Can Time Lords choose their appearance whenever they regenerate or is it always random?And if The Doctor's regenerations are random because he's a novice time lord, does he eventually get an understanding of how to regenerate in order to become The Cur

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Anonymous 09/24/14 (Wed) 00:52:51 No.2144

Can Time Lords choose their appearance whenever they regenerate or is it always random?

And if The Doctor's regenerations are random because he's a novice time lord, does he eventually get an understanding of how to regenerate in order to become The Curator?

Anonymous 09/24/14 (Wed) 01:14:46 No.2145

if I remember correctly it's mostly random but he got to choose once or twice I think

maybe that was just romana

Anonymous 09/24/14 (Wed) 03:24:23 No.2150

>>2144
Time Lords CAN choose, it's just that The Doctor is rubbish at being a Time Lord. However, judging from The Curator we can assume at one point he finally learns how to.

Anonymous 09/25/14 (Thu) 00:20:38 No.2156

>>2150
Why choose a familiar face though especially a face he so choose to age?

Anonymous 09/25/14 (Thu) 05:07:31 No.2172

>>2156
Maybe he just had that face for a very very long time.

The war doctor had to regenerate when his body aged too much, right?

Anonymous 09/25/14 (Thu) 05:10:11 No.2173

>>2172
Didn't the First Doctor regenerate from old age too?

Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 01:10:10 No.7512

>>2150
They CAN choose, and usually are doing so from old age, not dying horribly. The poor bastard's been irradiated, splattered from a tower, poisoned, gunned down…

Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 01:11:56 No.7513

>>2173
Yes, but the strain was greatly accelerated by dealing with Cybermen.

Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 15:25:26 No.7514

Most Timelords just seem to regenerate when they're getting old and feel they need a new body. Being on the brink of death probably makes it harder to control.

Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 15:29:12 No.7515

I'd love to see them explore what happens to a Time Lord who lives for too long. Presumably there's a reason regenerations are usually capped at twelve.

Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 23:01:18 No.7516

>>7515
Deadly Assassin

Anonymous 05/29/15 (Fri) 10:10:17 No.7612

>>7512

Seriously, his first 5 or so regenerations are incredibly dramatic.