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On whether Time Lords have the option to regenerate or not, Terrance Dicks said this:
"The Master.
'No, my dear Doctor, you must die! Die, Doctor! Die, Doctor. Die!'
The Master's face grew to enormous size. He threw back his head and laughed and laughed...
Perhaps his taunts affected the Doctor even more than the appeals of his old companions. The one thing the Doctor had never done in all his lives was let the Master have the last laugh.
Reality split, fragmented, shattered into a thousand pieces, a million choices.
Somehow amongst them all the Doctor chose survival."
The regeneration of the Fifth Doctor, The Caves of Androzani, 1984.
Newcomers to the series will be asking whether the Master can willfully choose not to regenerate - he can indeed. I believe that was referenced back in 1976 in Deadly Assassin as well, but i could be mistaken.
"The Master.
'No, my dear Doctor, you must die! Die, Doctor! Die, Doctor. Die!'
The Master's face grew to enormous size. He threw back his head and laughed and laughed...
Perhaps his taunts affected the Doctor even more than the appeals of his old companions. The one thing the Doctor had never done in all his lives was let the Master have the last laugh.
Reality split, fragmented, shattered into a thousand pieces, a million choices.
Somehow amongst them all the Doctor chose survival."
The regeneration of the Fifth Doctor, The Caves of Androzani, 1984.
Newcomers to the series will be asking whether the Master can willfully choose not to regenerate - he can indeed. I believe that was referenced back in 1976 in Deadly Assassin as well, but i could be mistaken.
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