In Journey's End, the Doctor tells Donna that the human brain can't contain a Time Lord mind. How is it possible with the cloned Doctor, if he has a human body? Wouldn't he shortly start to experience the same side-effects?
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Who is to say he didn't go insane after the full Gallifreyan Doctor left?– XantecCommented Jun 7, 2013 at 19:11
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@Xantec I thought about this, but I figured that if the Doctor thought it would even be a possibility, he wouldn't have left him there, and the Doctor is a pretty sharp guy. One might say, "Clever."– CoronusCommented Jun 7, 2013 at 19:23
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2He is pretty clever, but he has a tendency to bluff his way though most things. He doesn't seem to actually know all that much.– XantecCommented Jun 7, 2013 at 19:51
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1Or maybe that is what he wants you to think. If he left the impression he always had the answer, people might stop seeking it on their own. He absolutely would prefer for you to be self-reliant where possible. So his illusion of not knowing anything could simply be the default setting to Rule Number 1: The Doctor Lies.– Thaddeus HowzeCommented Jun 7, 2013 at 21:14
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1All I can be sure of is The Doctor does lie when it suits him to do so. You ARE supposed to trust that he knows what he is doing, but he will lie to you just the same. And he has ALWAYS done it.– Thaddeus HowzeCommented Jun 8, 2013 at 18:34
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The MetaCrisis Doctor was a mixture of Gallifreyan and Human DNA so while he may have come away with a limited lifespan, no regeneration, and only one heart, his brain was still able to manage the information consistent with being a TimeLord because he possessed Gallifreyan DNA. He will likely be comparatively a poor Gallifreyan but a superior Human, overall.
The DoctorDonna was a Human who was temporarily exposed through the Metacrisis to the INFORMATION embedded within a TimeLord's mind. However, she was incapable of maintaining access to the information because of her Human brain.
Since he would have no further contact with the TARDIS he may still possess a number of superior physical and mental characteristics consistent with Gallifreyans but the superior long-term memory may be one of the casualties of the Metacrisis Event.
The primary difference is Donna was all Human and had no chance of keeping access to the stores of amazing information available to her. If I were a betting man, I would assume it was the TARDIS which helped her be able to make sense of it at all, sufficient enough for her to use it for a time and buffered her from the worst effects of it.
Human-Time Lord Meta-Crisis is the term applied to a hybridised organism that combined the traits of a Time Lord and human. Only two have been known to exist, namely the "DoctorDonna" and the Meta-Crisis Doctor.
The DoctorDonna was an example of a human with a Time Lord consciousness. She had to be reverted to her human self; her brain could not hold a such a consciousness. The Doctor had to erase her mind of all knowledge of him. (TV: Journey's End) Despite this, Donna's latent consciousness remained half-Time Lord, protecting her when the Master turned the world into copies of himself. Apparently, it also subconsciously guided her to buy a book for her grandfather, which led the Doctor and him to Joshua Naismith. (TV: The End of Time)
The Meta-Crisis Doctor seemed to be a mixture of the two races. He did not burn up, presumably having a Time Lord brain, but only had one heart and could not regenerate. He also showed quirks of Donna Noble, the human with whom the Meta-Crisis occurred. (TV: Journey's End) -- TARDIS Wikia > Human-TimeLord Metacrisis
answered Jun 7, 2013 at 19:02
I suppose in the case you're referring two, the biology of a Time Lord would also be cloned, thereby enabling the cloned Doctor to contain a Time Lord's mind.
answered Jun 7, 2013 at 19:02
The Meta-Crisis Doctor IS the doctor's consciousness in human form. It's no different than when the Doctor put his consciousness in the fob watch. The new body is merely a "handy bio-matching receptacle" which happens to have the ability to act and move. When the doctor nearly regenerated after being shot by the dalek part of his life force was put into the energy around him and sent into the hand which was touched by Donna which created the new doctor. So when the doctor tells Donna's mom and grandfather that she took his mind into her own and it was a "time lord consciousness" it's a completely different process. Meta-crisis won't burn because he IS the doctor. It's the same consciousness. He can't be overwhelmed by new information because he already knows it all. Does that make sense?
