#bi regeneration

[causalityparadoxes]

[cbartonscoffee]

If you think David Tennant overshadowed Ncuti Gatwa that sounds like a you problem. It was clearly not planned that way, it wasn't perceived that way by most and Ncuti absolutely smashes his screen time. If you can't see that, then the person that can't look at Ncuti while David is there is you, and I'm sorry, but that's not the fault of anyone involved in the making of the special, because Ncuti shines and he slays.

[katelynsimpsince2016]

after sleeping on the latest anniversary special i think i’m at peace with the whole bi-generation thing because it does something i don’t think it would’ve been able to do if it was executed in any other way. it allows the show to move the fuck on.

nuwho began with this mysterious sense that something bad happened. that this man, this alien, is filled with guilt and pain from something terrible. that theme of a horrible anguish being thinly veiled under a witty, dorky shield has been consistent throughout every incarnation of the doctor since. it’s a brilliant piece of characterisation but the doctor always being weighed down by this insurmountable grief i think was always going to hold the show back eventually. tragedy is inherent to doctor who but when does it become hard to believe that the main character is somehow able to continue on after everything they’ve gone through. what effect would this have on the audience, especially long-term fans? letting go of past companions and doctors is something that doctor who fans are notoriously bad at and i just wonder if it would become too much for the show to handle at one point. but now it won’t anymore.

bi-generation allows the doctor to heal from everything they’ve gone through whilst still being able to barrel into the next adventure. there’s a million theories on where 14 will end up but i think what matters the most is that the doctor is finally happy. not in a temporary, tenuous state of thrill that will only last until the start of the next episode or when the next threat appears around the corner but truly happy. unlike in previous versions of this story where the doctor gets an impossible happy ending which we never get to see onscreen (e.g. tentoo settling down with rose) we are actually going to witness 15 be joyful and alive, no longer held down by what’s come before. a fresh start almost. not to say that the time war or the flux were so horrific that the doctor never could’ve gotten over them but i don’t think the doctor healing would’ve been believable without him literally splitting in two, allowing him time to breathe and slow down as 14 whilst untethering him from the past and allowing him to fully spread his wings as 15. it’s not a perfect conclusion to this era (and discussions on whether bi-generation undermined ncuti’s entrance and role as THE doctor are completely valid) but i’m ultimately glad it happened

[tenderlywicked]

Whatever one might think about the bi-regeneration, it's obvious that it would have been impossible to start a new journey on a light, joyful note without dumping all the previous trauma somewhere on the way. I mean — look at the poor guy, he’s practically a walking PTSD!

[vammieposts]

david tennant mitosis is occuring at an ever increasing rate. By 2050 there will be over 100 david tennants running about the multiverse

[darkbluegemstones]

Me explaining that bi-regeneration is a clue to something. It isn't just a random thing Rtd decided to do and it is highly likely that will play a key role in who Ruby is.

Why do I think that? The clothes of the person who left Ruby were robey. This implies time lord to me. We Know previously the master turned themselves human and was a baby when Yana.

Bi regeneration now exists in the Who verse meaning it is possible for a previous regeneration to exist while a new one does.

Therefore either the Master/Missy or Rani could very well leave a human disguised baby version of themselves to trap the doctor. And for that person not to know.

Now I am not saying it is that but I am just saying it is a possibility.

[man049]

Now that it has been a couple of days and I processed everything and I saw different views on it, I feel like I was too harsh on bi-regeneration. The whole "every face bi-regenerated" it's just a theory/interpretation Russel made on a commentary, and creators are allowed to have headcanons of their own stories. With that out, it doesn't really change anything about The Doctor.

I'm still not too big on how they handled The Doctor's trauma. Having him take a rest is perfect, no issues with that, the problem is that they don't address what is The Doctor going to do once he inevitably outlives the entire Noble family. That's going to be severely traumatic for him and it's the reason he never settles down, which was the whole point of the meta crisis.

I think two ways to explain this would have been:

Have The 14th Doctor talk about it with 15 or Donna, and have him say he knows it's going to hurt him but that he is aware is going to hurt him more to run away. Because of The Husbands Of River Song we know that with enough courage The Doctor is able to live with someone even if it pains them to know he will outlive them.

Don't have The Doctor stuck with the Noble family. Have him be someone who travels NOT for adventure but to settle down in different places with different people, including ones he has met. Maybe you could see this as him still running away from his fears but I think it's a decent way to have him heal while still acknowledging the unchangeable tragedy of his character.

[timeandspacenovelist]

BBC: Hey, Russell, we've had three Doctors in the last year. What is this bi-regeneration thing gonna mean going forward?

RTD:

[hitmeehwithyourbestshot]

After Watching Doctor Who The Giggle, i have so many questions about 14 & 15

[arkitiore]

New master just dropped 😛

[youcouldbewonderful]

my roomates response to this scene had me in tears

[causalityparadoxes]

Okay so i fucking ADOREEE tenthree getting his tentoo ending. Good for him that last scene was ADORABLE

My thoughts are to the future are most confused and conflicted tho. Like is David Tennant just a background Doctor now? Can he regenerate?? Is he still immortal??

Like if it were me? I'd leave it a few years and have a watcher style 're-absorbtion' (for lack of a better term) once he's lived out that peaceful life. Or id have him be unable to regenerate.

But like im not Russell. So like Rusty, buddy, baby, honey. I'm so glad you gave him and Donna their best mates for life happy ending. But whats the game plan here???? What is the long term implications of 2 fully fledged doctors????????

[cipher-fresh]

Is there like an alien information database at UNIT that the employees contribute to when they learn about alien life. One of the soldiers who watched the bi-generation instantly feels themself age a thousand years because they know they’re going to have to add this to UNIT Wikipedia and the Doctor sure as hell is not going to contribute any information

[katelynsimpsince2016]

another thing i love about the bi-generation thing is just how fucking buck wild sci-fi it is. how 14 and 15 both exist at once but are at two entirely different points in the doctor’s development. 14 is at the very beginning of the doctor’s journey towards self-love whilst 15 is at the other end of that journey, joyful and full of life. he’s so obviously not chained down by his past and so much more mature it’s almost startling. i know we were all caught off guard by 14’s emotional vulnerability but 15 is just name dropping companions left and right completely unprompted, something the doctor NEVER does. also the way that they interact with each is just a walking visualisation of self love. it’s hard to get my head around but just so beautiful. and when they look at one another they’re both staring into a mirror, a manifestation of the different diverging paths for the doctor (that might unite again if you believe 14 will eventually regenerate into 15). the way they’re both fundamentally the doctor but totally different all the same. how 14 closes out the doctor’s story and 15 starts it anew

[tenderlywicked]

The conflict: he's such a sweet babygirl, isn't he... but I totally want to torment him some more.

The results: I've binge-written a rather angsty fic (and maybe figured out the possible reason for bi-regeneration as well). Any volunteers to beta-read it? Warnings: whump, spoilers for The Star Beast.

UPD: beta found!

UPD 2: The fic is on AO3 now. Many, many thanks to my betas @bookswillfindyouaway and @mulder-its-me-223!

[why-and-or-bother]

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