Andred (Weapon of Choice)

Andred
Main aliases:	Torvald
Species:	Time Lord
Job:	Commander, Castellan
Affiliated with:	Chancellery Guard
Place of origin:	Gallifrey
Spouse:	Leela
First appearance:	Weapon of Choice
Appearances:	AUDIO: The Inquiry, A Blind Eye, Lies, Spirit , Pandora, Insurgency, Imperiatrix, Disassembled
Main voice actor:	Andy Coleman

Incarnations of Andred
Alternate timelines

After regenerating from his previous incarnation, Andred took on the identity of CIA agent Torvald.

Biography

Going undercover

After spending many years with Leela, Andred became suspicious of certain activities by the Celestial Intervention Agency, and in particular suspected Coordinator Narvin of violent anti-Alien tendencies, in contradiction to President Romana's new policies. He made attempted overtures towards Narvin, claiming that his wife Leela had shown him the incompatibility of off-worlders living on Gallifrey. Narvin easily saw through Andred's ruse, and when Andred invited Narvin to meet him in the Citadel catacombs, he guessed that Andred might try to assassinate him. He sent his most trusted agent, Commander Torvald, in his place.

In the confrontation, Andred and Torvald shot each other. Torvald was killed outright while Andred was forced to regenerate. Sensing an opportunity, Andred changed clothes with the unrecognisable corpse of Torvald and claimed his identity when found by guards. Believing Andred killed, Narvin covered up the incident and denied all knowledge of why Andred had suddenly disappeared, before eventually telling Leela that he had been killed by Torvald. Andred, meanwhile, continued to act as Narvin's loyal henchman in the hopes of uncovering any plot, sometimes working with Presidential bodyguard Leela. (AUDIO: A Blind Eye)

He was sent to the third moon of Kikrit to investigate a potential source of weapons-grade chronons before they were stolen by Nepenthe. He was sent by Narvin with Leela to Gryben to find Nepenthe and the Timonic Fusion Device. On Gryben, he met with Mephistopheles Arkadian, who knew of Torvald. This blew their cover. Shortly afterwards he went to the human enclave and begged Nepenthe for his life. (AUDIO: Weapon of Choice)

He was tasked in retrieving the Timonic Fusion device from Gryben whilst Leela was observing. After returning to Gallifrey, he was then told to arrest Braxiatel for his illegal interference in time. (AUDIO: The Inquiry)

Exposure and aftermath

Andred went with Narvin to investigate a temporal anomaly in 1939. When Narvin asked him to escort Romana to her presidential TARDIS, he shot him to try and keep his secret. He finally revealed the truth to Leela, Narvin and Romana when they went back in time and confronted the real Torvald on one of his missions at a point before his death. (AUDIO: A Blind Eye)

Andred was arrested and imprisoned for his deception and earned the hatred of Leela for letting her believe he was dead. In his cell, he was visited by Inquisitor Darkel who conspired with him. She allowed him to escape, and after Andred visited the Archivist to collect evidence, Darkel had the Archivist murdered and Narvin framed Andred for the crime, forcing Andred to go on the run for some time, hunted by Leela. (AUDIO: Lies) While in hiding, Andred caught one of the off-world students, Gillestes, about to introduce a Free Time virus to the water supply of the citadel. He handed her over to Wynter, Andred's successor as Castellan following his original disappearance, in return for a pardon. After Wynter was attacked by the Pandora creature and mistakenly drank the quarantined Free Time virus, Lord Chancellor Braxiatel appointed Leela as his interim replacement. (AUDIO: Pandora)

After Braxiatel's exile, Darkel returned Andred to the post of Castellan. He spent his time capturing students at the Academy, accusing them of being terrorists. He warned Taylor Addison that he needed to choose his battles well and helped Neeloc after he was attacked by his fellow Time Lords. He explained to Leela that he was trying to become the man she once loved again. (AUDIO: Insurgency)

Death

Not long afterwards, Taylor tried to locate the Key of Rassilon. While trying to prevent him, Andred was stabbed through both hearts by Romana, acting under the influence of Pandora. Leela once again grieved for her husband, who was buried outside of the city walls, and began to wish that she could join him in death. (AUDIO: Insurgency)