movies/tv What will happen when the Doctor runs out of lives?

[CornBreadGang 514]

It's a question that has been pondered for 50 years now. What will happen when the Doctor is at life 13 and dies?

My idea is that he will blow up as normal, but no new man will come out, only his clothes will be left laying on the ground, and the TARDIS will die with him.

But that is my idea. What are your ideas or knowledge on what will happen when the Doctor runs out of lives?

[Malinter 3,064]

He'll troll them all and tell them Time-Lords actually 14 lives.

 

Or he could literally reset to zero again and go all oroburos on us.

[LittleRawr 679]

Since Doctor Who is making pretty good money, I doubt that they would make him die yet.

 

Moffat has a trick up his sleeve, I just know it.

[The Cynical Lone Wolf 615]

I'm going that 13 lives is a time lord law in reality time lords are immortal and can choose when to die,but Moffat said that the whole 13 lives thing will be answered in the special in less than 50 days

[CornBreadGang 514]

He'll troll them all and tell them Time-Lords actually 14 lives.

 

Or he could literally reset to zero again and go all oroburos on us.

  

Sounds about right, at least with an 11th Doctor jokester standpoint.

Since Doctor Who is making pretty good money, I doubt that they would make him die yet.

 

Moffat has a trick up his sleeve, I just know it.

DARN YOU, MOFFAT!

Seriously, Moffat. Make the Doctor say "I'm going to die" every other episode.

I'm going that 13 lives is a time lord law in reality time lords are immortal and can choose when to die,but Moffat said that the whole 13 lives thing will be answered in the special in less than 50 days

And I'll say it again,

DARN YOU MOFFA-

Whoa, Wait just a hoof-picking minute, he's solving the Doctor's 13 lives issue?

THANK YOU, MOFFAT!

[LittleRawr 679]

 

 

DARN YOU, MOFFAT!

 

Everyone hates but loves Moffat at the same time  

 

I can't wait to see the 50th anniversary! I know that it's gonna be awesome!

 

Although I heard somewhere that the 11th Doctor might regenerate in that episode instead of the Christmas special. 

[Armchair Adventurer 211]

That's a topic we have been debating with a friend of mine ever since the last episode of the last season. I haven't seen much of the old show but I'm pretty sure that the next Doctor will not be the last Doctor. The series is way to popular to end any time soon (unless they screw up the next few seasons, which I think is unlikely). They will surely find someway to work around this and keep the series going. Although it would be a really brave move to end Doctor Who after the 12th Doctor I'd still be sad to see it happen.

 

Also, I read somewhere that the Doctor has regenerated more than 11 times (I'm not sure if it was a fan theory or something actually cannon) already but not all "personas" used the name "Doctor", so I really have no idea how this actually works . 

[CornBreadGang 514]

Everyone hates but loves Moffat at the same time  

 

I can't wait to see the 50th anniversary! I know that it's gonna be awesome!

 

Although I heard somewhere that the 11th Doctor might regenerate in that episode instead of the Christmas special.

 

If Moffat does that to all the Whovians... Well, you already know what I'm gonna say, so I don't need to yell again, do I? *sigh*

DARN YOU, MOFFAT!

That's a topic we have been debating with a friend of mine ever since the last episode of the last season. I haven't seen much of the old show but I'm pretty sure that the next Doctor will not be the last Doctor. The series is way to popular to end any time soon (unless they screw up the next few seasons, which I think is unlikely). They will surely find someway to work around this and keep the series going. Although it would be a really brave move to end Doctor Who after the 12th Doctor I'd still be sad to see it happen.

 

Also, I read somewhere that the Doctor has regenerated more than 11 times (I'm not sure if it was a fan theory or something actually cannon) already but not all "personas" used the name "Doctor", so I really have no idea how this actually works .

 

The Doctor has regenerated 12 times, if you count the non-finished regeneration from "The Stolen Earth", where the Tenth Doctor partly regenerated, but didn't change fully.

[Malinter 3,064]

I really want to see the the Could-Have-Been King with his army of Meanwhiles and Never-Weres. I wonder if it was some kind of mutated Timelord or something?^.

[LittleRawr 679]

 

 

Also, I read somewhere that the Doctor has regenerated more than 11 times (I'm not sure if it was a fan theory or something actually cannon) already but not all "personas" used the name "Doctor", so I really have no idea how this actually works . 

 

There was apparently a regeneration between the 8th and 9th Doctor, so the current one is technically the 12th.

 

Remember that one old guy in the latest episode? Yeah, him.

 

 

DARN YOU, MOFFAT!

 

We should storm the headquarters demanding answers 

[CornBreadGang 514]

I really want to see the the Could-Have-Been King with his army of Meanwhiles and Never-Weres. I wonder if it was some kind of mutated Timelord or something?^.

 

True, just another thing my short song, "Plot holes" covers.

Plot holes, plot holes...

 

There was apparently a regeneration between the 8th and 9th Doctor, so the current one is technically the 12th.

 

Remember that one old guy in the latest episode? Yeah, him.

 

 

 

 

 

We should storm the headquarters demanding answers 

Really? I thought that John Hurt was the 16th or 15th, since he was exiled. But it's all theoretical until Moffat tells us the answers. And no, I'm not gonna yell a fourth time.

[AnonBrony 1,469]

In old episodes I think, not entirely sure, it was established that The Time Lords set the limit of Regenerations. I don't think it is law though. It seems like Regenerations is like a thing you can have. All Time Lords have 13 but can acquire more. The Valeyard was trying to get more Regenerations sine he was on his last and The Time Lords gave The Master a whole new Regeneration cycle.

 

Thing is though, we have no idea what happened in The Time War, The Doctor and many other Time Lords could of been given more Regenerations, and now that the Time Lords are gone, i'm not sure how The Doctor can obtain more regens. Again I'm not sure this is based off what I remember. 

[Armchair Adventurer 211]

There was apparently a regeneration between the 8th and 9th Doctor, so the current one is technically the 12th.

 

Remember that one old guy in the latest episode? Yeah, him.

 

 

 

We should storm the headquarters demanding answers 

Of course I remember that . Their confrontation was way to epic to forget. That's not what I meant though.

 

I did a bit of digging around.

 

http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Valeyard

 

This is what I meant. This is one of the names the Great Intelligence calls the Doctor in "The Name of the Doctor". I have no idea if it's a future or past self though. Doctor Who can be confusing  .

Edited October 6, 2013 by Armchair Adventurer

[CornBreadGang 514]

In old episodes I think, not entirely sure, it was established that The Time Lords set the limit of Regenerations. I don't think it is law though. It seems like Regenerations is like a thing you can have. All Time Lords have 13 but can acquire more. The Valeyard was trying to get more Regenerations sine he was on his last and The Time Lords gave The Master a whole new Regeneration cycle.

 

Thing is though, we have no idea what happened in The Time War, The Doctor and many other Time Lords could of been given more Regenerations, and now that the Time Lords are gone, i'm not sure how The Doctor can obtain more regens. Again I'm not sure this is based off what I remember.

 

Yes, the second Doctor (I think) stated that Time Lords have 13 lives, but again, Moffat has said, and I quote "Now that his people are gone, who knows? Time Lords used to have 13 lives".

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DARN YOU MOFFAT!

(When I subscribe, that'll be my member title. )

[LittleRawr 679]

@@Armchair Adventurer,

 

OHHHHH-

 

I get it now  

 

Hmm, it says there somewhere that it's a future regeneration, but then in the episode it implied that...

 

GAH. Doctor Who, why you so confusing?

[CornBreadGang 514]

@@Armchair Adventurer,

 

OHHHHH-

 

I get it now  

 

Hmm, it says there somewhere that it's a future regeneration, but then in the episode it implied that...

 

GAH. Doctor Who, why you so confusing?

It's because...

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DARN YOU MOFFAT!!!

It's true that Doctor who can be confusing. I explain it in the words of Spongebob:

"We're not talking about this, or this, we're talking about THIS!"

[Armchair Adventurer 211]

@@Armchair Adventurer,

 

OHHHHH-

 

I get it now

 

Hmm, it says there somewhere that it's a future regeneration, but then in the episode it implied that...

 

GAH. Doctor Who, why you so confusing?

Exactly ! Hopefully we get some answers to questions like this in the Anniversary Special (or just conviniently forget about them). I don't think John Hurt's character and The Valeyard are the same though. It will be interesting to see what crimes "John Hurt's regeneration" committed "not in the name of the Doctor" to became a shameful little secret.

[Untitled Goose Q 5,138]

The 13 regenerations thing is the known limit. However, we know that this was imposed by Rassilon, but we don't know why. Presumably this was so no other would achieve immortality.

 

We don't know how this limit was imposed, so I think it is likely that since Gallifrey is gone, what ever provided the limit is gone also.

 

And as for the "John Hurt's regeneration"'s crimes, I suspect that is the version that fought in the Time War and so never set out only to help, only to fight, and so was not a Doctor.

 

We shall see though.

Edited October 6, 2013 by Questioner

[Scootalove 10,692]

I know I never got the choice to watch the show but, maybe the doctor will try to find a way to avoid losing his life. So, we could say that he has something up his sleeve.

[Endblock 4]

I seem to remember riversong giving him her regeneration energy, if I'm not mistaken, and I feel like they'll use that to give him somewhere between 8 and 5 more regenerations. Of course, moffat is like a dalek. He is on a mission to destroy everything you know and love. Plus 13 would mean the end... So I doubt that they'll just leave him at 13.

[Jack Spades 162]

There are rare accounts that time lords have more than 13 regenerations. Some have 15, some 10, some had a ton of them. It might be a thing that The Doctor has like.... i don't know, 20 regenerations or something. Or he might find a young Time Lord who'll give The Doctor all of his regenerations. It's space and time. Anything can happen.

[Sunbro 4 Lyfe 939]

No. He won't die! He, He can't die! It's not true! Say it's not true!

*Wallowd in the corner*

(P.S he'll probably do that thing the master done and cheat death or something)

[The 2nd Mass 28]

Ive actually looked into this and it turns out that his lives don't run out at 13 its just gallifreyan law that a time is only supposed to live for 13 he can keep going forever if he chooses to disobey the longest and strictest rule of his culture.

[CornBreadGang 514]

Ive actually looked into this and it turns out that his lives don't run out at 13 its just gallifreyan law that a time is only supposed to live for 13 he can keep going forever if he chooses to disobey the longest and strictest rule of his culture.

He could, but the Doctor, of you remember, was angry at John Hurt because he broke Gallifreyan law. So, I'm not sure, if he wants to save his life, he will.

[The 2nd Mass 28]

He could, but the Doctor, of you remember, was angry at John Hurt because he broke Gallifreyan law. So, I'm not sure, if he wants to save his life, he will.

Either way when that last episode with the 13th doctor comes it is going to be a global holiday. My prediction is that everything will stop and all the people in the world will go home from work and/or school to watch that last episode of Doctor Who.