Re: INSANE Doctor Who Plot Leaks Reveals SHOCKING Comeback In Finale

Tim Merrigan <tppm@rr.ca.com> wrote:

As for the Timeless Child:  It was invented for the same reason that
regeneration was in the first place, as a technobabble excuse for the
show to continue after reaching the (artificially imposed) limit on the
number of regenerations, and the actor becoming unable to continue to
play the part, respectively.

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"The Five Doctors" back in 1983 established that the regeneration
limit was something the Time Lords could extend, since they made such
an offer to The Master.