My understanding was 12 regeneration, 13 possible doctors. But then River transferred her remaining regenerations to him so that could be used for hand-wavium more options.
Buffy: Where are the burgers? Riley: Yeah man, I'm starving. Cow me. Xander: I'd love to make with the moo but the fire's not cooperating.
'Lessons'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erin_obscure - Aug 04, 2013 5:24:48 pm PDT #1339 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Sophia Brooks - Aug 04, 2013 5:25:37 pm PDT #1340 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I just saw kittens in a pool table, and I was going to send it to the good stuff tumblr. Then u realized I was looking at the good things tumblr.
Jesse - Aug 04, 2013 5:42:28 pm PDT #1341 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aw!
ION, ffs. My grandmother is back at the hospital, this time because of her throat thing. My mother left her there, and is hoping she can stay until tomorrow afternoon, but I offered to go get her if she should leave earlier. So we'll see.
§ ita § - Aug 04, 2013 5:42:34 pm PDT #1342 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But Peter Davison himself was a decade younger than any other Doctor from the original series when he took the mantle
And now that's precedent. There are only 12 of them. One guy being 30 isn't lost in the hubbub. Lost in the there-was-Who-before-2005-why-do-they-start-numbering-at-nine? I can see that.
I thought I read somewhere that it was cannon the the Doctor got younger with each regeneration
The third Doctor was older than the second, so if it was canon, it wasn't canon for long.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 04, 2013 6:11:15 pm PDT #1343 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I remember the Master being offered a new regeneration cycle in The Five Doctors, so apparently the limits are (or rather, were) imposed by the Time Lords rather than inherent in the regeneration process itself.
aurelia - Aug 04, 2013 6:23:21 pm PDT #1344 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm watching the Lolla webcast again and the bass player for The Cure has a "The angels have the police box" sticker on his bass.
Beverly - Aug 04, 2013 6:39:19 pm PDT #1345 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Ooh, I've loved Capaldi since Local Hero. Good choice.
Vortex - Aug 04, 2013 7:58:55 pm PDT #1346 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Twelve. Which would technically mean thirteen doctors, so I guess they have one left up their sleeve.
or they could have a female doctor and say that they can only have 12/13 in a row of the same gender.
I think that it would be hysterical if they cast a female redhead, and had her make a comment along the lines of "I'm finally ginger, but now I'm a Time Lady!" And I would die happy if it was SWINTON.
le nubian - Aug 04, 2013 8:14:22 pm PDT #1347 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Tilda Swinton as Doctor would be too awesome for BBC. Like that is BBC drop the mic moment.
billytea - Aug 04, 2013 8:16:35 pm PDT #1348 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Tilda Swinton as Doctor would be too awesome for BBC. Like that is BBC drop the mic moment.
Travelling time and space with her faithful companion - David Bowie.