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So, everybody knows that a flatworm regenerates itself if it is injured, from a new tail to a new head. Recently, however, it has been discovered that an injured flat worm will regenerate badly if it is hit with drugs or electricity while it is trying to regenerate. This does not bode well for an injured immortal hit with a flashy Quickening...
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What happens if an immortal is lobotomized? Even if the destroyed neurons grow back, it seems probable that there would be permanent memory loss and changes in personality.Comment
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True. No pushmepullyou immortals.Originally posted by dubiousbystander View Post
Cyrus, (Hi Cyrus!) I don't see why. Whatever the immortal has before he is injured or killed, is what he has when he recovers, right?“A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
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Anne mentioned that Duncan had no scars. But Kurgan, Kalas and Kane each had scars on their necks from near misses. Kronos had the facial scar which he supposedly got before his first death as an immortal. But that is an inconsistency from the writers. Amanda also had a head wound for her first death but no major scar so... nothing is set in stone. It is all speculation on our part.
I do believe that part of an Immortal's healing ability comes from having an elevated white cell count. Those are the ones that fight infection and accelerate healing.
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I think it's all the Quickening. The power is independent of the body, connected to it in the neck. Oooh, now there's a thought. Only if a cut is to the bone will it leave a scar on the neck, perchance? *giggle* The Quickening is hidden under the Ligamentum Nuchae! (I just learned those words today)
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Evidence suggests, from what we've seen, that the lobotomy will not change the Immortal's memories because all of that is in the Quickening. Not in the brain, and I think there we hit the tremendous fault in Big Finish's ideas for their stories. Particularly for their 4 Horsemen arc.Originally posted by Cyrus The Great View PostComment
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The memories will come back eventually. They did for Duncan in Deadly Medicine after he was hit by a car and declared brain dead.Comment
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Yeah, we know that memories are "backed up" in their Quickening energies. It's like walking around with a hard drive (your brain), but it's constantly backing itself up to the Cloud.Comment
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And we know that they don't "reset" to factory new. They reset to "last saved healthy condition". Otherwise they'd have to build up new muscle mass and callouses every time they died.Comment
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Totally different immortality than Captain Jack Harkness. They had him regenerate on Torchwood from an arm, a severed head and a few rib bones.Comment
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But the Doctor almost regenerated from a hand into a second Who, that is, Rose got her own Doctor to keep, but he was mortal.“A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
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I suppose, "Its a kind of magic." 
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