just on how regeneration was established.
please elaborate.
Not counting the EU, the classic series established 12 regenerations, no more no less, and then that was the end. While the closest thing a Time Lord could control was their appearance; Night of the Doctor comes along claiming to engineer the Doctor to a “warrior” and that the ninth, tenth, and eleventh incarnations were in name only.
With the 2013 Christmas special, the long awaiting of looking forward to the final thirteenth incarnation where his death would be on Trenzalore, the prophecy of
"the oldest question in the universe would be asked…" (Clara read the book w/ the Doctors name in Journey to the Center of the TARDIS then had flashbacks of it in The Name of the Doctor) with the Silence, and the Doctors future encounter with Lorna Bucket was all thrown in the trash when the BBC made the changes in the 50th anniversary special. It was a sorry excuse of trying to wrap it all up.Well they kinda had to do something about a timelord having only 12 regenerations. If they did not, the Doctor would eventually die and the show would be over.
The show was supposed to end after 12. The fact that it was going to have an ending is the core reason why people tuned into it especially I. First off, the Meta-Crisis Doctor was not meant to be an actual regeneration because he did not change in appearance and the War Doctor was something that was clearly not haven through enough. Claiming that Matt Smith was the last incarnation and the Time Lord’s surviving and being the one the prophecy was talking about were last minute changes to keep the show going on forever for the BBC’s own selfish agenda’s.
Also, for a show like this that’s going to be going on forever with no series finale end in sight, what’s the point in continuing to watch it? They could’ve easily rebooted the show after it ended.