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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]].
[[Romanadvoratrelundar]]'s '''third incarnation''' was a matter of contention. However, both of the purported successors to [[Romana II]] continued to serve as [[President of the High Council]] and ended up going to lengths that some deemed immoral as they led Gallifrey through devastating wars.
 
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)}})
 
== 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)}})
 
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)}})
 
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)}})
 
== Leading Gallifrey though its "darkest hour" ==
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[[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)}})
 
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)}})
 
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)}})
 
== 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 she returned to her native [[Gallifrey]] after her adventures in [[the Axis]], [[Romana II]] met a [[Matrix projection]] of her next incarnation, a black-haired woman with prominent cheekbones, who adopted the nickname of "[[Trey]]" to avoid confusion. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Renaissance (audio story)|Renaissance]]'') In her own era, she led Gallifrey through a series of cataclysmic events that started with the return of [[Omega]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') and continued with a devastating war ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Luna Romana (audio story)|Luna Romana]]'', ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'') that eventually left Romana III as the [[Last of the Time Lords|last of her kind]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Renaissance (audio story)|Renaissance]]'') However, [[Irving Braxiatel]] eventually altered the timelines, averting Romana II's regeneration into this incarnation so as to also avoid the war. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'')
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)}})


As shown in another set of accounts, with the [[War in Heaven]] looming on the horizon, Romana voluntarily regenerated into an incarnation more suited to war, who adopted the title of "[[War Queen]] of the [[Nine Gallifreys]]", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') copying the appearance of [[Miranda Pelham]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tomb of Valdemar (novel)|Tomb of Valdemar]]'') As the War Queen, Romana thus appeared as a slim, but imposing woman 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 [[pearl]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') This incarnation lived into old age, dying her hair a chestnut colour and becoming riddled with arthritis. Eventually, she regenerated into a [[Romana IV|an incarnation with dark eyes and clear ebony skin]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tomb of Valdemar (novel)|Tomb of Valdemar]]'')
== 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.  


==Behind the scenes==
[[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)}})
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]]".


[[James Goss]] created [[Juliet Landau]]'s "Trey" incarnation of Romana for the [[Big Finish]] audio stories. It was unclear which incarnation of Romana she was, and Goss initially contrasted her with "other future Romanadvoratrelundars" such as the "brilliantly glacial flapper", Romana III, who first appeared in [[Paul Cornell]]'s ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]''. ([[VOR 56]]) However, Lady Trey was later definitively shown to be the third Romana in ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]''.
== Behind the scenes ==
[[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]]
* 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 {{cs|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 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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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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