Reincarnation was the belief that someone'sspirit was reborn in a new body after thedeath of the old body.

Metempsychosis was an ancient belief in the migration of the soul after death, held by Pythagoras and his tutorOenuphis. Pythagoras believed thatthe Doctor'smultiple incarnations were proof of metempsychosis. (PROSE:The Pythagoras Problem^[+]Loading...["The Pythagoras Problem (short story)"])

Helen Angove was the reincarnation ofFanny Knight. (PROSE:Contributors^[+]Loading...["Contributors (short story)"])

Attila the Hun thought thatYasmin Khan might have been a reincarnation ofQueenZenobia ofPalmyra. (PROSE:Combat Magicks^[+]Loading...["Combat Magicks (novel)"])

TheAztecs believedBarbara Wright to be a reincarnation ofYetaxa. (TV:The Aztecs^[+]Loading...["The Aztecs (TV story)"])

Buddhists believed in reincarnation, specifically that they would be reborn over and over again until they were free from suffering and obtainedNirvana. (AUDIO:The Natural History of Fear^[+]Loading...["The Natural History of Fear (audio story)"])

TheKronteps believed in a form of reincarnation: after a brave death, their spirit was supposed to return to life, to be born in a more noble warrior, until in the final stage a Krontep would become a king and, eventually, reach the home of the gods. (TV:Mindwarp^[+]Loading...["Mindwarp (TV story)"])

After his encounter withThe Book of the Old Time, theSeventh Doctor began to suspect that beforeregeneration, there had been reincarnation. (PROSE:Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible^[+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)"]) The Doctor later discovered that he might have been the genetic reincarnation ofthe Other. (PROSE:Lungbarrow^[+]Loading...["Lungbarrow (novel)"])

TheVandosians usedquantum runes to determine when and where a person was reincarnated. Through this, they believed that in1979,Shogalath had returned in the body of thehuman,Phil Tyson. UnderVandosian law, a reincarnation was to be held accountable for the previous life's crimes. (COMIC:Mr Nobody^[+]Loading...["Mr Nobody (comic story)"])

TheGreat Intelligence is the ultimate result of an ascended soul which began asGordon James Lethbridge-Stewart and through many reincarnations ended, thousands of years in the future, withMahasamatman. The other reincarnations includedOwain Vine andAdam Wicks. (PROSE:The Forgotten Son^[+]Loading...["The Forgotten Son (novel)"],Night of the Intelligence^[+]Loading...["Night of the Intelligence (novel)"])

By the59th century, thehumans had made resurrection commonplace. (AUDIO:Blood on Santa's Claw^[+]Loading...["Blood on Santa's Claw (audio story)"])

TheFourteenth Doctor somewhat considers himself the rebornTenth Doctor. (COMIC:Into Control^[+]Loading...["Into Control (comic story)"])

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TheAja'ib contained tales involving reincarnation. (PROSE:Bafflement and Devotion^[+]Loading...["Bafflement and Devotion (short story)"])