I can't tell you how many regenerations, but it was a finite number close to 12 or 13.
I remember a episode where this small group of aliens(5 or 6) had stolen Timelord technology and created a form of regeneration for themselves, but it backfired causing horrible endless pain to millions of their people and they punished the group by casting them out to live forever in horrible endless pain in a star ship.
These aliens were ?directed? by the master to find Dr. Who knowing that he couldn't resist helping them and that in order to help them it would require him to use his final 5 or 6 regenerations to end their endless torment resulting in his death. I pretty sure it was the 6th or 7th doctor so 12 or 13 regenerations.
There were also episodes dealing with The Master trying to take Dr. Who's body, but instead settled for a scientist's body because after a certain number of ?illegal? regenerations a Time Lords body started to break down putting them in constant endless torment as the body slowly fell apart.
If I remember right it was implied that after a certain number of regenerations the Time Lord's body started to break down quicker than in the previous regeneration.
There was also a story arc dealing with a evil Dr. Who in his last regeneration working for the Time Lord Council to take all his past lives regenerations. I'm pretty sure the episode claimed it was the 12th doctor that was in his last regeneration.
howard melton
God Bless
I remember a episode where this small group of aliens(5 or 6) had stolen Timelord technology and created a form of regeneration for themselves, but it backfired causing horrible endless pain to millions of their people and they punished the group by casting them out to live forever in horrible endless pain in a star ship.
These aliens were ?directed? by the master to find Dr. Who knowing that he couldn't resist helping them and that in order to help them it would require him to use his final 5 or 6 regenerations to end their endless torment resulting in his death. I pretty sure it was the 6th or 7th doctor so 12 or 13 regenerations.
There were also episodes dealing with The Master trying to take Dr. Who's body, but instead settled for a scientist's body because after a certain number of ?illegal? regenerations a Time Lords body started to break down putting them in constant endless torment as the body slowly fell apart.
If I remember right it was implied that after a certain number of regenerations the Time Lord's body started to break down quicker than in the previous regeneration.
There was also a story arc dealing with a evil Dr. Who in his last regeneration working for the Time Lord Council to take all his past lives regenerations. I'm pretty sure the episode claimed it was the 12th doctor that was in his last regeneration.
howard melton
God Bless