Originally posted by cosmichobo
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Originally posted by Admiral Mappalazarou
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Originally posted by P-90_177
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Without outside interference, Time Lords have 12 regenerations by default. This means there should have been a Thirteen Doctor at some point. However, as previously stated, Tenth used an additional regeneration after being shot by the Daleks. As a result, the final Doctor should be the Twelve incarnation. If John Hurt's character was the original born Galifrayian because he started calling himself The Doctor, then Eleven is the twelfth incarnation and therefore the last incarnation.
First Doctor to Tenth Doctor was 9 regenerations. 10 was used creating the DoctorDonna and 11 was used with the current Doctor. If John Hurt regenerated into the First Doctor, then that would be the final regeneration used up. The interesting thing is, Valeyard was said to be the Doctor's penultimate incarnation, so with one regeneration left, Valeyard should be the next form the Doctor takes before fully regenerating into Twelve. It was also specifically said Valeyard is between his 12th and 13th regeneration, not his 12 to 13 incarnation (which can not longer happen thanks to Tenth) so The Doctor will use his up his twelfth regeneration, become Valeyard (his 12th incarnation) before finally settling into his 13th incarnation. It fits he'd be Valeyard, or I'm just really overthinking it at 12:23am.
So I can't see John Hurt being the pre-Doctor because Eleven would have no regenerations left and be the last Doctor. With that all said, I am certain the groundwork has been laid to give the Doctor more regenerations in the future, be it with Amy recreating the Doctor with her memory after Big Bang 2 or River giving The Doctor all her remaining regeneration energy (or even earlier with the entire human race psychically empowering the Doctor).
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