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Nonetheless, her birth would seem to occur, in the Doctor’s personal timeline, almost exactly halfway between
The Tomb of the Cybermen
and
Pyramids of Mars
. Given the continuity of companions and the Doctor’s exile to Earth, the only certain gap between those two stories where the Doctor could age three hundred years would be between
The Green Death
and
The Time Warrior
, when the Doctor travels alone in his TARDIS. The UNIT personnel have no idea if the Doctor is away, as far as he is concerned, for decades or centuries at a time. If the Season 6B theory is true, there could be another significant gap there. The probability, then, is that Romana was born while the Doctor was in his third incarnation.

[
431
] As repeatedly stated in various
Gallifrey
stories (
Lies
,
Panacea
,
Reborn
and
Annihilation
).
FP: The Book of the War
, however, implies that Romana is from the House of Dvora, hence her full name (
The Ribos Operation
) of “Romanadvoratrelundar”.

[
432
]
Neverland

[
433
]
Shada

[
434
]
Gallifrey: Reborn

[
435
]
Gallifrey: Lies
. This seems intended to paint over Romana’s not making the connection between her old tutor and the “Braxiatel Collection” that she mentions in
City of Death
. This doesn’t fix the problem, though, as other Time Lords would know about their history together.

[
436
]
Tomb of Valdemar

[
437
]
The Ribos Operation

[
438
]
State of Decay

[
439
]
The Romance of Crime
,
The Ancestor Cell
.

[
440
]
Neverland

[
441
]
The Pirate Planet

[
442
]
Lungbarrow

[
443
]
Neverland.
This is presumably the visit in
Legacy of the Daleks
, first referenced in
The Deadly Assassin
.

[
444
]
Interference
,
FP: The Book of the War
. Lawrence Miles, commenting on an advanced copy of
Ahistory
(First Edition), said the formation of Faction Paradox “should come just before
The Deadly Assassin
(or just after
Genesis of the Daleks
)... the point when Gallifrey starts being shaken up by renegades, assassinations and invasions, and mortality suddenly becomes a major issue.”

[
445
]
Alien Bodies
,
Interference
,
FP: The Book of the War
.

[
446
]
FP: The Book of the War

[
447
] “Three hundred years” before “The Final Chapter”, and it’s tempting to see this as emerging from the same “cultural crisis” that created Faction Paradox.

[
448
]
Cat’s Cradle: Time’s Crucible
(p210-211).

[
449
] A different actor plays Borusa in each of his televised appearances (Angus MacKay in
The Deadly Assassin
, John Arnatt in
The Invasion of Time
, Leonard Sachs in
Arc of Infinity
and Philip Latham in
The Five Doctors
).

[
450
]
The Ancestor Cell

[
451
]
Alien Bodies

[
452
]
Timewyrm: Genesys

[
453
]
Tomb of Valdemar

[
454
] We learn of Leela and Andred’s marriage in
Arc of Infinity.

[
455
] In
The Ribos Operation
, the Doctor wishes that he’d thrown the President to the Sontarans, suggesting that Borusa has become President (although the treacherous Kelner apparently survived
The Invasion of Time
and he’d have a strong constitutional case, as the Doctor named him Vice-President). The Doctor was meant to have lost his memory of the Sontaran invasion at the end of
The Invasion of Time
, but clearly didn’t, or was given some sort of account of it before he left Gallifrey. By
Arc of Infinity
, Borusa is President.

[
456
] Established at the start of each of the four
K9
books published in 1980. In
K9 and the Zeta Rescue
, we learn that K9 reports to a Space Controller on Gallifrey and that the Doctor came up with the name for his spacecraft, K-NEL. We can also infer the order in which the books take place: K9 is flying K-NEL Mark 1 in
K9 and the Beasts of Vega
, it’s destroyed in
K9 and the Time Trap
, he goes on a test flight in the Mark 2 at the start of
K9 and the Zeta Rescue
, he’s using it in
K9 and the Missing Planet
.

It’s also interesting to note that after many years of sending the Doctor on missions for them, the Time Lords stop doing so (the last time is apparently
The Brain of Morbius
on television, “Light Fantastic” - from
Doctor Who Annual 1980
- in other media). We might infer K9 is now doing this work for them.

[
457
] Dating
K9 and the Time Trap
(
The Adventures of K9
#1) - This takes place in the Gallifreyan timeframe. K9 is referred to as being “hired” by the Time Lords, but this may be a figure of speech rather than indication he is paid.

Rigel

The delegate from the Rigel Sector is a member of the Order of the Black Sun in “Black Sun Rising”, and the Rigellians are mentioned as once being enemies of the Time Lords in
The Infinity Doctors
, but they are allies in
K9: The Time Trap
(in both “Black Sun Rising” and
The Time Trap,
they are depicted as humanoid). They would seem to be one of the “Higher Powers”. These Rigellians would seem to exist in a different era to humanity - perhaps the same early universe as the Time Lords. Earth has a depot on Rigel by “Conflict of Interests” (?2192). Rigellians had four tentacles, three mouths and a reputation for being untrustworthy according to Abslom Daak (c2550). Rigel VII is part of the Earth Empire by 2620. The Battle of the Rigel Wastes took place in 2697. Slavery is abolished on Rigellon by the time of the Federation (3985). The Shadow Proclamation shut down a maximum security prison on Rigel 77 according to
TW: The Undertaker’s Gift
.

[
458
] Dating
K9 and the Zeta Rescue
(
The Adventures of K9
#3) - This story takes place soon after
K9 and the Time Trap
.

[
459
]
The Ribos Operation

[
460
]
Gallifrey: Lies
. This directly conflicts with the notion in
The Chaos Pool
that Romana’s regeneration occurred because she became a segment of the Key to Time. Much of
Gallifrey
Series 2 and 3 is predicated on the notion of Romana having a genetic link to Pandora, so it seems fair to give this account precedence. As Romana’s memories of Pandora are suppressed, it’s entirely possible that she falsely believes for a while that she regenerated due to the Key’s influence - even if she does, for a time, become a Key segment.

[
461
] “Centuries” before “The Final Chapter”. It’s unclear when this takes place. It’s before “The Tides of Time”, because we see the Watchtower in that story. Perhaps there was more extensive destruction during the Vardan/Sontaran assault in
The Invasion of Time
than we saw on TV. References to the “old Panopticon” might mean there’s a new one - we haven’t seen the Panopticon on television since
The Invasion of Time
.

[
462
]
The Pyralis Effect

[
463
]
Shada
. It’s unclear when this happened.
FP: The Book of the War
states it was three hundred and ninety-two years before the War starts, and four hundred and seventy-four years after Morbius’ execution.

[
464
]
Alien Bodies
.
The Terrestrial Index
and
The Discontinuity Guide
both mistakenly refer to Drornid as Dronid.

[
465
]
Meglos
,
Full Circle.

[
466
] “The Stockbridge Horror”

[
467
] “The Final Chapter”

[
468
] As witnessed in works by Paul Cornell (
Circular Time:
“Spring” and
The Shadows of Avalon
).

[
469
]
Hexagora
. This direct statement on the Doctor’s part is further evidence that all of his adventuring has really taken a toll on his lifespan.

[
470
] See the Regeneration, A Complete New Life Cycle sidebar.

[
471
]
The Ancestor Cell

[
472
] In
Warriors of the Deep
, the Doctor says he should have changed his TARDIS for a Type 57 “when he had the chance”. This could imply that Type 57 is the most advanced model at present, or simply that newer models exist but the Doctor prefers Type 57.

[
473
]
The Eight Doctors

[
474
] “4-Dimensional Vistas”

[
475
] “The Forgotten”

[
476
]
Singularity

[
477
] Later in the story, the Doctor suspects that the Time Lords
are
aware of events and have been manipulating him, but this is never confirmed.

[
478
]
Recorded Time and Other Stories
: “Recorded Time”

[
479
]
The Mysterious Planet.
The Valeyard’s “evidence”, as displayed throughout
The Trial of a Time Lord
, derives from this feature, although it’s unclear if the Doctor’s TARDIS was secretly fitted with surveillance gear at some point (his visit to Gallifrey in
Arc of Infinity
, for instance), or if the Ship was incorporated into the system by remote.