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From: john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: How many regenerations?
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Date: Fri, 27-Dec-85 14:48:58 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 27 14:48:58 1985
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All this talk about regenerations has gotten me wondering...

When Romana regenerates into Romana II, she first comes out in her final
form. The Doctor poo-poo's this idea, so she goes back and comes out
several times, each in a different form. Finally, she comes out again in
the Princess Astra form which she keeps.

My question is this... how many regerations was that? Everyone seems to
treat it as one, but that means that a Time Lord has a lot of control
over a voluntary regeneration.

The only other time a Time Lord is seen to have some choice of his final
form is in "The War Games", but as I have heard, Troughton is shown images
of possible forms, not actually regenerated until the end.

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