War Ollistra: Difference between revisions

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 [[Sontaran]]s 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 (The Shadow Vortex)|Dalek Time Strategist]]. When a Time Lord rescue party came, the Doctor learnt that everything had been orchestrated by the Sontarans' Time Lord captive [[Vassarian]], their source of [[artron energy]]. With the Doctor's aid, Vassarian dissipated the artron energy, allowing the Daleks to destroy the Sontarans, before the Time Lords, accompanied by [[Kalan]], to escape in [[Vassarian's TARDIS]]. When the ship reached orbit, Heleyna revealed herself as the Dalek spy, kicking the War Doctor out of the ship. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eternity Cage (audio story)|The Eternity Cage]]'')

As Heleyna struggled to properly open communications with the Dalek Time Strategist, Ollistra managed to use the [[Battle TARDIS]]' short-ranged [[transmat]] recall to save the Doctor. Taken as a hostage by Heleyna, the two fell into the lower levels of the TARDIS. Heleyna sought to destroy the [[Eye of Harmony]], both to bring [[Heleyna's grandfather|her grandfather]] back from the dead and prevent the Time War from ever happening, and used Ollistra's credentials to access the ship's [[star chamber]]. The [[time wind]]s managed to delay the [[Temporal Assault Squad]] long enough for the Doctor and Kalan to stop the Dalek plan. When a repentant Heleyna detonated the Daleks' [[Primary Weapon]], the Battle TARDIS was thrown out of the [[Time Vortex]] and crashed on [[Rovidia]]. Though the Doctor desperately tried to get medical attention for Kalan, Ollistra sadly informed him that the boy was dead. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eye of Harmony (audio story)|Eye of Harmony]]'')

On returning to Gallifrey, she was the highest-ranking Time Lord not in deep hiding due to [[the Enigma]]. She started to not trust Leela because of her savagery. When the Enigma arrived on Gallifrey she thought that the Daleks had won. She helped to explore the dimension she was in and helped with the Doctor's theorising of what was going on and why Leela was being communicated. The Doctor managed to rouse his TARDIS into action, bringing the three to the heart of the Dalek operation. After the Daleks' bluff had been called, Ollistra suggested to the Enigma that it use its powers to wipe the Daleks from history. As the creatures considered it, the Doctor suggested to the Enigma that it wipe both the Daleks and Time Lords from history. When the three returned to N-Space however, they found that the Enigma had done nothing but returned all combatants to N-Space. Returning to her duties, Ollistra marked the Doctor's actions as [[treason]]ous. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Enigma Dimension (audio story)|The Enigma Dimension]]'')

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]]'') Though she was not entirely free of morals, coming to appreciate [[Kalan]]'s innocence and mourning his passing. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eye of Harmony (audio story)|Eye of Harmony]]'')

Ollistra was regularly callous and decadent and retained the mindset that any act done in the name of [[Gallifrey]]'s victory of the [[Last Great 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]]: ''[[The Conscript (audio story)|The Conscript]]'')  

Although Ollistra respected the [[War Doctor]]'s efforts for [[Gallifrey]], she on occasion described him as "a thorn in [the [[Time Lord]]s'] side" and "an embarrassment for most of his lives". When he was presumed dead, Ollistra confessed that she felt the universe "a far more dangerous place without [him]", displaying that she had some level of recognition for his pursuits and actions. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Innocent (audio story)|The Innocent]]'') When needing to get his attention quickly, Ollistra deliberately referred to him as "[[The Doctor (title)|The Doctor]]", knowing it was a surefire way to get his attention. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Enigma Dimension (audio story)|The Enigma Dimension]]'')