During Eleven’s era, it’s easy to forget that he has run out of regenerations.

Time Lords are traditionally limited to 12 regenerations - in other words; 13 faces.

So,Eleven was always far more at risk than his predecessors.

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The implication is that the Doctor was once actually subjected to the 12-regeneration limit.

So, Eleven could actually have died in “The Time of the Doctor.”

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Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor against various imagery from Doctor Who

An alien from the planet Gallifrey travels through time and space to explore, solve problems and fight injustice while also making friends with human beings. His spaceship, called TARDIS, resembles a police box, but it is much more than it appears to be.

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An alien from the planet Gallifrey travels through time and space to explore, solve problems and fight injustice while also making friends with human beings. His spaceship, called TARDIS, resembles a police box, but it is much more than it appears to be.

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Headshot Of Christopher Eccleston

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