Hm, here it is, courtesy of the site I mentioned --
Jo: (speaking into a log recorder) His respiration was very shallow and his skin icy to the touch. I could find no trace of pulse or heartbeat, and his breathing apparently ceased. But I've seen the Doctor in this condition once before and he recovered after a sudden rise in temperature.
That's it, as far as I can tell. Seems pretty clear, to me anyway, that the lower body temperature was a temporary thing. How it got to be thought of as a normal state of affairs for him, to the point where every fanfic author has to mention how "cool" he is to the touch, I have no idea. (I'm guilty of it too.)
I'd think, with all the hand-holding he does in canon, not to mention medical exams and so on, oh and let's not forget all the times Ten got his face snogged off, someone would have said something about it every now and then.
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Jo: (speaking into a log recorder) His respiration was very shallow and his skin icy to the touch. I could find no trace of pulse or heartbeat, and his breathing apparently ceased. But I've seen the Doctor in this condition once before and he recovered after a sudden rise in temperature.
That's it, as far as I can tell. Seems pretty clear, to me anyway, that the lower body temperature was a temporary thing. How it got to be thought of as a normal state of affairs for him, to the point where every fanfic author has to mention how "cool" he is to the touch, I have no idea. (I'm guilty of it too.)
I'd think, with all the hand-holding he does in canon, not to mention medical exams and so on, oh and let's not forget all the times Ten got his face snogged off, someone would have said something about it every now and then.