The new Doctor Who to be a woman

[OldBlueLady]

At the time it was announced that Capaldi was quitting , there were a number of comments about the original Dr Who story mentioning a limit to the number of regenerations to 12 Drs

Yes, I know....part of the reason I was so disappointed in Capaldi as the "final" Doctor!

 

[Mr Plow]

At the time it was announced that Capaldi was quitting , there were a number of comments about the original Dr Who story mentioning a limit to the number of regenerations to 12 Drs

Yep, I used to read a lot of the books when I was at school and watched a lot of the classic series and from what I remember the Master mentioned the 12 regenerations limit in an episode from 1976 and I believe it was mentioned a couple of times in other classic episodes since but as long as it makes money and retains the viewing figures the writers will find a way to keep it going.

 

[maninasuitcase]

It is a fictional programme, so the writers and producers can do what they like.

I seem to recall that the 12 regenerations 'rule' was introduced when William Hartnall left, but who would have thought the series would still being made 50+ years later.

I can still remember watching Patrick Troughton as the Doctor with the Yetis in the underground. Classic television.

 

[MK Shrimper]

At the time it was announced that Capaldi was quitting , there were a number of comments about the original Dr Who story mentioning a limit to the number of regenerations to 12 Drs

River Song gave the Doctor her regenerations,

 

[Napster]

My daughter is so happy that the new Dr is a female so great stuff.

 

[kaymac]

The Doctor was (and always had been) a Time Lord, presumably JW will be a Time Lady?

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

You could avoid all forms of social media for the last few days and still know exactly who would react negatively to this and who wouldn't. Obviously the Mail, Sun, Express are not happy either.

 

[MK Shrimper]

You could avoid all forms of social media for the last few days and still know exactly who would react negatively to this and who wouldn't. Obviously the Mail, Sun, Express are not happy either.

Only to the point of publishing nude photos of Jodie Whittaker. Scumbags.

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

Only to the point of publishing nude photos of Jodie Whittaker. Scumbags.

it's the Sun's default mode, I don't recall them highlighting how many times Christopher Eccleston has got his **** out on screen.

Things change but reactions stay the same.

 

[southendkid]

But as a traditionalist , isnt this one regeneration too many ?

One of the Christmas episodes had him getting more regenerations from Time Lords who are trapped in another dimension, that's what Wikipedia says anyway, I wasn't too sure what was going on. Airing a confusing episode to explain how The Doctor can keep regenerating on a day where everyone will be drunk wasn't the best idea from the BBC.

 

[Uncle Leo]

My daughter is so happy that the new Dr is a female so great stuff.

Excellent. If this decision makes even one girl happy - and it'll be many more than that of course - then that's worth a million angry BTL comments on Mail Online and bitter Facebook posts.

 

[Phippsy]

But enough to comment on a thread about it.

I only had a look to see if there were any (ahem) pics of the new doctor . :blush: it was purely for research .

 

[MK Shrimper]

I only had a look to see if there were any (ahem) pics of the new doctor . :blush: it was purely for research .

 

[Lord Football]

I am a geek. Ok.

Time Lords get 12 regenerations. However, Matt Smith should have been the last Doctor because

a. John Hurt's War Doctor was not included in the count
b. David Tennant's kinda regenerated into a duplicate human form

This was all explained in Smith's last episode when he had aged and was waiting to die. However, the Time Lords in the space rift (the crack) gave him an unlimited number of regenerations. A "reset" as Smith called it immediately prior to his eulogy.

So, essentially, we do not now know how many regenerations are left....