Mmm... this feels like explaining a family in-joke or something... one of those "you had to be there" things probably.
You could say it's an affectionate dig at the latest Doctor's foibles, and also the absurdities of the Who world in general, and the plot of that episode in particular.
But I think the Doctor comes out of it rather well still, cos of how he takes it.
In case you don't know "regeneration" means when the Doctor is fatally injured, he can regenerate his body into a new one. (Played by a different actor.)
He'd just regenerated before this episode, so when his whole life flashed before him, it was a "life" of about 24 hours, most of which he spent ill in bed. And now the first thing he's done has gotten him killed. Hence "Bugger". :)
And cos he can regenerate, he (probably) won't be killed by the arrows, just forced to his next incarnation, in which he'll most likely will win through in the end, yet again.
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Hmm... how to explain...
*Thinks*
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You could say it's an affectionate dig at the latest Doctor's foibles, and also the absurdities of the Who world in general, and the plot of that episode in particular.
But I think the Doctor comes out of it rather well still, cos of how he takes it.
In case you don't know "regeneration" means when the Doctor is fatally injured, he can regenerate his body into a new one. (Played by a different actor.)
He'd just regenerated before this episode, so when his whole life flashed before him, it was a "life" of about 24 hours, most of which he spent ill in bed. And now the first thing he's done has gotten him killed. Hence "Bugger". :)
And cos he can regenerate, he (probably) won't be killed by the arrows, just forced to his next incarnation, in which he'll most likely will win through in the end, yet again.
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That and "Bugger". :)
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