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From: sma8465@ritcv.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: Length of Regenerations
Message-ID: <9146@ritcv.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Dec-85 11:14:55 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 10 11:14:55 1985
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Reply-To: sma8465@ritcv.UUCP (Stephen Abbott)
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In article <1430@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> tra4@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Jonathan H. Traum) writes:
>Yes, I've thought about the Doctor's lifespan also. Presumably, as was stated,
>Hartnell regenerated of old age. Troughton was forced to regenerate ...
>...bat's milk. Thus, only one of the
>Doctor's regenerations has been "of natural causes", and his lifespan will be
>considerably shorter than the average for time lords (unless the writers think
>of something clever...)
>						Jon Traum

  For those who saw (or read) the episode "The Five Doctors", you might
  remember the High Council of the Time Lords offering the Master a 
  completly new set of regenerations.  Apparently it is within their power 
  to give new regenerations to Time Lords, although I imagine the reasons
  must be very good.  I would also think that they (the High Council)
  can't do it too often. This is mentioned to avoid the likely responses
  complaining that if this was true, no Time Lords would ever die.  But
  nobody said that everyone wants (or should) to live forever!

     Stephen Abbott
     ###funny comment goes here###