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According to some accounts, Romana continues to lead Gallifrey as the [[War in Heaven]] becomes imminent. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell}}; {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles}}) At this point, however, some accounts suggest that she had instead retired from the Presidency during her 55th year in office. These accounts suggest that [[Romana III's Gallifrey|her Homeworld]] was merely a sheath echo that believed itself to be the original, and that she had left the original Gallifrey of her own accord to keep up the pretense that it was the real one. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Crimes Against History (short story)|var=second edition|namedpart=Modern Times: The Paradox Era}}; {{cs|The Story So Far... (short story) | According to some accounts, Romana continues to lead Gallifrey as the [[War in Heaven]] becomes imminent. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell}}; {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles}}) At this point, however, some accounts suggest that she had instead retired from the Presidency during her 55th year in office. These accounts suggest that [[Romana III's Gallifrey|her Homeworld]] was merely a sheath echo that believed itself to be the original, and that she had left the original Gallifrey of her own accord to keep up the pretense that it was the real one. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Crimes Against History (short story)|var=second edition|namedpart=Modern Times: The Paradox Era}}; {{cs|The Story So Far... (short story)}}) | ||
Seizing on the opportunity to develop living time capsules, she dispatched [[Cavis]] and [[Gandar]] to [[Avalon (The Shadows of Avalon)|Avalon]] and eventually turned up herself to take possession of [[Compassion]] after Compassion transformed into | Several decades later, she is ceremonially given the title of [[War Queen]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Crimes Against History (short story)|var=first edition}}) Seizing on the opportunity to develop living time capsules, she dispatched [[Cavis]] and [[Gandar]] to [[Avalon (The Shadows of Avalon)|Avalon]] and eventually turned up herself to take possession of [[Compassion]] after Compassion transformed into the first humanoid-sentient [[TARDIS]]. Romana believed Compassion could give the Time Lords a tactical advantage in the War. Instead, the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Fitz]] fled inside Compassion. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadows of Avalon (novel)}}) | ||
As [[War in Heaven|the War]] approached, the Edifice appeared in the skies of [[Romana III's Gallifrey]]. The structure created temporal pulses that began washing over the planet, causing civil disorder and mass superstition. In her 150th year as President, she was challenged by former President [[Greyjan the Sane|Greyjan]] in a [[Faction Paradox]] scheme to take over [[Gallifrey]] and re-write its history. The Eighth Doctor destroyed the planet to prevent this. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}}) [[Marnal]] later showed the amnesiac Eighth Doctor these events, where Romana and one of her soldiers, [[Mali]], tried to restore Gallifrey from one of the Nine Gallifreys. They discovered that Faction Paradox had wiped their Nine Gallifreys from history. Romana wept, knowing that her planet was doomed, and she sent [[K-9 Mark II|K-9]] into [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] to kill the Doctor and prevent his future self from destroying Gallifrey. Soon after, Faction Paradox [[skulltrooper]]s closed in on Romana and Mali and fired two shots. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)}}) | As [[War in Heaven|the War]] approached, the Edifice appeared in the skies of [[Romana III's Gallifrey]]. The structure created temporal pulses that began washing over the planet, causing civil disorder and mass superstition. In her 150th year as President, she was challenged by former President [[Greyjan the Sane|Greyjan]] in a [[Faction Paradox]] scheme to take over [[Gallifrey]] and re-write its history. The Eighth Doctor destroyed the planet to prevent this. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}}) [[Marnal]] later showed the amnesiac Eighth Doctor these events, where Romana and one of her soldiers, [[Mali]], tried to restore Gallifrey from one of the Nine Gallifreys. They discovered that Faction Paradox had wiped their Nine Gallifreys from history. Romana wept, knowing that her planet was doomed, and she sent [[K-9 Mark II|K-9]] into [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] to kill the Doctor and prevent his future self from destroying Gallifrey. Soon after, Faction Paradox [[skulltrooper]]s closed in on Romana and Mali and fired two shots. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)}}) | ||
