The Doctor (Doctor Who) Time Lords a fixed number of twelve regenerations, meaning that every Time Lord had a total of thirteen incarnations including the original. The plot of "The Time of the Doctor" involves the Doctor receiving a new cycle of regenerations from the Time Lords before his expected demise, triggering the regeneration into the Twelfth Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi. The origins of the programme were explored in the docudrama "An Adventure in Space and Time" as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of "Doctor Who", which starred David Bradley as William Hartnell. Although Time Lords resemble humans, their physiology differs in
Doctor Who in Canada and the United States result, when the new Fall schedule was announced, "Doctor Who" was not on the list. Universal did try to find "Doctor Who" a home on another broadcast or cable network, but were unsuccessful by the time their relationship expired with the BBC on 31 December 1997. The TV movie was the first time a "Doctor Who" adventure was broadcast across the United States at the same time. The movie was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, though it was set in San Francisco, and is to date the only "Doctor Who" story to be filmed in Canada. The film had its