Romana (Doctor Who)
Romana is a female extraterrestrial television character who features in Doctor Who.
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Biography
Romana
She graduated with a 'triple first' from the Time Lord Academy on Gallifrey. (Episode: The Ribos Operation) One of her early jobs was working in the Bureau of Ancient Records on Gallifrey. (Episode: State of Decay)
Romana first met the Doctor when she was a young 125 year old where she was a relatively inexperienced Time Lady. The White Guardian sent Romana to help the Doctor and K9 Mark II locate the Key to Time. It was the Doctor who gave her the shortened version of her name. (Episode: The Ribos Operation) It was during this mission that she visited Earth for the first time. (Episode: The Stones of Blood) After the completion of the quest, the Doctor installed a randomiser in the TARDIS to evade the Black Guardian and his wrath. As a result, the travellers did not know where they would materialise next. (Episode: The Armageddon Factor) Romana regenerated into a new incarnation, seemingly on a whim, adopting the likeness of Princess Astra of Atrios. (Episode: Destiny of the Daleks) An adventure on the planet Skaro followed her regeneration, during which Romana encountered the Daleks. (Episode: Destiny of the Daleks) In this incarnation, Romana travelled for a time with the Doctor and K9. Leaving the randomiser behind on Argolis, (Episode: The Leisure Hive) the three accidentally passed through a CVE into the universe called E-Space. It was here they encountered Adric. (Episode: Full Circle) Adric stowed away onboard the TARDIS and all the travellers were brought to an encounter with an ancient enemy of the Time Lords, the Great Vampire. (Episode: State of Decay) Romana and the Doctor parted when she decided to remain in E-Space with K9 to help the enslaved Tharils regain their freedom. The Doctor and Adric left for N-Space, the Doctor's native universe. (Episode: Warriors' Gate)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Though she was known as Romanadvoratrelundar, the Doctor came to call her by the name Romana. (Episode: The Ribos Operation)
She had a haughty, aristocratic air and her personality did not always mix well with that of the Doctor. (Episode: The Ribos Operation)
Romana was exceptionally cleve on par with the Doctor and shown to be strong-willed. She shared many personality traits with the Doctor. She was capable of killing when necessary, though she didn't like it - when she shot one of the guards on Zanak, she instantly regretted it. (Episode: The Pirate Planet)
In her first incarnation, she was haughty and "by the book" and occasionally annoyed by the Doctor's eccentricities. She did not mind taking on the form of Princess Astra of Atrios. (Episode: The Armageddon Factor)
In her second incarnation, Romana was more bubbly and free-spirited, a female version of the Fourth Doctor. She liked to emulate the Doctor's sartorial style, initially wearing a pink version of his overcoat, complete with a white scarf. (Episode: Destiny of the Daleks)
She also wore period Earth-style outfits such as a schoolgirl costume. (Episode: City of Death) She did on at least one occasion slip back into the haughty nature of her first incarnation. (Episode: The Creature from the Pit)
Powers and abilities
Romana was a Gallifreyan Time Lady and thus possessed all the natural traits of her species. (Episode: The Ribos Operation)
As a Time Lady, she also possessed the ability to perform a Regeneration. This completely renewed her body and caused her appearance to change as a result. (Episode: Destiny of the Daleks)
Notes
- Romana was portrayed initially by actress Mary Tamm then by actress Lalla Ward where the character featured in the Doctor Who universe.
- Over the course of Season 16, Romana begins to take on some of the characteristics of the screaming "damsel in distress", which reinforced Tamm's decision not to remain in the role as she felt the character had been taken as far as she could go.
- An article by Russell T Davies in the Doctor Who Annual 2006 states that Romana was President of the Time Lords during the Last Great Time War against the Daleks, which ended with Gallifrey being destroyed.
In other media
Novels
- In Doctor Who: Blood Harvest, Romana appeared in the setting of the non-canon Virgin New Adventures novel written by Terrance Dicks. Romana II leaves E-Space and returns to Gallifrey with the help of the Seventh Doctor.
- In Doctor Who: Goth Opera, Romana appeared in the setting of the non-canon Missing Adventures novel written by Paul Cornell. It was shown that she was given a seat on the High Council of Time Lords.
Comics
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