Advanced Dungeons & Doctors

[bunsen_h]

The Eye of Rassilon

This ancient Gallifreyan artifact appears to be a fine faceted citrine, about an inch and a half across, and has a faint indeterminate magical aura.  If an adventurer attempts to look through it, s/he may (10%) see a brief image of the past or the future, or from an alternate past, present, or future -- and at the same time will

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[henrytroup]

Regeneration (Gallifreyan)
- is that a positive or a negative thing? A randomly timed, random effect change in physique and personality, sounds more like a curse than anything else.

[bunsen_h]

A positive thing, I think, on the whole. It seems to only activate when the body is dying. Has there been an exception? (I know that there's some dispute about Romana's regeneration, which appeared to be for cosmetic purposes.)

[henrytroup]

Remember that to me, Jon Pertwee is still the definitive Doctor... And I vaguely remember the first two.

[bunsen_h]

I saw Pertwee for a year or so before Baker came in, and I found the later transition to Davison hard to take -- I was so used to Baker that I found Davison irritating. I pretty much stopped watching the show a few months after the latter transition, IIRC, though it's been an awfully long time and my recollections may be incorrect.