Talk:Trey

Tre or Trey?

James Goss, who created this version of the character, uses the spelling "Trey" in a column published in Vortex #56, not Tre. What is the correct spelling? 68.146.70.124^{talk to me} 05:34, November 16, 2013 (UTC)

I created it at Tre because she said it's short for Romanadvoratrelundar and no official spelling was given. But I guess the Vortex is as official as we'll get. JagoAndLitefoot ☎ 10:41, November 16, 2013 (UTC)

I've moved the page to "Trey" as Tre was really just a "best guess". There should be no problems since we have a backup from the interview in Vortex. --Revan\Talk 15:37, January 18, 2014 (UTC)

Merge with Romana III

While James Goss had stated that Trey is not the Romana III from the books, looks like Scott Handcock and Gary Russell are now maintaining that she is the third incarnation. And generally that's the impression one can get from "Intervention Earth". Looks like Goss might have meant that he didn't base his version on the books (although they are actually very similar). Given that, maybe it's best to merge the pages? By now, it seems like them being "different characters" should matter as much for the wiki as Kate Stewart of Downtime and the new series version being supposedly different.

JagoAndLitefoot ☎ 10:40, February 11, 2015 (UTC)

My proposed merged version: User:JagoAndLitefoot/Romana III. JagoAndLitefoot ☎ 10:55, February 11, 2015 (UTC)

I know this is anecdotal evidence, and probably isn't a Valid Source, but Juliet said, when I met her, that she has been told that she is the Third incarnation. Adric♥Nyssa∩Talk? 13:18, February 11, 2015 (UTC)

And "Trey" does stand for "three"... 14:22, February 11, 2015 (UTC)

JagoAndLitefoot, you can't put a "merge" tag on both pages. You have to pick one, and state what page you want it merged onto. I'm putting this message on both the Trey and Romana III talk pages since you're having this conversation in two different places. Shambala108 ☎ 15:34, February 11, 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry for the mistake. Removed it from "Romana III". Trey should be merged into Romana III, not the other way around. JagoAndLitefoot ☎ 17:27, February 11, 2015 (UTC)

The trouble with this merge is we have an established character who is already referred to as "Romana III" and Trey is definitely not the same incarnation. So, we'd have to figure out which third Romana is more entitled to be called "Romana III" in this wiki, or figure out something else. I've raised the issue over on the Panopticon, let's see what more folks think. — Rob T Firefly - Δ∇ - 01:41, March 11, 2015 (UTC)

I don't think the two versions of Romana III are different enough to be called separate characters. Sure, there are some differences in characterization, but not more than in the case of some other characters that appear in different media. Any discrepancies can be dealt with "according to one account" etc. JagoAndLitefoot ☎ 11:15, May 22, 2015 (UTC)

Re-listening to Renaissance, Ward's Romana in her regeneration scene says My time is over and Trey's has begun and also in Luna Romana Landau's incarnation says that says that she was directly influenced by Ward's incarnation as she is her predecessor. Adric♥Nyssa∩Talk? 17:06, May 14, 2015 (UTC)

Then they should be merged. Mewiet ☎ 04:56, May 21, 2015 (UTC)

The only thing stopping me from agreeing with this outright is that there is no definitive in-universe reason to claim that Trey is the third Romana. All we have is a few implications and a pun, and even if "predecessor" is the word used, it doesn't mean much - Patrick Troughton is McCoy's predecessor as much as he is Pertwee's. While I have come around to the idea that Landau is probably Brooks, and she's probably the Third Romana, I still can't recall any direct confirmation of such (at least not yet). Constonks ☎ 23:11, July 26, 2015 (UTC)