matt smith played the tenth doctor from doctor who.
matt smith played the tenth doctor from doctor who.
who plays the tenth doctor from doctor who?
matt smith
in his final serial, the second doctor states that time lords can live forever, "barring accidents." when "accidents" do occur, time lords can usually regenerate into a new body. it is stated in "the deadly assassin" that time lords can only regenerate a total of twelve times, giving a theoretical final total of thirteen incarnations. it is possible to exceed this limit: in "the five doctors" the time lords offer the master, who is inhabiting a trakenite body after exhausting his original twelve regenerations, a new regeneration cycle as reward for his help and cooperation, and at some point during the time war they resurrected him, with his new body having at least one regeneration of its own. regeneration is apparently optional, as in "last of the time lords" the master refuses to regenerate despite the tenth doctor's pleading. in addition, there are ways of killing a time lord that do not permit regeneration; for example, more than once it has been implied that stopping both the doctor's hearts simultaneously would accomplish this (as demonstrated in the eleventh doctor story "the impossible astronaut"). the chancellery guard (gallifrey's equivalent of a police force) are armed with stasers, weapons capable of suppressing regeneration. in "death of the doctor", a serial from spin-off programme "the sarah jane adventures", the eleventh doctor flippantly responds to a child that he can regenerate "507" times; writer russell t. davies intended this line as a joke. due to the retroactive creation of a numberless war doctor and the tenth doctor's aborted regeneration in "the stolen earth"/"journey's end", the eleventh doctor was the final incarnation in his natural cycle. the time lords used a crack in the universe to give him a new cycle consisting of an unknown number of regenerations in "the time of the doctor", triggering the regeneration into the twelfth doctor (peter capaldi). the twelfth doctor later claims to be uncertain he "won't keep regenerating forever" ("kill the moon"), and even rassilon, the president of the time lords, expresses uncertainty about how many regenerations the doctor has available to him.
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as the face of the "doctor who" franchise for 2005–10, the tenth doctor appears extensively in "doctor who" spin-off media; in the majority of these series, the character simply takes after the place of the ninth doctor, and in turn is replaced by the eleventh following the debut of the 2010 series. novels featuring the tenth doctor are all published by bbc books. the character appears in new series adventures novels spanning from "the stone rose" (april 2006) to "the krillitane storm" (september 2009). a number "decide your destiny" novels were published between july 2007 and march 2008, as well as five books published as a part of quick reads initiative, a government-sponsored adult literacy project. bbc children's books released their own 10-part series, "the darksmith legacy", supported by an interactive tie-in website. additionally, short stories are frequently published in "doctor who magazine", "the doctor who storybook" series (2007–10 editions), the bbc website, and annuals and suchlike; one example being the story "the lodger" by gareth roberts, later adapted into an eleventh doctor television episode of the same name. national newspapers "the daily telegraph" and "the sunday times" have each published one christmas-themed tenth doctor short story. additionally, the tenth doctor appears in a novelisation of his "the sarah jane adventures" crossover appearance. the tenth doctor also appears extensively in comic books, replacing the ninth doctor in those published in "doctor who magazine", and the younger-audience "doctor who adventures" and "". american comic book publisher initially published a 2008 tenth doctor and martha jones miniseries between january and june 2006. this was later followed by a truly ongoing tenth doctor series in july 2009, set during the 2008–2010 specials and lasting sixteen issues before relaunching with the eleventh doctor. in stories set after "journey's end", the doctor is accompanied by numerous one-off and recurring companions who do not feature in the television series.
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