It’s so fucking wild to me just how many of the Classic Era companions got mixed up in the Time War. Like. You just know that the Doctor didn’t want any of his companions getting involved, especially going off how 10 reacted to all his companions ready to enact suicidal actions to stop the Daleks and Davros. But like. The more of the audios I listen to, more and more of the Classic era companions end up involved in the Tine War based purely off of who they grew into as people during their time with the Doctor. Romana as President of Gallifrey as the war starts, with Leela her faithful bodyguard and Braxiatel (the Doctor’s brother) as Romana’s chief advisor. Ace is an agent for the Celestial Intervention Agency because she couldn’t stop fighting the evils of the universe. Nyssa became a doctor herself, trying to heal people in the midst of hell. Jo ended up pulled into the war cause the Master manipulated her into doing something he needed for his evil plan of the week. And then at the start, Susan, the Doctor’s granddaughter, after losing her son Alex to the Daleks before the war, accepts Gallifrey’s universal summons to all Time Lords to come home and join the fight. Like. All of them got pulled into that mess. And I wish we could get some kind of story where the Doctor deals with the emotions that come from realizing that if he hadn’t ever met or traveled with those people, they wouldn’t have gotten traumatized by the Time War, while also realizing that it’s directly because they met the Doctor that they saved so many people in that war.
i went into a rabbit hole yesterday on the fourth doctor's wiki and i had found out that the romana and the doctor watched the universe end on valentine’s day and then he gives her a valentine’s day gift!
‘you old romantic’ actually makes me go insane (this whole interaction does but still) i giwoapqlskcngnwhaixjfne
Dr. Who ("The Ribos Operation") / Mary Tamm as Romana (Romandvoratrelundar)
This is a very "wintry" episode, taking place on a snow-covered planet, and Romana looks both stylish and warm in her ostrich-feather-trimmed white cloak. It has capacious inner pockets, a hood, and slits for her arms. We catch just a glimpse of silver shoes as well.
The gown underneath looks like something Princess Leia might wear, which may not be a coincidence. This episode originally aired in September 1978, or about a year after the first Star Wars movie was in theaters.
time lords actually started by having short, normal, pronounceable names, but they ran out of new ones and started coming up with names like romanadvoratrelundar
Not being funny but if my crush was effectively the democratically elected Godess of Time I simply would not fumble her. Sorry to Irving Braxiatel but I'm different. He should have tried harder in that fucking daydream
Was the Doctor's companion, then became president of Gallifrey. Romana is simply THE girlboss, she has to try to get her political agenda through, she is president of a whole planet, she annoys all her political adversaries SO MUCH for her unorthodox views. She is extremely confident in herself and does what she deems right even when nobody else wants her to. Power comes naturally to her and she uses it unhesitatingly.
Rouge the Bat:
All the worlds jewels are hers to have! She’s so selfish I love her. She loves stealing the chaos and master emeralds just cause they’re pretty. She’s so fun to watch. She’s besties with an escaped immortal amnesiac government experiment and a giant robot made only to kill who now wants to kill his creator because he didn’t get respect. She has a girlfriend in sonic x. She’s not truly loyal to any side other than her own.