Valyes Valyestriandriluma ( Valyes for short ) was a Lord Cardinal of Gallifrey who was chosen by the High Council as acting Chancellor . He replaced Braxiatel , who had been appointed to the position only days earlier . ( AUDIO : " Insurgency " ) Biography . Valyes attended the Time Lord Academy with the First Doctor . In year fifty , the Doctor fed a snapping wart fowl to his summer project . He held a grudge against the Doctor after that . ( AUDIO : " The Next Life " ) As Chancellor , Valyes later ran the Academy . He soon revoked many of the privileges given off - worlders by his predecessor . He was deeply conservative and did not approve of Lady President Romana ' s liberalisation of Gallifreyan society . Romana ' s Academy experiment fell apart under his stewardship . ( AUDIO : " Insurgency " ) Bomb explosions killed numerous students . The rest either were evacuated or taken into protective custody . ( AUDIO : " Imperiatrix " ) During the Gallifreyan Civil War , Valyes sided with the Imperiatrix Pandora and Inquisitor Prime Darkel . ( AUDIO : " Fractures " ) Following the former ' s defeat by Romana and Leela , he assumed the acting Presidency as the next highest ranking Time Lord . He explained his collaboration with Pandora as trying to bring her rule down from within her own circle . Valyes restored the High Council dismissed by Romana when she declared herself Imperiatrix and they called for a new Presidential election . As there was no Vice President , he made Lord Matthias his Lord Cardinal with special security responsibilities . He resigned as Acting Lord President due to the machinations of Darkel , whom he attempted to name as his successor . Romana disputed the legality of his actions as she was still technically President . Matthias also claimed that as acting Chancellor he was Valyes ' rightful successor . ( AUDIO : " Appropriation " ) During the election , Valyes was the Lord High Returning Officer - another office he had acquired over the years - but his moment of glory was cut short by the return of Braxiatel , who claimed the Presidency for himself and named Lord Cardinal Matthias as his successor . ( AUDIO : " Mindbomb " ) Valyes then served as Lord Chancellor to Lord President Matthias . He suggested chucking Pandora ' s weapon ' s arsenal at the Sontaran ' s or the Dalek s . ( AUDIO : " Panacea " ) Valyes was present on Gallifrey when the Dalek s invaded Gallifrey . In an attempt to defeat them , Narvin sent Valyes in disguise to Skaro to give the Fourth Doctor a mission to avert the creation of the Daleks . ( AUDIO : " Ascension " ) Valyes told the Fourth Doctor that the Time Lords had foreseen a time when the Daleks would dominate the universe . He offered the Doctor a mission in time to avert the Daleks ' creation , make them less aggressive or find some inherent weakness in their makeup . The Doctor agreed and asked for the coordinates of Skaro , the Dalek homeworld . Valyes told the Doctor he was already there . He vanished after giving him a time ring to return to the TARDIS when his mission was complete . ( TV : " Genesis of the Daleks " ) Alternative timeline . In an alternate timeline in which Rassilon failed to finish the Eye of Harmony before his death , Valyes was a low ranking member of the Chancellory Guard . ( AUDIO : " Forever " ) He later became an outcast , joining Leela and the freed slave s , who became known as Outsider s . ( AUDIO : " Emancipation " ) Personality . Valyes was a member of the old guard on Gallifrey . He was very old fashioned and opposed to change . He proved easily manipulated by those more clever than he , especially Darkel . He was also extremely obsequious . Valyes seemed to be a born politician who would use the law to suit his own purpose . However , he had more faith in his ability than others did , and this faith was misplaced . ( AUDIO : " Lies " , " Appropriation " , " Mindbomb " )