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From: argo@hou2a.UUCP (W.GARRETT)
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Subject: Re: When to Regenerate?
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Date: Fri, 20-Jul-84 22:30:44 EDT
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	Okay, when to regenerate?  I believe I have the ANSWER!!!

	Da-da-da-dum

	Regeneration is not, repeat not, a merely physical process.  It
involves the timelord's attention in great detail, a willingness to
regenerate.  

	William Hartnell's regeneration was obviously by choice, he gave his
nice little speech that was redone just before the Five Doctors.  Troughton
had less say in the matter, being forced to regenerate, but it was still
him doing it.  Pertwee was unconscious at the time, but had the help of
K'anpo in regenerating, without which he would not have been able to,
otherwise he would have done so while in the TARDIS.  Baker had been partially
regerated before starting Logopolis by the Timelords, because of the danger
of the mission, which allowed him to complete his regeneration when he
would not otherwise have been able to do so.  I haven't seen Davisson's
last stand, so can't speak about it.

	In the other cases mentioned, such as Brain of Morbius, the doctor
was unconscious, so unable to regenerate on his own, or simply unwilling
to do so at that time.  Regeration is not involuntary.

	By the way, the doctor has always regenerated from crises, except
Hartnell.  It seems that regenerating peacefully lets you choose the body
you move in to, as both K'anpo and Romana have shown.

					Contact Has Been Made,
					Andrew Garrett