Why is the War Doctor not counted

Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcutsThe last great time war begins after the 1996 film doctor who, during paul mcgann's timeline.Massive spoilers about the doctor who christmas special ahead].Audiences had always presumed that the eighth doctor had regenerated into the ninth, however due to the new series starting afresh with eccleston, this was never confirmed.Because according to a tom baker story the deadly assassin the doctor can regenerate only 12 times and have 13 bodies.

This is a reference to the first doctor's regeneration, where the dying doctor made a similar.So, this has bothered me since the 50th anniversary, but the eighth doctor explicitly chose warrior when picking the elixir.The war doctor was retroactively created by showrunner steven.Warrior makes a bit more sense than 'war doctor', though i understand why they went with that and not warrior.3) just as hurt is about to press that red crystal in the special tennant and smith say:

Introducing john hurt as the doctor.