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Accounts differed on the identity and activties of '''[[Romanadvoratrelundar]]’s third incarnation''', i.e. the one who followed [[Romana II]]’s [[regeneration]].
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|appearances = '''''[[Romana III - list of appearances|see list]]'''''
|voice actor= Juliet Landau
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[[Romanadvoratrelundar]]'s '''third incarnation''' was, like [[Romana II|her predecessor]], also [[Lord President|President]] of [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'') She led Gallifrey through its darkest hour. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Luna Romana (audio story)|Luna Romana]]'')


== Biography ==
By most accounts, the third Romana served as [[President of the High Council]] during an all-encompassing [[time war]] between [[Gallifrey]] and another major temporal power. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadows of Avalon (novel)}}; [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Luna Romana (audio story)}}) Other accounts, however, suggest that Romana had eschewed the Presidency during this incarnation and served the [[universe]] in other ways. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lord Romanadvoratrelundar (feature)}}; [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Little Book of Fate (short story)}})
=== A day to come ===
After [[Romana II]] returned from the [[Axis]], she was aided by a [[the Matrix|Matrix]] projection of Romana III. This projection which called herself "Trey" to distinguish herself from her predecessor.


Trey stopped [[Leela]] and [[Narvin]] from returning properly by trapping them in a [[Time loop|Chronic Hysteresis]]. She then showed her younger self the results of the [[Pandora]] devastation. By offering her Capitol to her previous incarnation, Trey saved her thousands of years in rebuilding the planet. She had Romana exiled for the death of [[Kolspen]] of [[Unvoss]]. This occurred in the Matrix. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Renaissance (audio story)|Renaissance]]'')
== War Queen of the Nine Gallifreys ==
{{main|Romana III (The Shadows of Avalon)}}
According to one account, during the first decades of her [[Lord President|Presidency]], Romana II regenerated into a snub-nosed woman with green eyes and dark hair, styled into a fringe, who apparently resembled [[the Doctor's mother]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadows of Avalon (novel)}})


When Romana disappeared, she went with Narvin and Leela to the Archives, where they met [[Tallan]]. She helped Narvin and Leela escape the Matrix before it collapsed. Trey later aided her second incarnation in defeating the [[Dalek]]s, who were invading [[Gallifrey]] in her past. She stopped the invasion force from leaving the Matrix by closing it's doors from the inside. She created a plan to trap the Daleks inside the Matrix, thus stopping them from invading Gallifrey itself. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ascension (audio story)|Ascension]]'')
By this account, Romana would lead [[Gallifrey]] as it approached an all-encompassing [[time war|temporal conflict]] with [[the Enemy]] known as [[War in Heaven|the War in Heaven]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}}, et al.) However, after [[Faction Paradox]] invaded Gallifrey, the War was averted and Gallifrey was destroyed. This resulted in [[Post-War universe|a new form of reality]] where history was “fundamentally altered” and both Gallifrey and the [[Time Lords]] were wiped from the timeline. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}}, {{cs|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)}})


This Matrix projection of Romana III claimed to be the last of [[Time Lord|her people]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Renaissance (audio story)|Renaissance]]'')
In her official capacity as Lady President of the High Council of Gallifrey, she would go by titles such as '''the War Queen''' and '''Mistress of the Nine Gallifreys'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadows of Avalon (novel)}}, {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}})


=== Gallifrey's darkest hour ===
== Leading Gallifrey though its "darkest hour" ==
During the final term of office, Romana III had to deal with an anomaly near [[Earth]], created using the [[Hand of Omega]].  A secret society, known as the [[Adherents of Ohm]], were trying to gain power on Gallifrey, and she suspected that [[Narvin]] might be part of it. There was an attempt to assassinate her though [[Tauras]] managed to save her. She travelled through a black hole after Narvin tracked [[Ace]] there and found out that Tauras had set [[Omega]] free from the anti-matter universe. She tried to travel back into her own universe again but was stuck in the black hole as the [[type 160]] TARDIS she was using ran out of power. She accepted that she along with Narvin and Ace wouldn't see Gallifrey again, until [[Irving Braxiatel]] saved her and went after Omega. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'')
{{main|Trey}}
[[File:Trey_and_II.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Matrix]] projection of [[Romana II]]'s potential successor, dubbed "[[Trey]]", alongside Romana II herself. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Luna Romana (audio story)}})]]In an [[aborted timeline]], however, Romana II regenerated into a young woman with blue eyes and long dark hair styled into a fringe. This regeneration came about as a means of preventing the host ship [[Moros]] from becoming a [[black hole]] and destroying [[Gallifrey]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Enemy Lines (audio story)}})


After Omega returned, a war devastated Gallifrey. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'') As Gallifrey faced its "darkest hour", Romana began to clear sections of the planet in order to make room to build [[Battle TARDIS]]es. She personally attended the decommissioning of Quadrigger [[Stoyn]]'s workstation. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Luna Romana (audio story)|Luna Romana]]'')
By this account, Romana would lead [[Gallifrey]] through its “darkest hour” ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Luna Romana (audio story)}} as it engaged in a large-scale [[time war|temporal conflict]] with [[Omega]] and [[Adherents of Ohm|his adherents]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Enemy Lines (audio story)}}) This [[Time War (Enemy Lines)|Time War]] would escalate to the point wherein Romana, [[Narvin]], and [[Ace]] were found guilty of high treason. However, after Romana sent her friend [[Irving Braxiatel]] back in time to avert her regeneration, the War was [[aborted timeline|averted]]. This resulted in a new timeline wherein she resigns from the Presidency and is succeeded by [[Livia]] and is unsure if she would eventually regenerate into the same third incarnation or not. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Enemy Lines (audio story)}})


=== War Queen of the Nine Gallifreys ===
When a projection of this incarnation appeared through [[the Matrix]] to aid her predecessor, she went by the title of '''Trey'''. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Renaissance (audio story)}}, {{cs|Ascension (Gallifrey audio story)}})
A potentially separate third incarnation of Romana became [[War Queen]] and [[Lady President|President]] of the [[Nine Gallifreys]] in preparation for [[War in Heaven|the upcoming war]]. She had a harder personality than [[Romana II]] and was less friendly towards the [[Eighth Doctor]].


She dispatched [[Cavisadoratrelundar|Cavis]] and [[Gandarotethetledrax|Gandar]] to [[Avalon]] and eventually turned up herself to take possession of [[Compassion]] after Compassion transformed into a [[TARDIS]]. Romana believed Compassion could give the Time Lords a tactical advantage in the War. Instead, the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]] fled inside Compassion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'')
== The fortune teller ==
{{main|Romana (The Little Book of Fate)}}
By one account, at some point during a “forever war spreading through all of time and space”, [[Romana II]] regenerated into a woman with a young face but “the quiet self-possession of one much older”, who styled herself wearing a black [[beret]] and a waistcoat, with a scarf knotted at her throat.  


As the War approached, the Edifice appeared in the skies of Romana III's Gallifrey. The structure created temporal pulses that began washing over the planet, causing civil disorder and mass superstition. In her 150th year as President, she was challenged by former President [[Greyjan the Sane|Greyjan]] in a [[Faction Paradox]] scheme to take over [[Gallifrey]] and re-write its history. The Eighth Doctor destroyed the planet to prevent this. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') [[Marnal]] later showed the amnesiac Eighth Doctor these events, where Romana and one of her soldiers, [[Mali]] tried to restore Gallifrey from one of the Nine Gallifreys. They discovered that Faction Paradox had wiped their Nine Gallifreys from history. Romana wept, knowing that her planet was doomed, and she sent [[K-9 Mark II|K-9]] into [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] to prevent him from destroying Gallifrey.
This incarnation worked with [[Laszlo]] and other [[Tharil|Tharils]] to rescue [[refugee|refugees]] from the all-encompassing temporal conflict. This temporal refugee camp was disguised as a traveling [[carnival]], in which she posed as a '''fortune teller'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Little Book of Fate (short story)}})


Soon after, Faction Paradox [[skulltrooper]]s closed in on Romana and Mali and fired two shots. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'')
== The Lord Cardinal ==
{{main|Romana (Time Fracture)}}
[[File:Liv Spencer Romana.jpg|thumb|right|[[Lord Cardinal]] Romana during the events of [[Operation Time Fracture]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lord Romanadvoratrelundar (feature)}})]]Within the confines of a [[temporal anomaly]] known as the [[Time Fracture]], time began to repeat itself. At some point during this [[time loop]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hello And Congratulations! (short story)}}) Romana, who was now a [[Lord Cardinal]], regenerated into an incarnation with blue eyes and short, blonde hair.


=== Death and regeneration ===
[[UNIT]] had speculated that this incarnation of Romana would make for a powerful ally should she survive Gallifrey’s destruction. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lord Romanadvoratrelundar (feature)}})
As an old woman, this incarnation visited [[Ponch]] on a [[planet]] orbiting the last [[sun]] before the universe's [[heat death]], where he lived among the last [[human]]s. She described it as a [[post-War universe|"godless age"]]. She hadn't seen the Doctor in centuries, and she didn't know where he was.
 
Romana disguised her [[TARDIS]] as the inn [[Janua Foris]] so she could tell Ponch about his past life as [[Huvan]] during her earlier incarnation's encounter with [[Valdemar]]. She used a [[psychic]] attack to convince [[Ofrin]] to let her keep telling the story, though she died in the snow before she could finish. Later, Ponch found her in her TARDIS in a [[Romana IV|younger body]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tomb of Valdemar (novel)|Tomb of Valdemar]]'')
 
=== Rewriting of the timeline ===
[[Irving Braxiatel]] later went back in time and stopped Romana II from [[regeneration|regenerating]], saying that Romana III had sent him to change her past to avert the conflict that devastated Gallifrey. Romana II then stepped down from the Presidency to ensure that future would not take hold.
 
In the wake of Braxiatel's intervention, Romana II was uncertain whether she would eventually regenerate into the same third incarnation or not. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'') When she decided to run again for the Presidency during the first months of the [[Last Great Time War]], she promised to promptly regenerate if she received the public vote, as she was barred by law from serving another term in that incarnation. However, she was instead defeated by [[Valerian (Desperate Measures)|Valerian]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Desperate Measures (audio story)|Desperate Measures]]'')
 
== Personality ==
As a projection, she appeared to have a sunny and perky disposition, and was prone to wanting to give people hugs. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Renaissance (audio story)|Renaissance]]'') Despite this, she could be manipulative and ruthless. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Renaissance (audio story)|Renaissance]]'', ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') She was wistful about [[Romana I|her first incarnation]]'s naivety. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Luna Romana (audio story)|Luna Romana]]'')
 
== Appearance ==
As War Queen, Romana was petite, with black hair and a snub nose. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') She had a fringe, green eyes, and a tattoo of the [[Prydonian]] Seal on her left ankle. She wore pearls. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'')
 
Romana told [[Ponch]] that she had copied her appearance from [[Miranda Pelham]], noting that she'd done it before and would probably do it again, and that Miranda was "such a lovely-looking woman". Ponch ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tomb of Valdemar (novel)|Tomb of Valdemar]]'') and [[Cuthbert Simpson]] both regarded Romana as "beautiful"; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Banquo Legacy]]'') the [[Eighth Doctor]] noted that she looked like [[the Doctor's mother|his mother]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'')
 
In the last days before her death, this incarnation still had fierce eyes and thick chestnut hair, but her skin was pale white and covered with dark creases, and her movements were hindered by [[arthritis|arthritic pain]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tomb of Valdemar (novel)|Tomb of Valdemar]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* Writers involved in the [[War in Heaven|future War]] arc of [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novels based Romana III's described appearance on that of the [[American]] silent film actress {{w|Louise Brooks}}, although upon meeting this incarnation for the first time the Eighth Doctor noted that she now looked worryingly like [[the Doctor's mother|his mother]].
[[File:Juliet-landau-waistcoat-3.jpg|thumb|left|A promotional photograph of [[Juliet Landau]] taken for the use on cover artwork for [[Big Finish Productions]]]][[File:Louise-Brooks-Canary-Murder.jpeg|thumb|right|A publicity still of Gustav von Seyffertitz and Louise Brooks in The Canary Murder Case]]
* [[James Goss]], creator of the "Trey" incarnation of Romana played by [[Juliet Landau]] in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio stories, intended for her to be different from the Romana III of the novels, referring to her as one among "other future Romanadvoratrelundars". ([[VOR 56]]) However, his incarnation was later shown to definitively be the third Romana. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'')
* As is apparent from the above, various writers from across different mediums have attempted to introduce the third incarnation of Romana. While some writers have attempted to distinguish these often contradictory depictions, others have further conflated them.
* [[James Goss]], creator of this incarnation of Romana, uses the spelling "Trey" for her alias, although the syllable from which the nickname was derived is spelled "tre". ([[VOR 56]])
** The first depiction of Romana III, as seen in [[Paul Cornell]]’s {{cs|The Shadows of Avalon (novel)}}  was based on that of [[American]] silent film actress [[Louise Brooks]].  
* Romana is the second Time Lord, after {{Roberts}} as played by [[Eric Roberts]], to be portrayed by an American actor. Unlike Roberts, Juliet Landau plays her role with an English accent.
** [[James Goss]], who penned [[Juliet Landau]]’s first story portraying “Trey” for [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] initially contrasted her with “other future Romanadvoratrelundars” such as the “brilliantly glacial flapper”, Romana III, despite the physical resemblance Landau had to the original depiction of the character. ([[VOR 56]])  
** Later on, however, [[Steve Gallagher]] would introduce his own depiction of Romana III, who serves on the outskirts of some sort of [[Time War]] in {{cs|The Little Book of Fate (short story)}}. While a short story with no illustrations, the description of this incarnation specifically portrays her as wearing a combination of two outfits worn by Landau during the photoshoot for her portrayal of the character: a scarf knotted at her throat, a waistcoat, and a black beret. When asked about the similarity on Twitter, Gallagher responded that it “[w]ould work rather well, wouldn’t it?”"<ref>[https://twitter.com/brooligan/status/1687940932094603265?s=20 Steve Gallagher on Twitter]</ref>


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Romana's third incarnation, to be more similar to pages like The Doctor's ninth incarnation and make it clear this is an overview page

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Accounts differed on the identity and activties of Romanadvoratrelundar’s third incarnation, i.e. the one who followed Romana II’s regeneration.

By most accounts, the third Romana served as President of the High Council during an all-encompassing time war between Gallifrey and another major temporal power. (PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon [+]Loading...["The Shadows of Avalon (novel)"]; AUDIO: Luna Romana [+]Loading...["Luna Romana (audio story)"]) Other accounts, however, suggest that Romana had eschewed the Presidency during this incarnation and served the universe in other ways. (PROSE: Lord Romanadvoratrelundar [+]Loading...["Lord Romanadvoratrelundar (feature)"]; PROSE: The Little Book of Fate [+]Loading...["The Little Book of Fate (short story)"])

War Queen of the Nine Gallifreys[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Romana III (The Shadows of Avalon)

According to one account, during the first decades of her Presidency, Romana II regenerated into a snub-nosed woman with green eyes and dark hair, styled into a fringe, who apparently resembled the Doctor's mother. (PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon [+]Loading...["The Shadows of Avalon (novel)"])

By this account, Romana would lead Gallifrey as it approached an all-encompassing temporal conflict with the Enemy known as the War in Heaven. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell [+]Loading...["The Ancestor Cell (novel)"], et al.) However, after Faction Paradox invaded Gallifrey, the War was averted and Gallifrey was destroyed. This resulted in a new form of reality where history was “fundamentally altered” and both Gallifrey and the Time Lords were wiped from the timeline. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell [+]Loading...["The Ancestor Cell (novel)"], The Adventuress of Henrietta Street [+]Loading...["The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)"])

In her official capacity as Lady President of the High Council of Gallifrey, she would go by titles such as the War Queen and Mistress of the Nine Gallifreys. (PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon [+]Loading...["The Shadows of Avalon (novel)"], The Ancestor Cell [+]Loading...["The Ancestor Cell (novel)"])

Leading Gallifrey though its "darkest hour"[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Trey
The Matrix projection of Romana II's potential successor, dubbed "Trey", alongside Romana II herself. (AUDIO: Luna Romana [+]Loading...["Luna Romana (audio story)"])

In an aborted timeline, however, Romana II regenerated into a young woman with blue eyes and long dark hair styled into a fringe. This regeneration came about as a means of preventing the host ship Moros from becoming a black hole and destroying Gallifrey. (AUDIO: Enemy Lines [+]Loading...["Enemy Lines (audio story)"])

By this account, Romana would lead Gallifrey through its “darkest hour” (AUDIO: Luna Romana [+]Loading...["Luna Romana (audio story)"] as it engaged in a large-scale temporal conflict with Omega and his adherents. (PROSE: Enemy Lines [+]Loading...["Enemy Lines (audio story)"]) This Time War would escalate to the point wherein Romana, Narvin, and Ace were found guilty of high treason. However, after Romana sent her friend Irving Braxiatel back in time to avert her regeneration, the War was averted. This resulted in a new timeline wherein she resigns from the Presidency and is succeeded by Livia and is unsure if she would eventually regenerate into the same third incarnation or not. (AUDIO: Enemy Lines [+]Loading...["Enemy Lines (audio story)"])

When a projection of this incarnation appeared through the Matrix to aid her predecessor, she went by the title of Trey. (AUDIO: Renaissance [+]Loading...["Renaissance (audio story)"], Ascension [+]Loading...["Ascension (Gallifrey audio story)"])

The fortune teller[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Romana (The Little Book of Fate)

By one account, at some point during a “forever war spreading through all of time and space”, Romana II regenerated into a woman with a young face but “the quiet self-possession of one much older”, who styled herself wearing a black beret and a waistcoat, with a scarf knotted at her throat.

This incarnation worked with Laszlo and other Tharils to rescue refugees from the all-encompassing temporal conflict. This temporal refugee camp was disguised as a traveling carnival, in which she posed as a fortune teller. (PROSE: The Little Book of Fate [+]Loading...["The Little Book of Fate (short story)"])

The Lord Cardinal[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Romana (Time Fracture)
Lord Cardinal Romana during the events of Operation Time Fracture (PROSE: Lord Romanadvoratrelundar [+]Loading...["Lord Romanadvoratrelundar (feature)"])

Within the confines of a temporal anomaly known as the Time Fracture, time began to repeat itself. At some point during this time loop, (PROSE: Hello And Congratulations! [+]Loading...["Hello And Congratulations! (short story)"]) Romana, who was now a Lord Cardinal, regenerated into an incarnation with blue eyes and short, blonde hair.

UNIT had speculated that this incarnation of Romana would make for a powerful ally should she survive Gallifrey’s destruction. (PROSE: Lord Romanadvoratrelundar [+]Loading...["Lord Romanadvoratrelundar (feature)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

A promotional photograph of Juliet Landau taken for the use on cover artwork for Big Finish Productions
A publicity still of Gustav von Seyffertitz and Louise Brooks in The Canary Murder Case
  • As is apparent from the above, various writers from across different mediums have attempted to introduce the third incarnation of Romana. While some writers have attempted to distinguish these often contradictory depictions, others have further conflated them.
    • The first depiction of Romana III, as seen in Paul Cornell’s The Shadows of Avalon [+]Loading...["The Shadows of Avalon (novel)"] was based on that of American silent film actress Louise Brooks.
    • James Goss, who penned Juliet Landau’s first story portraying “Trey” for Big Finish initially contrasted her with “other future Romanadvoratrelundars” such as the “brilliantly glacial flapper”, Romana III, despite the physical resemblance Landau had to the original depiction of the character. (VOR 56)
    • Later on, however, Steve Gallagher would introduce his own depiction of Romana III, who serves on the outskirts of some sort of Time War in The Little Book of Fate [+]Loading...["The Little Book of Fate (short story)"]. While a short story with no illustrations, the description of this incarnation specifically portrays her as wearing a combination of two outfits worn by Landau during the photoshoot for her portrayal of the character: a scarf knotted at her throat, a waistcoat, and a black beret. When asked about the similarity on Twitter, Gallagher responded that it “[w]ould work rather well, wouldn’t it?”"[1]
  1. ↑ Steve Gallagher on Twitter
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