Regeneration: Would you do it?

[VonKlaw]

Since I'd get to keep my memories, and keeping my morals would ensure I wouldn't become some inhuman sociopathic monster, I'd happily go for this - a different version of me who acts slightly differently and maybe interprets things differently still sounds a hell of a lot better than dying.

And as for the physical appearance change, I'm already an ugly bastard -whats the worst that can happen?

 

[Psychobabble]

I don't know about regenerating. Probably not. Even so this lets me pose the question I've always thought about asking - how do people get invested in Doctor Who so much if every regeneration is a complete reboot of the character, mentally and physically? That kind of limits any emotional or bonding arcs doesn't it?

It's really just a cheap inside joke about the various actors that played "The Doctor" over the years of the series.

 

[Aurora Firestorm]

Yeah, I'd do it. After all, I still have my memories. If I lost those, then I'd say no, what's the point, but as long as I can tell my friends this will happen, and I still remember them, I would do it. They'd have to get used to a new me, but hopefully they could help encourage me to be a similar person to the one they all knew and loved. Personalities are mutable, and I expect that my memories would help me be a similar person. Experiences make up a lot of who you are.

 

[DaWaffledude]

If I regenerate, there's still something left of me. Even if it's not me walking around, there's at least someone carrying around my life's memories and continuing my life's work. Better that than losing everything.

 

[ClockworkPenguin]

Well, even if they are completely different bar some basic personality traits i'd go for it, it seems somewhat petty to just die and not give the next guy a chance just because he's not me. After all, I have a different face and personality to the guy I was 5 years ago. It's not really all that different, just more abrupt.

 

[Daverson]

Get out of death free card? I'm finding it hard to see a downside here, I mean, sure, you're becoming a different person, but, you know, the alternative, is becoming a corpse.

I don't imagine I'd enjoy being a corpse.

 

[Phrozenflame500]

So I either regenerate with a new body with possibly a new personality, or I die.

Yeah I'll take regeneration.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

Would I? Definitely. No question. And I do still age normally, but I would regenerate rather than die of old age. So that's not really an issue.

 

[Chris Tian]

I would totally do that.

I think memories and morals make up the biggest part of a person anyway, so I would have some different character traits but still be "myself" at least sort of and at the core.

At the end you choose between a somewhat new existance and not existing at all, thats really no choice at all for me.

 

[TheScottishMexican42]

I'll even say my own opinion.
If I died in an unexpected way, like car crash or cancer, I'd regenerate as it would have been an unfair death, your life hasn't been lived completely.
However, if I ever feel like I've lived a long life, and am tired of the world, I'd stop the process from completing.