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From: samson@h-sc1.UUCP (gregory samson)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: Length of Regenerations
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 11:15:10 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 11 11:15:10 1985
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Reply-To: gts@wjh12.HARVARD.EDU (Greg Samson)
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In article <9146@ritcv.UUCP> sma8465@ritcv.UUCP (Stephen Abbott) writes:
>
>  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...

Perhaps something like this involves other Time-Lords donating a
regeneration, or part of one, to the Time-Lord who needs a new set.
Imagine 12 Time-Lords each sacrificing 1 regeneration to a Time-Lord
who has run out.

The basis for this guess may be found in "Mawdryn Undead", in which the
mutants wished the Doctor to give up his 8 remaining regenerations to
return them to a normal state (so that they could die...)
Apparently, though, Gallifreyan technology might have the capability to
make any form of energy into new regenerations, as the Blinovitch Limi-
tation Effect's energy was used instead of the Doctor's remaining re-
generations.  That would have to be strictly controlled by the High Council,
or else we WILL get Time-Lords that live forever.
But, in this case, why did Lord President Borusa want immortality so badly
that he had to do something stupid with Rassilon to get it?  Couldn't
he just have tapped some random energy (waterpower or whatever :-) and
gotten a new cycle of regenerations?

I like the method involving other Time-Lords best.  Making such an offer
to the Master would indicate that the situation was REALLY desperate.

-G. T. Samson
 The Evil MicroWizard
 gts@wjh12.HARVARD.EDU
 (NOT samson%h-sc1@harvard.HARVARD.EDU!!!!)