Howling:The Doctor merging with the time vortex in "The Flood"

In the very last Eighth Doctor comic strip "The Flood", in Doctor Who Magazine, the Doctor leaps into the time vortex and is imbued with its power. After the temporal energy leaves him, he recovers. But then if he could survive that, why did his absorbing of the energy from Rose in The Parting of the Ways necessitate a regeneration? 82.20.113.152talk to me 21:34, April 21, 2013 (UTC)