Why does the Doctor hate himself?

He regrets his actions and the Time Lord victorious, and he hates himself for losing himself so completely.
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Why do the Time Lords hate the Doctor?

The Daleks are genetically programmed to consider themselves the supreme beings in the universe, and they never forgot that moment of vulnerability, hating the Doctor for being - in their view - superior to them.
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Why does the Doctor hate regenerating?

As Moffat also mentions in the video, this recalls the viewpoint of the Tenth Doctor (as played by David Tennant) on the idea of regeneration. 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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Does the master hate the Doctor?

The Master's dislike of the Doctor has been well established in Doctor Who canon, and they will do anything they can to hurt the Doctor, no matter how extreme. For whatever reason, the Doctor has always been very fond of the Earth.
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What happens when the Doctor dies Doctor Who?

When a Time Lord is brought to the brink of death, whether through illness, injury, old age or simply by choice, they can choose to invoke the rite of regeneration. In the Doctor Who canon, Time Lords like the Doctor are typically afforded twelve regenerations (or thirteen lifetimes).
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Does the Doctor have infinite regenerations?

Doctor Who Just Removed One Of The Original Show's Most Frustrating Time Lord Rules. Doctor Who just undid one of its major rules regarding the Time Lord regeneration process, allowing The Doctor to have unlimited regenerations. Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for Doctor Who "The Timeless Children."
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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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What made the Master insane?

A childhood friend of the Doctor, the Master was driven insane after looking into the Untempered Schism on Gallifrey at the age of eight. Like the Doctor, he fled from the Time Lord's home planet in a stolen TARDIS.
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Is Clara the Doctor's daughter?

Clara is the future child of the Doctor and River who's had her memory erased. The two Time Lords must be up to something on their nights away from River's prison cell.
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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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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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How many regenerations does the Doctor have left?

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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How many lives do Time Lords have?

Time Lords used to have thirteen lives." In Death of the Doctor (a 2010 The Sarah Jane Adventures serial), the Eleventh Doctor says he can regenerate 507 times (early news reports, before the episode was broadcast, suggested he would say there is no limit to the number of regenerations).
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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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Do 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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Is the Doctor immortal?

The extra-terrestrial being known only as The Doctor - whose adventures are chronicled in the cult sci-fi series 'Doctor Who' - has officially been revealed as an immortal.
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Why does the Tardis not like Clara?

In answering that question in Doctor Who Magazine, Moffat suggested that the TARDIS' dislike of the current companion may be due to her sceptical nature and how she did not seem suitably awed by the Doctor's spaceship. Or, as he said, “It's almost like it's all building to something…
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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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Does the Doctor love Clara or river?

River makes a point of it that she knows the Doctor doesn't love her, but the Doctor never confirms that. It also seems that anytime River claims the Doctor doesn't love her, the Doctor looks rather uncomfortable (or at least 12 did).
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Why can the Master hear drums?

We know that the Master had been hearing it since childhood when he looked into the Untempered Schizm on Gallifrey. More importantly, we know that the sound itself is nothing more than a tiny signal – a link for Gallifrey to escape from the Time War, or at least, to break the time lock on it.
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How many regenerations has the Master had?

The short story Girl Power! indicates that the Master had had a total of nineteen incarnations up to, and including Missy. Only instances where the Master has "died" count as regenerations, and not the instances of bodysnatching or undergoing chameleon arch identities.
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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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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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Do Time Lords sleep?

Time Lords can put themselves into a self-induced trance of sleep which reduces bodily functions to a minimum, while allowing them to still contemplate complex ideas.
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