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[[File:Entarodora.jpg|thumb|right|[[Entarodora]], a [[strategist]] in the [[War in Heaven]], in "one of her less formal bodies". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')]]Although Time Lords usually favoured [[humanoid]] forms in regeneration, this was not universal. One Time Lord, Lord Cardinal [[Zero (Spring)|Zero]], regenerated into an avian lifeform as a result of the poison which triggered the regenerative process. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spring (audio story)|Spring]]'') When [[Romana]] regenerated from her [[Romana I|first]] to [[Romana II|second incarnation]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] advised her not to "wear" [[Princess]] [[Astra of Atrios|Astra]]'s body and to "try another" body. Before once again assuming Astra's form, she tried various others, including a short blue humanoid and an extremely tall woman. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)}}) although according to another source, this particular episode was just the [[TARDIS matrix]] playing a trick on the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe (short story)|The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe]]'') In another instance, the [[Time Lord|Archon]] [[Lotto]] had [[Lotto IV|a fourth body]] resembling that of a [[dog]], and [[Lotto V|a fifth]] had that of an anthropomorphic [[Lion|lioness]]. Though Lotto was originally a biological [[human]] despite his ability to change body, rather than a [[Gallifreyan|native]] of the [[Gallifrey|Archon's Homeworld]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[The Claus-Rosen Bridge (short story)| | [[File:Entarodora.jpg|thumb|right|[[Entarodora]], a [[strategist]] in the [[War in Heaven]], in "one of her less formal bodies". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')]] | ||
Although Time Lords usually favoured [[humanoid]] forms in regeneration, this was not universal. One Time Lord, Lord Cardinal [[Zero (Spring)|Zero]], regenerated into an avian lifeform as a result of the poison which triggered the regenerative process. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spring (audio story)|Spring]]'') When [[Romana]] regenerated from her [[Romana I|first]] to [[Romana II|second incarnation]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] advised her not to "wear" [[Princess]] [[Astra of Atrios|Astra]]'s body and to "try another" body. Before once again assuming Astra's form, she tried various others, including a short blue humanoid and an extremely tall woman. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)}}) although according to another source, this particular episode was just the [[TARDIS matrix]] playing a trick on the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe (short story)|The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe]]'') In another instance, the [[Time Lord|Archon]] [[Lotto]] had [[Lotto IV|a fourth body]] resembling that of a [[dog]], and [[Lotto V|a fifth]] had that of an anthropomorphic [[Lion|lioness]]. Though Lotto was originally a biological [[human]] despite his ability to change body, rather than a [[Gallifreyan|native]] of the [[Gallifrey|Archon's Homeworld]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Claus-Rosen Bridge (short story)|The Claus-Rosen Bridge]]'') | |||
Although all of [[the Doctor]]'s known bodies could pass for human but for minor internal differences, their [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] stated clearly that he could become "anything", ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death of the Doctor (TV story)}}) and the [[Ninth Doctor]] once suggested that two [[head]]s or even no head were both possible. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}}) Shortly after regenerating, the Eleventh Doctor had even made it a priority — even amidst serious damage to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] — to immediately conduct a physical inventory to make sure he still had two legs, both hearts and sufficient fingers, eyes, ears, a nose, chin and hair. ([[TV]]: {{cs|[The End of Time (TV story)}}) The [[Tenth Doctor]], upon meeting a [[Skithra Queen (Alternating Current)|Skithra Queen]] inside [[Thirteenth Doctor|a future Doctor]]'s [[TARDIS control room]], briefly wondered if she was the future incarnation of himself that he had run into, although he was soon proven wrong. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Alternating Current (comic story)|Alternating Current]]'') [[Hame|Novice Hame]] once claimed that among the Doctor's many faces and forms were those of [[Animal|animals]], although she also claimed many of said forms were other individuals who take his title. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Secret of Novice Hame (webcast)|The Secret of Novice Hame]]''). | Although all of [[the Doctor]]'s known bodies could pass for human but for minor internal differences, their [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] stated clearly that he could become "anything", ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death of the Doctor (TV story)}}) and the [[Ninth Doctor]] once suggested that two [[head]]s or even no head were both possible. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}}) Shortly after regenerating, the Eleventh Doctor had even made it a priority — even amidst serious damage to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] — to immediately conduct a physical inventory to make sure he still had two legs, both hearts and sufficient fingers, eyes, ears, a nose, chin and hair. ([[TV]]: {{cs|[The End of Time (TV story)}}) The [[Tenth Doctor]], upon meeting a [[Skithra Queen (Alternating Current)|Skithra Queen]] inside [[Thirteenth Doctor|a future Doctor]]'s [[TARDIS control room]], briefly wondered if she was the future incarnation of himself that he had run into, although he was soon proven wrong. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Alternating Current (comic story)|Alternating Current]]'') [[Hame|Novice Hame]] once claimed that among the Doctor's many faces and forms were those of [[Animal|animals]], although she also claimed many of said forms were other individuals who take his title. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Secret of Novice Hame (webcast)|The Secret of Novice Hame]]''). | ||
