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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Rodan's work involved maintaining the protective [[transduction barrier]] around | Rodan's work involved maintaining the protective [[transduction barrier]] around the planet, monitoring threats to Gallifrey and reporting on it to her superiors. | ||
Rodan befriended [[Leela]], recently abandoned by the [[Fourth Doctor]], who as a ploy, had pretended to collaborate with the invading [[Vardan]]s. Both women were exiled by the Doctor outside the [[Capitol]] | Rodan befriended [[Leela]], recently abandoned by the [[Fourth Doctor]], who as a ploy, had pretended to collaborate with the invading [[Vardan]]s. Both women were exiled by the Doctor outside the [[Capitol]] as part of his ploy so that they could gather resistance to fight off the invaders. Rodan found a natural environment hard to cope with mentally. After the Doctor had [[K9]] disable the transduction barrier and first the Vardans and then their masters the [[Sontaran]]s invaded Gallifrey, she worked to restore it. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'') | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
Revision as of 01:59, 13 September 2011
Rodan was a Time Lady who worked as a controller on Gallifrey. She helped to fight an invasion of her homeworld by first the Vardans and then the Sontarans.
Biography
Rodan's work involved maintaining the protective transduction barrier around the planet, monitoring threats to Gallifrey and reporting on it to her superiors.
Rodan befriended Leela, recently abandoned by the Fourth Doctor, who as a ploy, had pretended to collaborate with the invading Vardans. Both women were exiled by the Doctor outside the Capitol as part of his ploy so that they could gather resistance to fight off the invaders. Rodan found a natural environment hard to cope with mentally. After the Doctor had K9 disable the transduction barrier and first the Vardans and then 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. Another Time Lady, Romana would join the the Fourth Doctor in his travels in the following season of the series.
