| I'll have to concede that is not a mistake then, but now that the new series has been running for a year I see that the BBC Doctor Who website mentions he may have more than 12 Regenerations (13 Incarnations) due to the fact that the it was revealed that the Time Lords were wiped out in a Time War with the Daleks.
I wondered what difference that made, then I read speculation that the limit might not be a natural one, but a limit imposed by the High Council to prevent rogue timelords thinking of themselves as 'gods.'
In the story 'The Five Doctors', the Master was offered a new cycle of regenerations by the High Council in exchange for his help so it would seem the Time Lords have the ability to bypass the limit.
As obcooke said "this being science fiction... Dr. Who has never been a series to let consistancy stand in the way of telling a story." |