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Doctor Who is 50: 53 - Regeneration Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/25/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

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The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates!

This is 1 of 58 puzzle caches in a series that were created to commemorate Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary. There is a Bonus Cache for this series that you can find, if you feel inclined to do so. The waypoint is GC4PHNE.


Doctor Who is a British science fiction television program produced by the BBC. The series follows the adventures of mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as "The Doctor", a Time Lord from the planet of Gallifrey, who explores time and space with various companions in his ship, the TARDIS.

On 23rd November this year (2013) Doctor Who celebrates its 50th Anniversary, making it the longest running science fiction television series in the world.


Regeneration was the process by which Time Lords renewed themselves, causing a complete physical and often psychological change. It could happen because of severe illness or injury. It could also be invoked by choice, whether voluntary or involuntary. Conversely, regeneration could be prevented by choice, although failure to regenerate from fatal damage was essentially a choice to die

A Crashed into Karn
B old age
C exposure to Metebelis III crystal radiation in cave of the Great One
D radiation poisoning
E Fall from a great height, specifically the Pharos Project radio telescope
F Shot by local gang and operated upon by Grace Holloway, who accidentally administered a lethal anesthetic
G forcibly regenerated by the time lords prior to exile on Earth
H fatal contraction of Spectrox Toxaemia after handling raw spectrox
I absorbing the Time Vortex to save Rose Tyler, and nobody is meant to do that
J TARDIS shot down by the Rani who then tried to confuse and control the Doctor in his befuddled post-regenerative state

N 47 GA.FGC W 121 HA.IB(E-C)

Remember to record the Gallifrey symbols found in the log book, they are needed to determine the coordinates of the bonus cache of this series. After conversion, 29 are labeled North and 29 are labeled West followed by a number. The bonus cache, The Best Idea Ever Invented, provides the instructions how to determine its coordinates.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Byq ohearq bhg fghzc nobir ebnq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)