The Sixth Doctor was the sixth incarnation of the Time Lord known as the Doctor. Arrogant, dramatic, self-absorbed, driven and stubborn, the sixth incarnation instantly believed himself superior to almost anyone he encountered. Nevertheless, he did possess great reserves of compassion, which occasionally shone through. This incarnation died after being weakened by fighting the Lamprey and having the Rani bomb his TARDIS with lasers before being forced to regenerate by his seventh incarnation so a champion for Time could be born.