Romana II

Romana II
Main aliases:	Romana
Place of origin:	Gallifrey
Appearances:	Full List of Appearances
Main actor:	[[actor::Lalla Ward|Lalla Ward]]

In her second incarnation, Romanadvoratrelundar (Romana for short), continued to travel with the Doctor until she decided to remain in E-Space. Later, she returned to the main universe and eventually assumed the office of Lady President.

Biography

Regeneration

Romana decided to regenerate into a form just like of Princess Astra. The Doctor protested that she had no right to assume the likeness of another person, so she went briefly though other alternative forms, she settled back on Astra's. (DW: Destiny of the Daleks)

Adventures in the TARDIS

The Doctor soon got accustomed to her new form, to the point where he implied that he considered her his best friend.

After forgetting all about the matter of her return to Gallifrey, the Doctor received a message from the Time Lords requesting (or rather, ordering) him to return her to Gallifrey now that she had helped him find the segments to the Key to Time. While en route, the Doctor's TARDIS entered a Charged Vacuum Emboitment to E-Space (DW: Full Circle). With K-9 damaged by time winds, the regular universe remained inaccessible to him and so she decided to stay with him in the new universe and to help the Tharils rid themselves of their enslavers. (DW: Warriors' Gate)

President of the High Council on Gallifrey

Romana and K-9 did return to N-Space and to Gallifrey and assumed the Presidency. (NA: Happy Endings, Lungbarrow)

Prior to the destruction of Gallifrey, Romana had regenerated into a third incarnation. (PDA: The Shadows of Avalon)

Characteristics

Important life events

• Romana regenerates into her second incarnation. (DW: Destiny of the Daleks)

• Romana and K-9 Mark II leave the Doctor for E-Space. (DW: Warriors' Gate)

• The Daleks capture Romana. She spends years of imprisonment at their hands. (BFA: The Apocalypse Element)

• Romana challenges Flavia for the Presidency.

• Romana assumes the role of Lady President of the Time Lords. (MA: Goth Opera)

• Romana regenerates into her third incarnation in order to prepare herself for The War (a separate event from the Last Great Time War).

Behind the Scenes

• Though the name, Romana II, has not appeared in the series itself, fans and others accept this as the semi-official name of the second incarnation of Romana.

• Bill Baggs Video (BBV) produced two original audio adventures which featured Lalla Ward as Romana II, with K-9. Since had the rights to K-9 but not Romana or E-Space, she has no name other than "Mistress" in the audio plays, which the characters merely refers to E-Space as "the pocket universe".

• Although a relationship was never explicitly shown or intended by the writers, many fans have found the signs of a romantic relationship particularly evident in the story City of Death, perhaps reflecting the real-life romance between Tom Baker and Lalla Ward which reportedly blossomed during the production of that story and led to their brief marriage.