How did the doctor regenerate from 9th to 10th doctor when the council of time lords presumably was wiped out with the rest of their species by the Daleks?
SA) Because he can. LA) The ability to regenerate is first granted by the Time Lords, but does not need them there to actively take part in the process. It’s a biological process that happens automatically when all the cell’s in a Time Lord’s body near death, which in one instance happened after he was declared dead (see The Movie), but not that long after that tissue was still viable, so it doesn’t appear to need any conscious effort to do it. Possibly the anaesthetics from surgery delayed the process. It also seems that regeneration can be consciously performed (see Romana in Destiny of the Daleks in the original series). A regeneration is not fixed for up to 15 hours after it starts, so any damage occuring in the first 15 hours can be repaired. Such as growing a new hand in The Christmas Invasion.
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