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Following his prevention of the [[1986 Cyberman invasion of Earth]], the [[First Doctor]] experienced a bodily '''renewal''' in which he became the [[Second Doctor]]; ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') the Doctor would later refer to this event as his '''[[reincarnation]]''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Only a Matter of Time (short story)|Only a Matter of Time]]'') or his '''first [[regeneration]]''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'', ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'', ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'', | Following his prevention of the [[1986 Cyberman invasion of Earth]], the [[First Doctor]] experienced a bodily '''renewal''' in which he became the [[Second Doctor]]; ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') one account referred to the rejuvination as a "'''strange [[psychological storm]]'''", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Phoenix in the Tardis (feature)|page=20}}) while the Doctor would later refer to this event as his '''[[reincarnation]]''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Only a Matter of Time (short story)|Only a Matter of Time]]'') or his '''first [[regeneration]]''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'', ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'', ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'', etc.) in a life cycle of twelve regenerations. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', etc.) | ||
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=== The Doctor's age === | === The Doctor's age === | ||
By one account, the Doctor was 450 years old at this time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'') By another, he was 900. ([[PROSE]]: | By one account, the Doctor was [[450 (number)|four hundred and fifty]] years old at this time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'') By another, he was [[900 (number)|nine hundred]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Phoenix in the Tardis (feature)|page=20}}) | ||
Shortly after the regeneration, the Second Doctor told Ben Jackson and Polly Wright that it had been over 750 years since he left his home planet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') | Shortly after the regeneration, the Second Doctor told Ben Jackson and Polly Wright that it had been over 750 years since he left his home planet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') | ||
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[[File:Rejuvenated Doctor.png|thumb|left|One account depicted the post-renewal Doctor as very much a rejuvenated version of his [[First Doctor|prior self]], blurring all differences between them that were not marks of age. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Daleks Invade Zaos (short story)|Daleks Invade Zaos]]'')]] | [[File:Rejuvenated Doctor.png|thumb|left|One account depicted the post-renewal Doctor as very much a rejuvenated version of his [[First Doctor|prior self]], blurring all differences between them that were not marks of age. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Daleks Invade Zaos (short story)|Daleks Invade Zaos]]'')]] | ||
One account indicated the process was a "strange psychological storm" which rejuvenated him but also overwhelmed him such that he almost became a new, younger personality. This was similar to the rejuvenation of | One account indicated the process was a "strange [[psychological storm]]" which rejuvenated him but also overwhelmed him such that he almost became a new, younger personality. This was similar to the rejuvenation of the [[Phoenix (mythology)|Phoenix]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Phoenix in the Tardis (feature)|page=20}}) In line with the idea of this process as a rejuvenation which shook up his personality as a side-effect, rather than a change to a completely new body as such, at least one account physically depicted the Second Doctor as sharing the height, facial structure and hair cut of the previous Doctor, but with black hair and renewed vitality. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Daleks Invade Zaos (short story)|Daleks Invade Zaos]]'') | ||
Most accounts, however, very much treated the Second Doctor as not just a rejuvenation, but a "[[change of appearance]]" where the Doctor had genuinely changed faces. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') The "rejuvenated Dr. Who", who thought of his prior body as his "older form", once explained to his companions that the closest term for the process would be "[[reincarnation]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Only a Matter of Time (short story)|Only a Matter of Time]]'') | Most accounts, however, very much treated the Second Doctor as not just a rejuvenation, but a "[[change of appearance]]" where the Doctor had genuinely changed faces. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') The "rejuvenated Dr. Who", who thought of his prior body as his "older form", once explained to his companions that the closest term for the process would be "[[reincarnation]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Only a Matter of Time (short story)|Only a Matter of Time]]'') | ||
Later sources indicate this was a "[[regeneration]]", a [[Time Lord]] biological process. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (audio story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', | Later sources indicate this was a "[[regeneration]]", a [[Time Lord]] biological process. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (audio story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', etc.) By one account, there were many types of regeneration, with this being regenerative technique known as "[[the White Light]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[How to be a Time Lord (novel)|How to be a Time Lord]]'') Other accounts indicated this regeneration also involved [[gold]] [[regeneration energy]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Blood and Ice (comic story)|Blood and Ice]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') | ||
=== First? === | === First? === | ||
