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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== Padrac's warnings ===
=== Opposing Padrac ===
With [[Gallifrey]] being taken over by [[Padrac|Cardinal Padrac]], Cardinal Ollistra sent [[Veklin]] and [[Volstrom]] to [[spy]] on him and learn of his plans whilst also recruiting his opposition on the [[High Council]]. Ollistra and the [[councillor]]s formed the [[Planning Council]] in [[New York City]], starting to build [[the Enclave|an Enclave]] with the help of {{Hound}} and the [[Weeping Angel]]s to survive the end of the universe. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Songs of Love (audio story)|Songs of Love]]'', ''[[The Side of the Angels (audio story)|The Side of the Angels]]'')
With [[Gallifrey]] being taken over by [[Padrac|Cardinal Padrac]], Cardinal Ollistra sent [[Veklin]] and [[Volstrom]] to [[spy]] on him and learn of his plans whilst also recruiting his opposition on the [[High Council]]. Ollistra and the opposition [[councillor]]s formed the [[Planning Council]] in [[New York City]], starting to build [[the Enclave|an Enclave]] with the help of {{Hound}} and the [[Weeping Angel]]s to survive the end of the universe. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Songs of Love (audio story)|Songs of Love]]'', ''[[The Side of the Angels (audio story)|The Side of the Angels]]'')


Ollistra showed the city to the [[Eighth Doctor]] and was admonished by him for it, although she continued to believe that it was the right thing to do. When [[Caleera|the Sonomancer]] caused a [[power cut]] for the benefit of the Angels, Ollistra and the Doctor returned to the planning office where [[the Eleven]] pushed her from the roof. Witnessed by Veklin, she [[regeneration|regenerated]] and said that "Gallifrey must stand". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Side of the Angels (audio story)|The Side of the Angels]]'')
Ollistra showed the city to the [[Eighth Doctor]] and was admonished by him for it, although she continued to believe that it was the right thing to do. When [[Caleera|the Sonomancer]] caused a [[power cut]] for the benefit of the Angels, Ollistra and the Doctor returned to the planning office where [[the Eleven]] pushed her from the roof. Witnessed by Veklin, she [[regeneration|regenerated]] and said that "Gallifrey must stand". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Side of the Angels (audio story)|The Side of the Angels]]'')
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=== The Last Great Time War ===
=== The Last Great Time War ===
==== Working with the Eighth Doctor ====
==== Working with the Eighth Doctor ====
{{Section stub|Information from [[The Eighth Doctor: Time War: Volume Two]] needs to be added.}}
During the [[Last Great Time War]], Ollistra was given special dispensation to conduct operations by the [[War Council]]. She was off-world by the time of [[Rassilon]]’s coming to power. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Assassins (audio story)|Assassins]]'')
During the [[Last Great Time War]], Ollistra sponsored a [[Time Lord]] project to weaponise the [[Vashta Nerada]] against the [[Dalek]]s by altering their [[biodata]] so that they could consume [[Dalekanium]]. Ollistra met the [[Eighth Doctor]], who had arrived at the station independently, just as the Vashta Nerada began to fight back. After the Doctor had got her to safety, Ollistra pleaded with him to join the fighting. The Doctor refused, rejecting the choice to become a [[warrior]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Day of the Vashta Nerada]]'')


She organised a battle to get the Doctor from a [[Planet (Echoes of War)|planet]] and to see the effectiveness of the [[Type 120]] [[TARDIS]]es. Ollistra had caused the destruction of the planet and corrupted its timeline. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Echoes of War (audio story)|Echoes of War]]'')
Ollistra organised a battle over a [[Planet (Echoes of War)|planet]] to trap a Dalek fleet and test the effectiveness of the [[Type 120]] [[TARDIS]]es. In initiating the battle. Ollistra had caused the destruction of the planet and corrupted its timeline. Her troops captured the Doctor and refugees from the ''[[Theseus (ship)|Theseus]],'' [[Bliss (The Starship of Theseus)|Bliss]], [[Rupa Maguire]] and [[Quarren Maguire]]. She ordered the Doctor be pressed into service. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Echoes of War (audio story)|Echoes of War]]'')


She didn't want to get the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] involved in the interrogation of [[Bliss (The Starship of Theseus)|Bliss]]. She told Bliss that she could just let her disappear as a casualty of the war. Shortly afterwards, she wanted to find more about [[Rupa Maguire]] and [[Quarren Maguire]]. She only let the Doctor go when the Doctor was to leave. She then threatened the Doctor with death so that she could get his next incarnation to join the war. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Conscript (audio story)|The Conscript]]'')
Returning to the base on the [[Moon of Tenacity]], she placed the Doctor under the command of Commander [[Harlan (The Conscript)|Harlan]] and had his companions kept for interrogation. She threatened Bliss that she could just let her disappear as a casualty of the War if she didn’t comply. She wanted to find more about Rupa and Quarren. When a [[Dalek hunter drone]] was caught on the Moon, she ordered an evacuation and reluctantly allowed Harlan to let the Doctor go. As the Daleks invaded, she caught the Doctor as he was leaving and threatened to shoot him so that she could get his next incarnation to join the war. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Conscript (audio story)|The Conscript]]'') She was interrupted by the arrival of the Daleks broke in the structure, leaving all her guards behind to escape in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] with him and his companions. She discovered that the Daleks were using a reversal wave on the system. She was after the CIA weapon that was stored on the ''[[Theseus (ship)|Theseus]]''. Using material she got from the CIA, she discovered that Quarren was a missing CIA weapon that could rewrite [[reality]] with his [[mind]] who had hidden using a [[Chameleon Arch]]. After they crashed on [[Jedris]], she used a [[hypercube]] to summon Time Lord forces. When they arrived and engaged the Daleks by accelerating time, she used a [[Temporal flare|Temporal Flare]] to attract a [[Battle TARDIS]]. Despite the Doctor being lost in the shifting landscape of Jedris, she ordered the TARDIS to leave. Angry, Quarren returned to his Time Lord identity to save him, sending Ollistra back to [[Gallifrey]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[One Life (audio story)|One Life]]'')


When the Daleks broke into the structure, she left all her guards behind in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. She discovered that the Daleks were using a reversal wave on the system. She was after the CIA weapon that was stored on the ''[[Theseus (ship)|Theseus]]''. Using material she got from the CIA, she discovered that Quarren was the CIA weapon, he could rewrite [[reality]] with his [[mind]]. After escaping the Daleks, she used her [[Hypercube]] to get herself rescued. Using a [[Temporal flare|Temporal Flare]], a [[Battle TARDIS (One Life)|Battle TARDIS]] appeared but this alerted the Daleks. Quarren sent Ollistra back to [[Gallifrey]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[One Life (audio story)|One Life]]'')
Ollistra was informed when [[the Twelve]]’s memories of [[Uzmal]] appeared to have been unlocked by a Dalek interrogation. She recruited the Doctor and Bliss to help her investigate the Daleks’ interest on the planet, as the mission was far from the front lines. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[In the Garden of Death (audio story)|In the Garden of Death]]'') She and Major [[Tamasan]] took control of one resistance submarine, putting the Doctor in charge of a second one. When the Doctor managed to make contact with the dying [[Ourashima]] Ollistra enthusiastically accepted its offer of its powers of precognition and was infuriated when the Doctor refused. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jonah (audio story)|Jonah]]'') Afterwards she informed the Doctor of suspicious irregularities in Bliss’ timeline. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[State of Bliss (audio story)|State of Bliss]]'')
 
Ollistra sponsored a Time Lord project to weaponise the [[Vashta Nerada]] against the Daleks by altering their [[biodata]] so that they could consume [[Dalekanium]]. Ollistra met the Doctor, who had arrived at the station independently, just as the Vashta Nerada began to fight back. After the Doctor had got her to safety, Ollistra pleaded with him to join the fighting. The Doctor refused, reminding her he was a doctor, not a warrior. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Day of the Vashta Nerada]]'')


==== Working with the War Doctor ====
==== Working with the War Doctor ====
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Ollistra followed the Doctor to the [[Neverwhen]] as his TARDIS was used to travelling to strange places. She was interested in the results of the weapon that created the Neverwhen, especially because it resurrected Time Lords. The Doctor later used it to create a state of peace where both Daleks and Time Lords were farmers. Ollistra planned to use it along with the [[Neverwhen]] to destroy [[Skaro]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Neverwhen (audio story)|The Neverwhen]]'')
Ollistra followed the Doctor to the [[Neverwhen]] as his TARDIS was used to travelling to strange places. She was interested in the results of the weapon that created the Neverwhen, especially because it resurrected Time Lords. The Doctor later used it to create a state of peace where both Daleks and Time Lords were farmers. Ollistra planned to use it along with the [[Neverwhen]] to destroy [[Skaro]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Neverwhen (audio story)|The Neverwhen]]'')


Ollistra later got [[Heleyna]] to contact the Doctor when the [[quantum shield]] around [[Earth]] was breached. She was kidnapped soon after this. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow Vortex (audio story)|The Shadow Vortex]]'')
Ollistra had [[Heleyna]] to contact the Doctor when the [[quantum shield]] around [[Earth]] was breached. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow Vortex (audio story)|The Shadow Vortex]]'')


She went to a retreat to gain information about a Dalek Spy in the High Council, where she was taken by General [[Fesk]] to be used as a bargaining chip between the Sontarans and both the Daleks and the Time Lords to let them into the war. She discussed the beginnings of the war with the [[Dalek Time Strategist]]. She was rescued when Fesk was trapped with the Doctor with their temporal weapon. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eternity Cage (audio story)|The Eternity Cage]]'')
She went to a retreat to gain information about a Dalek Spy in the High Council, where she was taken by General [[Fesk]] to be used as a bargaining chip between the Sontarans and both the Daleks and the Time Lords to let them into the war. She discussed the beginnings of the war with the [[Dalek Time Strategist]]. She was rescued when Fesk was trapped with the Doctor with their temporal weapon. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eternity Cage (audio story)|The Eternity Cage]]'')
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Ollistra was a heartless [[politician]], so much so that [[Bennus]] and [[Arverton]] joked over the existence of Ollistra's [[emotion]]s, and was also deeply [[patriotism|patriotic]], allowing [[Gallifreyan]]s to sacrifice themselves for the greater good. She displayed a discontent with the Gallifreyan armed forces, telling two soldiers "The Doctor is worth a hundred of you... people!". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Innocent (audio story)|The Innocent]]'')
Ollistra was a heartless [[politician]], so much so that [[Bennus]] and [[Arverton]] joked over the existence of Ollistra's [[emotion]]s, and was also deeply [[patriotism|patriotic]], allowing [[Gallifreyan]]s to sacrifice themselves for the greater good. She displayed a discontent with the Gallifreyan armed forces, telling two soldiers "The Doctor is worth a hundred of you... people!". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Innocent (audio story)|The Innocent]]'')


Ollistra was regularly callous and decadent and retained the mindset that any act done in the name of [[Gallifrey]]'s victory of the [[Time War]] was a necessary means to that end; to this extent, she threatened to force the [[Eighth Doctor]] to regenerate in the hopes of making him more co-operative in the war effort. ([[AUDIO|AUDIO:]] ''[[The Conscript (audio story)|The Conscript]]'') Leaving her fate is unclear
Ollistra was regularly callous and decadent and retained the mindset that any act done in the name of [[Gallifrey]]'s victory of the [[Time War]] was a necessary means to that end; to this extent, she threatened to force the [[Eighth Doctor]] to regenerate in the hopes of making him more co-operative in the war effort. ([[AUDIO|AUDIO:]] ''[[The Conscript (audio story)|The Conscript]]'')  


=== Relationship with the War Doctor ===
=== Relationship with the War Doctor ===
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