How many lives has the Doctor used and when did Steven Moffat write it in? In the Impossible Astronaut we see the Doctor get shot, start to regenerate then get shot again. But he wasnt supposed to as this was his last life. Theres an argument to be made that since this was the tesselctor and a rouse he made it appear that way but since when could the tesselector emit regeneration energy? In the Nightmare in Silver episode he also mentions that he could just regenerate his way out of it but that cant be the case if this is his last life. And finally, in Lets Kill Hitler he asks the TARDIS about regeneration and is told that it has been supressed by the poison, not that he cant because this is his last life. Surely if anyone would know how many lives he had left it would be him or his TARDIS? You have to understand that Stevens hands were tied by Russell T Davies wasting a regeneration for the sake of a bloody trailer (its too late, Im regenerating) and Chris Eccleston turning down the 50th special but its clear throughout that this was never his plan. Peter Capaldi was supposed to be the last regeneration as evidenced by The Day of the Doctor - No sir, all 13, but at some point this had to be rewritten. If youre going to rewrite things from Classic Doctor Who then thats almost forgivable but to be unable to maintain your own internal logic from 2 years before, thats just poor. If Steven Moffat really wanted to keep Capaldi as the last Doctor it would have been perfectly believable that River giving the Doctor her remaining lives was enough to give him one more regeneration before the Time Lords finally return and reward him with a whole new set.
I.T. Consultant, technophile and Doctor Who fan. I like to talk about tech, take films apart and make excuses for Doctor Who's continuity errors. No other show has the power to make me feel like a big kid.
