The Guardian has revealed that the third story in the new series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, ‘Death of the Doctor’, will change a fundamental part of the main show Doctor Who. This is the question about the Doctor’s regenerations, and how many times he can perform this amazing trick. This is the key part of the report:
“Fans have always thought that the 13th Doctor would be the last, thanks to a 1976 Doctor Who episode, The Deadly Assassin, featuring Tom Baker as the Doctor in his fourth incarnation, and revealing for the first time the regeneration limit. But a passing comment in a children's television programme later this month is set to rewrite history and cast the Doctor, iconic hero of the world's most successful and longest-running science fiction series, as immortal.
While the Doctor and Clyde Langer, played by Daniel Anthony, are in the process of outwitting spooky vulture undertakers the Shansheeth, Clyde asks how many times he can regenerate. The Doctor indicates that there is no limit. The action continues.”
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The Guardian's Report
The first story to mention how many regenerations a Time Lord has was the Fourth Doctor story ‘The Deadly Assassin’ in 1976.
What was the first story to mention how many regenerations a Time Lord has, what caused the Fifth and Tenth Doctors to regenerate, and how many regenerations did the Eleventh Doctor say he was capable of having in ‘Death of the Doctor’?
The Guardian has revealed that the third story in the new series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, ‘Death of the Doctor’, will change a fundamental part of the main show Doctor Who. This is the question about the Doctor’s regenerations, and how many times he can perform this amazing trick. This is the key part of the report: