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* By most accounts, the third body was a buxom woman with an elaborate outfit that revealed her midriff and included several necklaces, as well as a headdress hung with chains of gold rings. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') She was described as "a towering [[Amazons|Amazon]] with rich, red hair", wearing "a bizarre two-piece outfit covered by a long, see-through robe". Romana thought the Doctor would find this body "much too intimidating". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe (short story)|The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe]]'') By one account, however, this "exotic female" was visibly "of some alien race" instead of human-like, and was the ''fourth'' body tried. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks]]'') | * By most accounts, the third body was a buxom woman with an elaborate outfit that revealed her midriff and included several necklaces, as well as a headdress hung with chains of gold rings. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') She was described as "a towering [[Amazons|Amazon]] with rich, red hair", wearing "a bizarre two-piece outfit covered by a long, see-through robe". Romana thought the Doctor would find this body "much too intimidating". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe (short story)|The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe]]'') By one account, however, this "exotic female" was visibly "of some alien race" instead of human-like, and was the ''fourth'' body tried. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks]]'') | ||
[[File:Tall romana comparison.jpg|thumb|right|The Doctor is cowed by the "tall" Romana. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'')]] | [[File:Tall romana comparison.jpg|thumb|right|The Doctor is cowed by the "tall" Romana. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'')]] | ||
* By most accounts, the fourth body was an "incredibly tall" woman, "imposing" and "imperious-looking" | * By most accounts, the fourth body was an "incredibly tall" woman, "imposing" and "imperious-looking", ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe (short story)|The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe]]'') a throwback to [[Ancient Gallifreyan]] [[Gallifreyan physiology|physiology]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') She wore "something white and classical" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe (short story)|The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') which Romana found "very fetching". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe (short story)|The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe]]'') By one account, however, this "enormously tall girl" was the ''third'' body tried. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks]]'') | ||
Romana ultimately returned to the form of Astra of Atrios, saying that the body had "looked very good" on Astra. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') Some accounts referred to this form as Romana's second incarnation; ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Warfare (audio story)|Warfare]]'', et al.) indeed, by some accounts, a Time Lord's form could remain fluid for multiple hours after their regeneration, going as far as regrowing limbs. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'') However, other accounts showed that it was possible to regenerate multiple times in a short span of time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'', ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') The apparent waste of regenerations would have been consistent with the recklessness of Newblood Houses regarding regeneration. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | Romana ultimately returned to the form of Astra of Atrios, saying that the body had "looked very good" on Astra. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') Some accounts referred to this form as Romana's second incarnation; ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Warfare (audio story)|Warfare]]'', et al.) indeed, by some accounts, a Time Lord's form could remain fluid for multiple hours after their regeneration, going as far as regrowing limbs. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'') However, other accounts showed that it was possible to regenerate multiple times in a short span of time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'', ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') The apparent waste of regenerations would have been consistent with the recklessness of Newblood Houses regarding regeneration. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
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