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'''Rodan''' was a female [[Time Lord]] who worked as a controller on [[Gallifrey]]. She befriended [[Leela]] and worked with her in order to help [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] defeat a [[Sontaran]] invasion of Gallifrey. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'')
'''Rodan''' was a female [[Time Lord]] who worked as a controller on [[Gallifrey]], maintaining the protective [[transduction barrier]] around her homeworld and monitoring spacecraft in the vicinity of her homeworld.  
 
==Profile==
She befriended [[Leela]]. Both women were exiled outside the [[Capitol]] by [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] as part of the latter's ploy at pretending to collaborate with the [[Vardan]]s. She found such a natural environment hard to cope with mentally. After the Doctor had made the transduction barrier and first the Vardans and their masters the [[Sontaran]]s invaded Gallifrey, she worked to restore it. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'')


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
Other than [[Susan Foreman]], Rodan was the first female [[Gallifreyan]] seen on screen. A [[Time Lady]], [[Romana I|Romana]] would join the [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] in his travels in the [[Season 16|following season]] of the series.   
Other than [[Susan Foreman]], Rodan was the first female [[Gallifreyan]] seen on screen. A [[Time Lady]], [[Romana I|Romana]] would join the [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] in his travels in the [[Season 16|following season]] of the series.   
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Revision as of 03:43, 11 February 2009

Rodan was a female Time Lord who worked as a controller on Gallifrey, maintaining the protective transduction barrier around her homeworld and monitoring spacecraft in the vicinity of her homeworld.

Profile

She befriended Leela. Both women were exiled outside the Capitol by the Doctor as part of the latter's ploy at pretending to collaborate with the Vardans. She found such a natural environment hard to cope with mentally. After the Doctor had made the transduction barrier and first the Vardans and their masters the Sontarans invaded Gallifrey, she worked to restore it. (DW: The Invasion of Time)

Behind the scenes

Other than Susan Foreman, Rodan was the first female Gallifreyan seen on screen. A Time Lady, Romana would join the the Doctor in his travels in the following season of the series.