The Monk from Planet of the Spiders

Ok random question: So, 3 died in Planet. But K'anpo Rimpoche helped by putting what is essentially his essence/consciousness inside the Doctor to get him to regenerate. So what I want to know, is K'anpo part Doctor/the Doctor is part K'anpo since the 4th Doctor onwards?

That's now how I perceived what happened. He just helped kickstart the regeneration.

iank wrote:That's now how I perceived what happened. He just helped kickstart the regeneration.

This.
He even says "I'll just give the process a little push"

To me it was nothing more than a psychic nudge saying wakey wakey time to change.