Romana Romanadvoratrelundar — known in short as Romana — was a Time Lady who was assigned the task to assist the Fourth Doctor in his quest for the Key to Time . She stayed with him long after that task was done and parted from him in E - Space . When she returned to N - Space , she became the Lady President of the Time Lord s of Gallifrey . Name . Romanadvoratrelundar seemed to be a single , long name when she introduced herself to the Fourth Doctor . He quickly shortened it to " Romana " , though given the choice of being called " Romana " or " Fred " she told him to call her " Fred " . ( TV : " The Ribos Operation " ) The Doctor later called her " Miss Dvoratrelundar " when she was a witness during his trial before the Megara . ( TV : " The Stones of Blood " ) Biography . Romana I . Early life . Romana was a member of the House of Heartshaven . ( AUDIO : " Panacea " ) As a Time Tot , she had a copy of the Gallifreyan nursery book , Our Planet Story . ( AUDIO : " Shada , " PROSE " : Shada " ) She graduated with a " triple first " from the Time Lord Academy on Gallifrey . ( TV : " The Ribos Operation " ) Her peers gave her the nickname and unofficial title of " The Icemaiden . " ( AUDIO : " The Inquiry " , " Lies " ) One of her early jobs was working in the Bureau of Ancient Records on Gallifrey . ( TV : " State of Decay " ) Travels with the Doctor . Romana first met the Doctor when she was a young ( about one hundred twenty - five ) and relatively inexperienced Time Lady . She had a haughty , aristocratic air and her personality did not always mix well with that of the Doctor . The White Guardian sent Romana to help the Doctor and K9 Mark II locate the Key to Time . It was the Doctor who gave her the shortened version of her name . ( TV : " The Ribos Operation " ) It was during this mission that she visited Earth for the first time . ( TV : " The Stones of Blood " ) After the completion of the quest , the Doctor installed a randomiser in the TARDIS to evade the Black Guardian and his wrath . As a result the travellers didn ' t know where they would materialise next . ( TV : " The Armageddon Factor " ) Regeneration . Romana regenerated into a new incarnation , seemingly on a whim , adopting the likeness of Princess Astra of Atrios . ( TV : " Destiny of the Daleks " ) Accounts of the reasons for her first regeneration and the circumstances differed , though all agreed that in this incarnation , Romana adopted the likeness of Princess Astra of Atrios . There was also an account that suggested that , at some point after the installation of the randomiser in the Doctor ' s TARDIS but before the Doctor , Romana and K9 found themselves trapped in E - Space , Romana left the TARDIS . The Doctor and K9 continued to travel on their own for a time , ( COMIC : " Timeslip " ) even picking up a new companion along the way . ( COMIC : " Doctor Who and the Star Beast " ) Eventually Romana returned to the Doctor and they resumed their travels together . Romana II . Travels with the Doctor . An adventure on the planet Skaro followed her regeneration , during which Romana encountered the Dalek s . ( TV : " Destiny of the Daleks " ) In this incarnation , Romana travelled for a time with the Doctor and K9 . Leaving the randomiser behind on Argolis , ( TV : " The Leisure Hive " ) the three accidentally passed through a CVE into the universe called E - Space . It was here they encountered Adric . ( TV : " Full Circle " ) Adric stowed away onboard the TARDIS and all the travellers were brought to an encounter with an ancient enemy of the Time Lords , the Great Vampire . ( TV : " State of Decay " ) Romana and the Doctor parted when she decided to remain in E - Space with K9 to help the enslaved Tharil s regain their freedom . The Doctor and Adric left for N - Space , the Doctor ' s native universe . ( TV : " Warriors ' Gate " ) As Lady President . Romana returned to N - Space ; one account suggested the Seventh Doctor made this possible . ( PROSE : " Blood Harvest " ) She subsequently assumed a seat on the High Council of Time Lords ( PROSE : " Goth Opera " ) and later attained the office of President . She was at this time generally referred to by her full name , and had Leela , K9 and Irving Braxiatel as her closest confidantes . She was abducted by the Daleks , and kept prisoner for twenty years , barely escaping with her sanity intact , although an adventure shared with the Sixth Doctor helped her recover ( AUDIO : " The Apocalypse Element " ) . After this , she presided over Gallifrey in a ever - changing political situation where new time - active powers like the Monan Host were coming to prominence . The machinations of the Free Time terrorist group and a civil war against the malevolent Pandora ( who took on the form of Romana ' s first incarnation ) would eventually see Gallifrey fall into ruin and Romana lose her position to Matthias . Braxiatel tried to salvage the situation , but this went " pear - shaped " , leaving Gallifrey overrun by Dogma Virus zombies and about to be hit with temporal weapons . ( AUDIO : " Panacea " ) Romana , however , had a plan : explore alternate universes to find a new Gallifrey to live on . ( AUDIO : " Reborn " ) Finally , Romana , Leela , and Narvin settled on a version of Gallifrey in which time travel was just beginning to be realised . Romana assumed the Presidency after the assassination of her alternate universe counterpart , and appointed Narvin her chancellor . ( AUDIO : " Forever " ) Romana discovered a signal coming through time from the Axis , which she thought could be a way back to their home . When a portal from this signal opened in the Panopticon , she was greeted by Dalek s . ( AUDIO : " Arbitration " ) Romana managed to prevent the Daleks ' plan to invade the multiverse , and managed to return home to her own Gallifrey , complete with a cure to the Dogma virus . ( AUDIO : " Extermination " ) Shortly after arriving on her own Gallifrey , Romana repelled a Dalek invasion of Gallifrey with her future incarnation by trapping them in the Matrix . She then set about rebuilding her Gallifrey , which was still crippled by disease and war . ( AUDIO : " Ascension " ) Romana III . Still Lady President , Romana regenerated into another incarnation . With long , dark , straight hair , she looked almost like the Doctor ' s mother and had a Seal of Rassilon tattoo on her ankle . ( PROSE : " The Shadows of Avalon " ) Now far more ruthless , she prepared Gallifrey for war in what she referred to as Gallifrey ' s darkest hour . ( AUDIO : " Luna Romana " ) She helped prepare for the War with the Enemy . ( PROSE : " The Ancestor Cell " ) When she was in office , a secret society known as the Adherents of Ohm set Omega free from the anti - matter universe . ( AUDIO : " Intervention Earth " ) When she had been in power for 150 years , her Gallifrey was destroyed . ( PROSE : " The Ancestor Cell " ) Trey . A Matrix projection of Romana ' s third incarnation ( also known as " Trey " ) aided her second self to defeat the Dalek s . She created a plan to trap them inside the Matrix , thus stopping them from invading Gallifrey itself . ( AUDIO : " Ascension " ) Further incarnations and fate . Evidence suggested that Romana may have been one of a few Time Lords to survive the destruction of Gallifrey , by regenerating into a new form . In this incarnation she resembled a young and beautiful woman with dark eyes and ebony skin . ( PROSE : " Tomb of Valdemar " ) The Tenth Doctor stated that " things went well for Romana . . . until the Time War . " ( COMIC : " The Forgotten " ) Alternate versions . The Eighth Doctor saw a version of Romana in a projection built by The Matrix to show Gallifrey after being affected by anti - time . Romana had taken the title " Imperiatrix " and was much more ruthless than the Doctor expected . In the projection , she presided over the obliteration of a Dalek Fleet trapped in a time loop . ( AUDIO : " Neverland " ) Personality . Romana was an exceptionally clever ( even on par with the Doctor ) and strong willed . She shared many personality traits with the Doctor . She was capable of killing when necessary . ( TV : " The Pirate Planet " ) In her first incarnation , she was haughty and " by the book " and occasionally annoyed by the Doctor ' s eccentricities . She did not mind taking on the form of Princess Astra of Atrios . ( TV : " The Armageddon Factor " ) In her second incarnation , Romana was more bubbly and free spirited , a female version of the Fourth Doctor . She liked to emulate the Doctor ' s sartorial style , initially wearing a pink version of his overcoat , complete with white scarf . ( TV : " Destiny of the Daleks " ) She also wore period Earth - style outfits such as a schoolgirl costume . ( TV : " City of Death " ) She did on at least one occasion slip back into the haughty nature of her first incarnation . ( TV : " The Creature from the Pit " ) Her third incarnation was not as positively disposed towards the Doctor . It is said she regenerated as she felt her second incarnation wasn ' t ruthless enough to handle the coming war . ( PROSE : " The Shadows of Avalon " ) The Tenth Doctor jokingly said of Romana that she " knows everything " . ( PROSE : " Wetworld " ) The Trey incarnation appeared to have a sunny and perky disposition , and was prone to wanting to give people hugs ( even her previous self , although the Blinovitch Limitation Effect made this inadvisable ) . Despite this , she could also be manipulative when necessary . ( AUDIO : " Renaissance " ) Age . Romana stated that she was " nearly one hundred and forty " when she first met the Doctor . ( TV : " The Ribos Operation " ) A while after she regenerated , she stated she was one hundred and twenty - six . ( TV : " City of Death " ) She was one hundred and fifty by the time the Doctor was on Argolis . ( TV : " The Leisure Hive " ) She celebrated her sesquicentennial as Lady President of Gallifrey , meaning she had held the office for precisely one hundred and fifty years . ( PROSE : " The Ancestor Cell " ) Trey , a later incarnation of Romana , was " thousands of years " older than her second self . ( AUDIO : " Renaissance " )