Why do Time Lords have two hearts?

One, it's exactly that, a coincidence, and both races – whatever the Timeless Child is, and the Shobogans of Gallifrey – have two hearts. Two, the genetic experiments Tecteun conducted to derive regeneration from the Timeless Child altered the Time Lords to have two hearts too.
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Do all Time Lords have two hearts?

The process allows them to disguise themselves as humans physiologically and psychologically, meaning they only have one heart and are stripped of non-human powers, and of any memory of having been a Time Lord.
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Why does Dr Who have 2 Hearts?

A binary vascular system was a type of circulatory system in which the blood vessels led to two hearts. Time Lords had a binary vascular system.
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How many hearts does a Time Lord have?

In the very first Jon Pertwee Third Doctor episode "The Spearhead From Space" (1970) it was established that the Doctor possessed two hearts, which casually asserted the idea they may have more than one of other things, too, like brains.
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How many hearts does a Gallifreyan have?

This is consistent with the fact that Galifreyans are born with one heart (as we see in the Prose novel "The Man in the Velvet Mask") and only develop the twinned heart after their first full regeneration: The Doctor knew.
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Can Time Lords have babies?

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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Are Time Lords sterile?

Rassilon led a revolution against the Pythia, eventually causing her to kill herself and send her followers to the planet Karn. However, before she died she cursed Rassilon and all future Time Lords to sterility.
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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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Are all Time Lords immortal?

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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Is everyone on Gallifrey a Time Lord?

The basic idea is that all natives of Gallifrey are Gallifreyans, but only those who pass through the Time Lord Academy are Time Lords. That includes everyone from technicians to the President.
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Why is Gallifrey in a bubble?

At the conclusion of "The Day of the Doctor" (2013), Gallifrey is revealed to have actually survived the Time War, though it was frozen in time and transported into a bubble universe, before being unfrozen and arriving at the end of the universe at a chronological point before "Hell Bent" (2015).
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Why does River know the Doctor's name?

The simple answer is that we do not know. River's method of learning the Doctor's name has not yet been shown or explained on-screen. It is strongly implied that she knew it before she died in the Library, however, as it's the Doctor's explanation for why he trusts her.
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What is the Doctor's real 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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What did the Doctor whisper to River Song?

On The Wedding of River Song he whispers, "Look into my eye." and then lies and says that he just told her his name. That's when River realized that what he whispered to her when they first met was his name.
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How long can a Time Lord live?

Well, the way I see it, at least from the point of view as it's presented, is each timelord life gets around about 80-100 years, so they age normally, if a timelord regenerates due to injury (as every doctor bar Hartnell) has, the "extra years" stack up into the next regeneration, so they could potentially live twice ...
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Who killed the Time Lords?

Doctor Who and the Time War

Davies for the Doctor Who Magazine before the 50th Anniversary, the short story set before 'Rose' depicts a different account of the Time War's outcome, with the Eighth Doctor using the Moment to destroy the Time Lords and Daleks alike and end the Last Great Time War once and for all.
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Can Time Lords regenerate infinitely?

A Time Lord can only regenerate 12 times, meaning after the 13th incarnation, they would truly die. This way, the show could switch leads a good deal of times throughout its run, and leave the problem of what to do when that run is up for the future writers to address.
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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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Is the Doctor the last Time Lord?

He has experienced the cutting-off (the end of experience, i.e. "death") of every other timeline of every other Gallifreyan who lived while he was alive, and as we go forward in his own timeline, no new Gallifreyans can be born. So in this sense, The Doctor is indeed the last of the Time Lords.
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Are Weeping Angels Time Lords?

The Weeping Angels being disgraced Time Lords creates a classic Doctor Who time travel paradox - the Time Lord punishment was inspired by the Weeping Angels, but the Weeping Angels were created by the Time Lords' punishment.
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Can Time Lords get drunk?

This is thought to be because they metabolize alcohol very quickly. But there is an exception to that rule-- if ginger beer gets involved, then it can reduce their ability to tolerate alcohol and leave them feeling a bit worse for wear. So if you ever want to get a Time Lord drunk, ginger beer is the way to go.
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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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What are Time Lords allergic to?

Aspirin and Time Lords
  • Aspirin was a poison fatal to Time Lords. ( ...
  • Jo Grant once offered an unidentified tablet to the Third Doctor, who declined because it was for the wrong metabolism and would probably kill him. (
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Is the master the hybrid?

The Master had become a hybrid being born of the Time Lords and the Cybermen among the ruins of Gallifrey. The Master unraveled the Web of Time by hacking into the Time Lord Matrix and uncovering the truth behind the Timeless Child.
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How are Time Lords born?

Time Lords aren't born, they're crafted. At the age of eight, every Gallifreyan child is brought before the Untempered Schism, a tear in the fabric of time and space. To look upon it is to see eternity.
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