Subject: In a word? "Fast".
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Posted on: 2009-08-17 16:47:00 UTC

Evidence from both the Old and New Series indicate that a Time Lord can't regenerate if the death is too fast. Witness the Doctor's drowning in Turn Left, or the shooting of the Castellan in Five Doctors.

The Doctor has also been in danger of permanent death from having his brain burnt out (Forest of the Dead), and according to the Tardis Wiki, you can kill a Time Lord by stabbing both hearts simultaneously. Or you could just make them not want to regenerate (Last of the Time Lords).

To be honest, regeneration is one of the least useful aspects of Time Lord-ness. There's just so /many/ ways to stop or disrupt it; the Doctor worries about dying practically every story.

hS

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