less-prominent ears. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') After receiving his new regeneration cycle, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] appeared relatively comfortable about his imminent regeneration, reflecting that everyone changed throughout their lives and the important thing was to remember who you had been, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') although his fear about the scale of the change he was about to experience prompted him to call his current companion in their personal future to ask her to stay with his next incarnation and help him through the transition to his new body. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'') The [[Twelfth Doctor]] later recalled that the end of the [[First Doctor]]'s life at [[Snowcap]] was "the place where [he] died", comparing it to [[Clara Oswald]]'s limited memories of her 'splinters' by describing it as something so huge and terrible that the mind had to block it out in the aftermath. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Blood and Ice (comic story)|Blood and Ice]]'') | In general, the Doctor avoided discussing regeneration with their companions unless someone else brought it up first, ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') but explained the process in the aftermath. They were particularly open about the process in their [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], telling companion [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] about regeneration and their past faces, noting at one point that he considered regeneration superior to the straightforward immortality of the ruthless [[Sebastian Grayle]], as regeneration allowed him to change and develop as time went on where Grayle was stuck with one point of view and no real way to change. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Seasons of Fear (audio story)|Seasons of Fear]]'') Despite this, the Doctor's attitude towards regeneration seemed to change during their later incarnations, considering it more like true death. In their [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]], the Doctor bade farewell to his companion even though he was not actually dying. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') The Doctor's [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] was concerned about a prediction made regarding his own impending regeneration, saying, "Even if I change, it feels like dying. Everything I am dies. Some new man goes sauntering away...and I'm dead." ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') Their tenth incarnation also compared regeneration to a [[lottery]], in terms of what he becomes as a result of it; when meeting his [[Eleventh Doctor|immediate successor]], he joked that [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his eleventh incarnation's bigger sonic screwdriver]] was "compensating". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') Following his regeneration into his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]], the Doctor's memories of his sixth self's persona came to resent the current Doctor, accusing the current Doctor of "murdering" him ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]'') before the Doctor came to accept that he was the Doctor in all his lives and forgive the sins of his previous self. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors (novel)|The Room With No Doors]]'') The [[War Doctor]], however, accepted the start of his regeneration, remarking that his old body was "wearing a bit thin" and even joking about his hopes for getting less-prominent ears. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') After receiving his new regeneration cycle, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] appeared relatively comfortable about his imminent regeneration, reflecting that everyone changed throughout their lives and the important thing was to remember who you had been, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') although his fear about the scale of the change he was about to experience prompted him to call his current companion in their personal future to ask her to stay with his next incarnation and help him through the transition to his new body. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'') The [[Twelfth Doctor]] later recalled that the end of the [[First Doctor]]'s life at [[Snowcap]] was "the place where [he] died", comparing it to [[Clara Oswald]]'s limited memories of her 'splinters' by describing it as something so huge and terrible that the mind had to block it out in the aftermath. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Blood and Ice (comic story)|Blood and Ice]]'') | ||
Despite his own attitude toward regeneration, both [[Harriet Jones]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') felt the same way about [[the Doctor]] throughout their incarnations. Harriet called the Tenth Doctor "absolutely the same [[Ninth Doctor|man]]", still believing in this despite the Doctor threatening to destroy her government after she ordered [[Torchwood One|Torchwood]] to blow up the [[Sycorax spaceship]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') While [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] noted that one Doctor was more than enough to deal with at any time, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') he nevertheless confidently proclaimed that all of the Doctors were "remarkable chaps", willing to work with whatever Doctor answered his calls for help even if he acknowledged that he knew certain Doctors better than others. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]'') Despite the importance of regeneration, the Doctor often failed to mention it to their companions, with the result that [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') [[Peri Brown|Peri]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'', ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Children in Need Special (TV story)|Children in Need Special]]'') initially didn't believe that the new Doctor was the same person after their regeneration was complete. Even those companions who had been informed about the process in advance, such as [[Sarah Jane Smith]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') [[Adric]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') [[Melanie Bush]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') and [[Clara Oswald]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') took a while to accept the new Doctor. Despite the close relationship between the Thirteenth Doctor and Yasmin Kahn, she ultimately chose to leave the Doctor when regeneration was imminent, each silently acknowledging that Yaz was so close to that particular incarnation that she would find it too difficult to spend time with the next one ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'') | Despite his own attitude toward regeneration, both [[Harriet Jones]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') felt the same way about [[the Doctor]] throughout their incarnations. Harriet called the Tenth Doctor "absolutely the same [[Ninth Doctor|man]]", still believing in this despite the Doctor threatening to destroy her government after she ordered [[Torchwood One|Torchwood]] to blow up the [[Sycorax spaceship]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') While [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] noted that one Doctor was more than enough to deal with at any time, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') he nevertheless confidently proclaimed that all of the Doctors were "remarkable chaps", willing to work with whatever Doctor answered his calls for help even if he acknowledged that he knew certain Doctors better than others. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]'') Despite the importance of regeneration, the Doctor often failed to mention it to their companions, with the result that [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') [[Peri Brown|Peri]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'', ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Children in Need Special (TV story)|Children in Need Special]]'') initially didn't believe that the new Doctor was the same person after their regeneration was complete. Even those companions who had been informed about the process in advance, such as [[Sarah Jane Smith]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') [[Adric]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') [[Melanie Bush]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') and [[Clara Oswald]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') took a while to accept the new Doctor. Despite the close relationship between the Thirteenth Doctor and Yasmin Kahn, she ultimately chose to leave the Doctor when regeneration was imminent, each silently acknowledging that Yaz was so close to that particular incarnation that she would find it too difficult to spend time with the next one. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'') | ||
After deciding to help the Doctor against the [[Mondasian]] [[Cybermen]], the Missy incarnation of the Master was shown to see her past self as still being her, stating that she'd loved being him and the feeling of all that he was. However, due to her genuine desire to change, Missy mortally wounded her past self to force his regeneration into herself, appearing to see it as necessary to ensure the Master became Missy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | After deciding to help the Doctor against the [[Mondasian]] [[Cybermen]], the Missy incarnation of the Master was shown to see her past self as still being her, stating that she'd loved being him and the feeling of all that he was. However, due to her genuine desire to change, Missy mortally wounded her past self to force his regeneration into herself, appearing to see it as necessary to ensure the Master became Missy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | ||
