David Tennant's #10 transforms into Matthew Smith's #11

If true, then the overall theme that the Doctor is actually Earth’s ‘god/savior’ is finalized by making him immortal. Russell T. Davies still controls the franchise via Sarah Jane Chronicles. We wonder if Moffet will incorporate this tidbit into #11′s ‘future’. — WM

(DEN OF GEEK) — We knew this was coming. It’s long been stated in Doctor Who lore that our favourite Time Lord gets twelve regenerations in his life, before time finally comes to an end for him. And while there have been hints over the years about how this will be circumnavigated when the time comes, we’re getting ever closer to the point where it needs to be addressed directly. After all, we’re on Doctor number eleven so far, Matt Smith, and that leaves two actors to take the role before the number’s up.

via Has Doctor Who just solved the regeneration problem? – Den of Geek.

Christopher Eccleston as ‘The Doctor’ in Season One’s Finale ‘Parting of the Ways’. — Image – BBC Productions)

“I reached into the Dark and made new life. I am the God of all Daleks.” (The Emperor)

“Driven mad by your own flesh…You hate your own existence.” Doctor to Dalek Emperor.

“YOU KNOW the Doctor, you understand him, you will predict his actions.” Thus said one of the Daleks in Parting of the Ways, the final episode of Doctor Who, Season One (originally broadcast in 2005). If you’re not familiar with the Doctor or the Time War or the Daleks, then I strongly recommend you plan a weekend’s viewing, beginning with Season One, starring Christopher Eccleston as the enigmatic Time Lord known cryptically as ‘The Doctor’. (more…)