Questions tagged [regeneration]
For questions about Regeneration, the action or process of regenerating or being regenerated, in particular the formation of new animal or plant tissue. Always use in conjunction with the specific work tag being asked about.
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Foreign film about a dystopian future where people age 30 or over can get "regenerations"
It was a foreign film about a dystopian future where at age 30 people can start getting "regenerations". You can literally go into a place like a dairy and get regenerated; it's that easy. ...
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How many lives of the Doctor have been confirmed?
The ones I can think of:
The thirteen "standard" lives
The war Doctor
The Valeyard (pointed out by Spencer as a comment)
Ruth
(spoiler for TTC)
Are there any others that I'm missing?
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Who was girl that regenerated at "Day of the moon" from doctor who
So at the end of "Day of the moon" small girl regenerated, but I thought it was river song, but how small river song
could be there?
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How does CyberMaster regeneration work?
How does the regeneration energy in the CyberMasters not destroy them? Aren't they completely made of steel? What happens to the organic matter inside of a cyber Time Lord? Does it regrow as rotting ...
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Is The Doctor on her 3rd set of regenerations?
I was reading in the news today that it's been confirmed that Jo Martin's Doctor is an actual regeneration of the Doctor. How can that be when all 12 regenerations of her previous regeneration cycle ...
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Does each incarnation of the Doctor have a different natural lifespan depending on how "old" they look?
As we know the Doctor, regardless of his total age, has the ability to regenerate into the form of a body seemingly older or younger (in terms of physical appearance) than the previous one (Doctors ...
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Wouldn't Matt Smith be the 12th Doctor and not the 11th because David Tennant is both 10 and 11?
How is Matt Smith not the 12th Doctor (since David Tennant regenerated first into himself and then into Matt Smith)? Then wouldn't Peter Capaldi be the 13th Doctor? (Because that regeneration was a ...
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Does Cull Obsidian have limb regeneration?
In the initial fight between "the Children of Thanos" and Tony Stark, Dr Strange, David Banner and Wong, Wong opens a portal to a cold, snowy wilderness - presumably somewhere in the Himalayas since ...
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How were the Doctor's regenerations revealed to the public in the past?
I started watching Doctor Who (the 2005 series) sometime during the 12th Doctor's run (and was caught up before it ended), so the regeneration from the 12th to the 13th Doctor was the first one I got ...
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Why wasn't the Second Doctor's regeneration shown on screen?
At the end of The War Games, the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) was last seen spinning away into the void, crying, "Stop! You're making me giddy!"
The next aired episode, Spearhead From Space, at ...
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Will The Doctor deteriorate now that he's past his 12th regeneration? [closed]
Cardinal Rassilon was the one who modified Time Lord DNA to allow regeneration. According to the wiki he also input a parameter of twelve regenerative cycles to avoid decaying biogenic molecules.
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Are Time Lords vulnerable or invulnerable during regeneration?
I know that in the episode "The Impossible Astronaut" it's explicitly said that Time Lords are vulnerable during their regeneration, even Melody/River Song saying "Whatever that was, it killed him in ...
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Is regeneration unique to Time Lords or can all Gallifreyans do it?
Obviously Time Lords can regenerate, essentially granting them 13 lives in total. And we know that all Time Lords have this ability. On the other hand, there are numerous references to people on ...
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Can Time Lords Regenerate Into Children?
I've seen many questions addressing when Time Lords can regenerate, and a few on what they regenerate into, but all address adults.
There is no question that Time Lords have children - we see both ...
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Examples in Doctor Who of the Doctor acquiring or losing abilities with different regenerations?
I remember Jon Pertwee's third Doctor was portrayed as a martial arts expert - a skill I don't remember any other Doctor displaying.
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