User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-43908-20150311013943/@comment-4028641-20150827205852

JagoAndLitefoot wrote:

Even if they weren't originally meant to be the same incarnation, some minor differences in physical description aside (not any more than with early book Benny vs. Lisa Bowerman, both are young women with dark hair and a fringe), there isn't really any information on the two third Romanas that is actually in conflict. Not any more than between book Romana II and "Gallifrey" Romana II characterization-wise. So I still don't see much of a reason to have separate pages for the two if they are found to both directly follow Lalla Ward.

Once again, a solid comparison here is between the Shalka Doctor and the Cabinet of Light Doctor. Both amazingly similar, to the point that most fans just presumed them to be the same, but not, as the creators have explained. In the same way that neither of the astronauts from Moon Landing are Neil Armstrong, we can't just presume that we're dealing with the same characters because we're trying to make it seem that all of these different stories don't contradict each other. They do, and each are painting completely different images of their own takes on the worlds. What will almost certainly happen in the future is that Big Finish will continue this Romana on a path that does not match with the other Romana at all, and then we're gonna have to split them up again because we really needed to have one page for two separate creations. Suggesting that these two could be the same character despite the fact that they're not is nothing more than speculation, and thus does not hold anything on this site.