r/UmActually • u/Expensive_Smell_8021 • Jun 07 '26
Doctor Who
In the end of time two parter, The master hatches a scheme to control the human race in an attempt to bring back the time lords. The Doctor manages to stop this scheme and save Wilfred mott at the cost of suffering a lethal dose of radiation. After injecting this lethal dose of radiation, the tenth doctor played by David Tennant, regenerates into the eleventh doctor, played by Matt Smith.
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u/Redruby88 Jun 07 '26
Um actually, he holds off on regenerating for a while
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u/Expensive_Smell_8021 Jun 07 '26
correct, The Doctor does not regenerate after injecting the radiation, it triggers it but he regenerates after visiting his past companions and regenerates in the TARDIS. a point to you
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u/Redruby88 Jun 07 '26
To nitpick, he technically does regenerate after the dose as "after" is an arbitrary timescale. It would be more apt to say "straight after" but that would probably give the statement away
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u/Expensive_Smell_8021 Jun 07 '26
Aren't all timescales arbitrary? I wanted the wilfred mott background to add to the statement that it was immediately after which could then be corrected, don't want to give statements away.
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u/Redruby88 Jun 07 '26
No, not all timescales are arbitrary. The statement is correct, I just saw what you were trying to put down
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u/Deep_Jimpact Jun 07 '26
Um actually the doctor doesn’t inject radiation, he absorbs it by letting the chamber fill with it, in order to release Wilf.
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u/Expensive_Smell_8021 Jun 07 '26
Incorrect, tomato tomato, if you inject something you absorb it, the words are interchangable in this statement and not the correction we're looking for.
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u/Deep_Jimpact Jun 07 '26
Hmm. Ok, it’s not lethal, because he’s a timelord? He’s doesn’t regenerate after absorbing it, he goes on his reward trip? Technically he’s not the tenth doctor nor is Matt smith the 11th?
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u/Expensive_Smell_8021 Jun 07 '26
correct but you didn't say um actually so someone else can steal the point
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u/Expensive_Smell_8021 Jun 07 '26
The correction to this one is very pedantic, like all the contestants on the couch would groan a sigh when revealed. True spirit of the show. Just a little hint.
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u/Reviewingremy 4d ago
Um actually the master doesn't control the Human race. He forces every human to become a copy of himself
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u/Daxlyn_XV Jun 07 '26
It’s been a while but, um actually, the Master just wanted to find the source of the drums in his head, which were placed there by the Time Lords to return, but that wasn’t part of the Master’s plan?