mrsparky opened this issue on Aug 04, 2013 · 53 posts
Cage posted Wed, 07 August 2013 at 11:52 AM
Quote - Actually, I've wondered if it is possible for a Time Lord to regenerate to a different gender? And speaking of Romana again, when Mary Tamm left for Lala Ward, was Romana regeberating then or was that something else ?
I don't think the audience has ever been shown directly any Time Lord character who has switched gender while regenerating, at least in the "classic" and current runs of the TV show itself. The matter may have been semi-canonically dealt with somehow in one of the other media. :unsure: But since the later 70s, various producers, showrunners, and performers have all presented the idea to the public. I think the showrunner support of the idea reveals that it is taken seriously by those who can decide what is and is not acceptable and true and valid in the fictional universe of Doctor Who, and probably indicates that it can happen... at least as long as people who support the possibility remain in such positions of influence.
In-story, I think the Doctor has made some comments in various episodes, since the start of the new series. "He used to be a woman," or that sort of thing, when talking about some now long gone Time Lord. (Maybe it was in the Gaiman episode?) But is that to be taken seriously? Until and unless we see it happen, it may remain a question along the lines of whether we should take seriously the idea that Doctor number eight was half-human. As far as I know, we've never been presented with direct evidence that regeneration gender swaps can truly occur. :unsure:
Fans and various books about the series (I get almost all my ideas from my muddled recollection of repeated readings of the About Time series) seem to take for granted that Romana's various changes of form in Destiny of the Daleks were, indeed, regenerations, although (again!) that question has never been directly answered. There is fan disagreement about this matter (as almost all matters :lol:). Some maintain that we saw some sort of projection of potential regenerated forms, and not true physical regenerations of Romana. Some suggest that Romana was in that strangely flexible period which directly follows a regeneration, so she could change form repeatedly without sacrificing any limited count of total regenerations. If that's what you're asking. :unsure: If you're asking whether Romana 2 was a regeneration of Romana 1, then the answer does seem to be an unusually solid "yes".
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