Romana III The third incarnation of Romanadvoratrelundar was , like her predecessor , also President of Gallifrey . However , the potential for at least two distinct versions of her existed due to the alteration of Gallifrey ' s history . ( PROSE : " The Ancestor Cell " , AUDIO : " Enemy Lines " ) While Romana II was meant to regenerate into one of these versions of Romana III , Braxiatel changed her past and undid her regeneration . ( AUDIO : " Enemy Lines " ) Biography . Matrix projection . A Matrix projection of Romana III aided her second incarnation after she had returned from the Axis . She stopped Leela and Narvin from returning properly by trapping them in a Chronic Hysteresis . She showed her younger self the results of the Pandora devastation . By offering her Capitol to her previous incarnation , Trey saved her thousands of years in rebuilding the planet . She called herself " Trey " to avoid confusion . She had Romana exiled for the death of Kolspen of Unvoss . This occurred in the Matrix . ( AUDIO : " Renaissance " ) When Romana disappeared , she went with Narvin and Leela to the Archives , where they met Tallan . She helped Narvin and Leela escape the Matrix before it collapsed . Trey later aided her second incarnation in defeating the Dalek s , who were invading Gallifrey in her past . She stopped the invasion force from leaving the Matrix by closing it ' s doors from the inside . She created a plan to trap the Daleks inside the Matrix , thus stopping them from invading Gallifrey itself . ( AUDIO : " Ascension " ) Gallifrey ' s darkest hour . During the final term of office , Romana III had to deal with an anomaly near Earth , created using the Hand of Omega . A secret society , known as the Adherents of Ohm , were trying to gain power on Gallifrey , and she suspected that Narvin might be part of it . There was an attempt to assassinate her though Tauras managed to save her . She travelled through a black hole after Narvin tracked Ace there and found out that Tauras had set Omega free from the anti - matter universe . She tried to travel back into her own universe again but was stuck in the black hole as the type 160 TARDIS she was using ran out of power . She accepted that she along with Narvin and Ace wouldn ' t see Gallifrey again , until Irving Braxiatel saved her and went after Omega . ( AUDIO : " Intervention Earth " ) After Omega returned , a war devastated Gallifrey . ( AUDIO : " Enemy Lines " ) As Gallifrey faced its " darkest hour " , Romana began to clear sections of the planet in order to make room to build Battle TARDIS es . She personally attended the decommissioning of Quadrigger Stoyn ' s workstation . ( AUDIO : " Luna Romana " ) Irving Braxiatel later went back in time and stopped Romana II from regenerating , saying that Romana III had sent him to change her past to avert the conflict that devastated Gallifrey . She then stepped down from the Presidency to ensure that future would not take hold . In the wake of Braxiatel ' s intervention , Romana II was uncertain whether she would eventually regenerate into the same third incarnation or not . ( AUDIO : " Enemy Lines " ) However , during the first months of the Last Great Time War , she decided to run again for the Presidency ; since she was barred by law from serving another term in that incarnation , she promised to promptly regenerate if she received the public vote . She was instead defeated by Valerian . ( AUDIO : " Desperate Measures " ) War Queen of the Nine Gallifreys . A potentially separate third incarnation of Romana became War Queen and President of the Nine Gallifreys in preparation for the upcoming war . She had a harder personality than Romana II and was less friendly towards the Eighth Doctor . She dispatched Cavis and Gandar to Avalon and eventually turned up herself to take possession of Compassion after Compassion transformed into a TARDIS . Romana believed Compassion could give the Time Lords a tactical advantage in the War . Instead , the Eighth Doctor and Fitz fled inside Compassion . ( PROSE : " The Shadows of Avalon " ) After a hundred and fifty years in power , she was approaching her first reaffirmation ceremony when she was challenged by former President Greyjan , an event which turned out to be part of a scheme by Faction Paradox to take over Gallifrey and re - write its history . The Eighth Doctor destroyed the planet to prevent this . ( PROSE : " The Ancestor Cell " ) Marnal later showed the amnesiac Eighth Doctor these events , where Romana and one of her soldiers , Mali tried to restore Gallifrey from one of the Nine Gallifreys . They discovered that Faction Paradox had wiped the Nine Gallifreys from history . Romana wept , knowing that her planet was doomed . Soon after , Faction Paradox skulltroopers closed in on Romana and Mali and fired two shots . Before she died , however , Romana sent K - 9 into the Doctor ' s TARDIS to prevent him from destroying Gallifrey . ( PROSE : " The Gallifrey Chronicles " ) Personality . As a projection , the Trey incarnation appeared to have a sunny and perky disposition , and was prone to wanting to give people hugs ( even her previous incarnation , although the Blinovitch Limitation Effect made this inadvisable ) . Despite this , she could also be manipulative and ruthless when necessary . ( AUDIO : " Renaissance " , " Intervention Earth " ) She was wistful about her first incarnation ' s naivety . ( AUDIO : " Luna Romana " ) Appearance . As War Queen , Romana was petite , with black hair and a snub nose . ( PROSE : " The Gallifrey Chronicles " ) She had a fringe , green eyes , and a tattoo of the Prydonian Seal on her left ankle . She wore pearls . ( PROSE : " The Shadows of Avalon " ) Cuthbert Simpson regarded Romana as " beautiful " . ( PROSE : " The Banquo Legacy " ) The Doctor noted that this incarnation of Romana looked like his mother . ( PROSE : " The Ancestor Cell " )