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Originally Posted by Hursticon

Griffin is right, they kind of shot themselves in the foot by placing a limit on regenerations, lol, does anybody know which Doctor stated it? by memory I think it was between the 3rd and 5th Doctors though I could be wrong. :p

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It was first mentioned in Tom Baker's The Deadly Assassin, to give a reason why The Master was after the Eye of Harmony (to extend his lifetime).

From Wikipedia:

It is first stated in The Deadly Assassin (1976) that a Time Lord can regenerate twelve times before dying (thirteen incarnations in all). There are exceptions to this rule....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regeneration_(Doctor_Who)

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Originally Posted by Autocon

i love the new girl
what else has she been in?

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Your dreams.

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(She was also in Doctor Who a couple of years ago as the Soothsayer in The Fires Of Pompeii: http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Soothsayer. And she hasn't been in much else except The Kevin Bishop Show.)

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Originally Posted by Hursticon

Griffin is right, they kind of shot themselves in the foot by placing a limit on regenerations, lol, does anybody know which Doctor stated it? by memory I think it was between the 3rd and 5th Doctors though I could be wrong. :p

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It may be a limitation but it doesn't mean they can't do an interesting thing to side-step it or not go there at all e.g. Tenant stalling his regeneration by putting all of that energy into his spare hand...