On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:35:09 GMT, Baff  wrote:

> Kurt Ullman  wrote:
>
>>   IIRC somewhere back in the mists of time, there was something said 
>> that the Dr. could only regenerate (or whatever they call it) 13 times. 
>> They have to be getting near that.
>
>The current canon is that a Time Lord can regenerate 12 times (13 
>lives).  Though, the regenerations were handled by the Time Lords.  The 
>Time Lords are all dead now and they haven't explained how it works now.
>
>Anyway, he can regen 3 more times... before they need to change the 
>rules.
>
>One of the Doctor's sidekicks (Romana) was a Time Lord.  On one episode 
>she regenerated 4 or 5 times just for kicks looking for a body she liked.
>
>Vince
>
Hi Vince,
Romana's regeneration only counted as one regen.  Apparently, if it is
a voluntary regen, the process is somewhat maleable, hence the mutiple
looks she got to 'try on.'  It is the 'involuntary' regenerations that
cause so much trouble.

Charlie
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