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ROMANADVORATRELUNDAR
The first regeneration of Romanadvoratrelundar, known to the Doctor affectionately as Romana, was a tall, formidable brunette who was assigned to the Doctor's TARDIS to help him fight the Black Guardian.
The Doctor did not particularly like his companions to be "assigned" to him, nor did he appreciate Romana I's haughtiness. Thus he found it difficult to get along with her initially, despite the fact (or maybe because of the fact?) that she usually came up with appropriate answers long before he could.
Romanadvoratrelundar, to give her full name, did not enjoy the full use of her name when she was with the Doctor. She was initially furious at his insistences on the diminutive 'Romana' and even more furious at his sometimes mischievous further foreshortening of her name to 'Romy.' This will however provide part of the key to the developing relationship which forms between Romana and the Doctor. Romana, an acolyte Time Lord (Time Lords still refuse to admit to the official title of Time Lady), has been brought up to believe entirely in the Time Lords' principles of non-intervention and academic observation. She has been firmly placed in the Gallifreyan Groves of Academe and knows nothing of other worldly matters. She will, at first, be horrified at the Doctor's dismissal of the Codes of Practice which have been instilled into her throughout her education. As the liason progresses, however, she will grow to appreciate the doctor's sense of commitment and his breadth of vision. He, in turn, will be reminded of the youthful approach to problems and situations which, on occasion, will slip by his more sophisticated approach. He will be sometimes surprised, and even annoyed, with her knowledge of more recent techniques than those which were available to him during his undergraduate years. ROMANA I ROMANA II Physically, Romana, a beautiful girl with an earthly appearance of about twenty years - she was soon after her first appearance with The Doctor due for her first regeneration. This would make her, in Gallifreyan terms, a mere hundred and forty year old slip of a girl. She possesses the virtues of youthful impetuousness, courage, agility - an agility not only of body, but also of mind. She can therefore be expected to overcome the hidebound nature of her upbringing and slowly adapt to new patterns of thought and behaviour. Hence her selection by the Guardian as companion to The Doctor. She will, for example, eventually see the sense in the Doctor's rather biting criticisms of her wearing a full-length dress as being somewhat impractical and will, to his astonishment, hack it off above the knee to afford herself more freedom of movement. Because The Doctor will, as always, mistrust anyone's judgement but his own, he may, therefore, not give Romana the full facts of any given situation. He will try, even, to mislead her in most cases. As he grows to know and respect her powers of logic and deduction, he will begin to combine his own formidable powers with Romana's latent talents. While her vulnerability will be born of inexperience, that same inexperience provides her with a freedom of temperament which, when unleashed, makes her actions as unpredictable and mischievous as The Doctor's. She is, in short, the perfect foil to The Doctor in any situation throughout Time and Space.
This will however provide part of the key to the developing relationship which forms between Romana and the Doctor.
Romana, an acolyte Time Lord (Time Lords still refuse to admit to the official title of Time Lady), has been brought up to believe entirely in the Time Lords' principles of non-intervention and academic observation. She has been firmly placed in the Gallifreyan Groves of Academe and knows nothing of other worldly matters. She will, at first, be horrified at the Doctor's dismissal of the Codes of Practice which have been instilled into her throughout her education. As the liason progresses, however, she will grow to appreciate the doctor's sense of commitment and his breadth of vision. He, in turn, will be reminded of the youthful approach to problems and situations which, on occasion, will slip by his more sophisticated approach. He will be sometimes surprised, and even annoyed, with her knowledge of more recent techniques than those which were available to him during his undergraduate years.
ROMANA II
Because The Doctor will, as always, mistrust anyone's judgement but his own, he may, therefore, not give Romana the full facts of any given situation. He will try, even, to mislead her in most cases. As he grows to know and respect her powers of logic and deduction, he will begin to combine his own formidable powers with Romana's latent talents.
While her vulnerability will be born of inexperience, that same inexperience provides her with a freedom of temperament which, when unleashed, makes her actions as unpredictable and mischievous as The Doctor's. She is, in short, the perfect foil to The Doctor in any situation throughout Time and Space.
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