Could the Doctor regenerate into a Dalek?

Later, when the Eleventh Doctor begins his regeneration into the Twelfth Doctor in "The Time of the Doctor", he is able to control his regeneration energy and sends out energy blasts that obliterate nearby Daleks and an entire Dalek saucer.
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Can the Doctor regenerate infinitely?

He travels through time and space, saves the Earth, and has millions of fans all over the world. But as every "Whovian" knows, the Doctor cannot last for ever: Time Lords are able to regenerate only 12 times before they die.
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Does regeneration hurt Doctor Who?

According to the Eleventh Doctor, every regeneration was painful, (TV: Death of the Doctor) with the Seventh Doctor once describing regeneration as a good and bad feeling in the same way driving a car very fast was a good and bad feeling, enjoying the exhilaration of the process but knowing you were going to "die" at ...
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Why did the first doctor refuse to regenerate?

He resisted changing for as long as possible because, as he said, regeneration “feels like dying. Everything I am dies. Some new man goes sauntering away.”
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How can the Doctor regenerate more than 12 times?

One is River's regenerations, the other is that the rule is a law that was passed in Gallifrey, not a biological thing. The regeneration limit was a rule enforced by the high counsel, not a biological limit. The master exceeded his 12 so the doctor can too. River gave him all but three of her regenerations.
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How is there a 14th Doctor?

In April, a BBC article (opens in new tab) teased that the next Doctor would be revealed very soon; on Sunday, May 8, the announcement finally came along. After months and months of guessing, it was revealed that Doctor Who bosses had chosen Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa as the 14th Doctor.
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Is River a Time Lord?

No. River Song is not a Time Lord. The title and distinction belongs solely to those beings from the world of Gallifrey who have been indoctrinated, trained and introduced to the Time Vortex via a particular set of rituals, instruction and guidance.
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Why was the 10th Doctor regeneration so violent?

The reason is Tenth doctor "didn't want to go". Due to him forcibly regenerating to save his life, the impact of the regeneration caused mass destruction, flames and violence.
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Can all Gallifreyans regenerate?

As much as it annoys me to say it, the evidence points towards Gallifreyans not being able to regenerate, at least without Symbiotic Nuclei. One case of such is when we see Gallifreyan citizens being slaughtered by Daleks. On the other hand, Daleks have some pretty goddamn good weapons.
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What happens to the old Doctor when he regenerates?

As the Doctor regenerates from person to person, his character undergoes a transition of varying degree. Though sometimes more subtle than others, his personality is always distinct.
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How many regenerations does River song have?

Assuming they did not, it would appear that Melody Pond/River Song gave up TEN incarnations (9 regenerations) to save The Doctor. First Regeneration - while homeless, young Melody Pond apparently succumbed to hunger & illness, undergoing her first regeneration in the episode "Day of the Moon".
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Can a Time Lord regenerate into a child?

From what I've been able to find; Yes, a Time Lord can regenerate into a child-like form. The best example I've been able to find thus far is The Master regenerating into Professor Yana.
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Will there be a 14th Doctor?

The BBC has announced that Ncuti Gatwa, who plays Eric Effiong on Sex Education, will be playing the 14th Doctor!
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Is Tecteun a Omega?

Tecteun is Omega. The real reason behind the rumor Rassilon was behind Omega's fall into the black hole wasn't(just) wanting the glory all to himself. Instead, Omega came to regret the horrible things he did to give his people a form of immortality and wanted to come clean.
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How many regenerations does the Master have left?

Despite being the first Master to appear on screen, this iteration of the character is actually the Master's final natural regeneration, having previously renewed himself 12 times off-screen.
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Is the Doctor Tecteun?

Incarnations of Tecteun

After becoming the foster parent of the Timeless Child, a mysterious being who eventually became the Doctor, she extracted the regeneration code from her child, splicing it into her own body and into other Shobogans'.
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How does a Gallifreyan become a Time Lord?

The majority of Time Lords were genetically Gallifreyans, since they arose from the species; they considered themselves to be the elite of Gallifreyan society, (PROSE: Interference - Book Two) as only a select few bloodlines had been granted the privilege of becoming Time Lords when Rassilon originally unveiled the Eye ...
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Can Time Lords reproduce with humans?

Gallifreyans can probably have children with humans.

Neither happened on screen. The Fourth Doctor's companion Leela married a Gallifreyan Time Lord, and in non-screen materials they had the first natural-born child on Gallifrey in millennia.
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Is the Doctor actually Gallifreyan?

The Doctor, as explained at length by the Master, was not Gallifreyan at all. She was discovered as a child on another planet by a Gallifreyan scientist called Tecteun (Seylan Baxter), who – after bringing her back home – extracted her power to regenerate in order to form the basis of Time Lord society.
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Can a Time Lord choose not to regenerate?

Now in the penultimate episode of series 9, the Doctor states that when Time Lords are dying, even if they cannot regenerate their body tries to regenerate automatically - they have no choice. So the Master's body should have done it for him whether he wanted to or not.
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What is the Doctor's true name?

John Smith. The Doctor's most common alias (apart from the Doctor, obviously), this is his standard pseudonym on Earth.
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Are Time Lords immortal?

As the Time Lords were further developed, so too were the laws of regeneration. It eventually became clear that, while regeneration had given the Doctor a way of evading multiple deaths, Time Lords were not immortal and there were still ways they could die.
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Is Clara River Song's daughter?

Clara is a future regeneration of River Song who's had her memory erased. River is, after all, a Time Lord. We've seen her regenerate before.
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Is Clara a Dalek?

She is the sole survivor of the starship Alaska, which crashed on the Asylum, a prison planet for insane Daleks. Oswin then learns from the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) that she has been converted from human into a Dalek and has coped by retreating into a fantasy of her own intact survival.
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Why is River Song backwards?

River Song's Timeline isn't backwards (and neither is the Doctors). Their individual timelines move forward from birth to death (in the loosest sense of the word) but as time travellers they are free to visit any time and space in any order.
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