Romana’s Timeline

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Here is ‘Romana’s Timeline’.

I’ve referred to

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to help me put this version of the timeline together.

I’ve included all the TV stories, audios; books and comics into this list for now.

The (TV) and (Audio) stories are highlighted in GREEN.

The (Book) stories are to remain un-highlighted for now.

 The short stories are highlighted in GREEN and/or ITALICS; and are CENTRED.

The stories with links to reviews by me on my blog are highlighted in BOLD and GREEN.

Regarding the (Book) stories, I’ve identified each of them as follows in the KEY below.

KEY
*VNA – Virgin New Adventures
*VMA – Virgin Missing Adventures
*EDA – Eighth Doctor Adventures
*PDA – Past Doctor Adventures
*TB – Target Books

Regarding the (Audio) stories, I’ve identified each of them as follows in the KEY below.

KEY
**BAB – BBC Audio Book
**BFAD – Big Finish Audio Drama
**BFAB – Big Finish Audio Book
**BBVAD – BBV Audio Drama

Regarding the short stories, I’ve identified each of them as follows with abbreviations.

  • (ST) – Short Trip (either Big Finish or BBC)
  • (DWM) – ‘Doctor Who Magazine’
  • (TS) – Target Storybook
  • (YB) – Yearbook
  • (PT) – Perfect Timing
  • (PT2) – Perfect Timing 2

Please feel free to ask questions about this timeline, as I intend to revisit this and add new stories to the list as time goes on.

I’ve divided the timeline into 10 phases
1. Romana I on Gallifrey
2. Romana I with The Fourth Doctor and K-9 Mk II (Season 16)
3. Romana II with The Fourth Doctor and K-9 Mk II (Season 17)
4. Romana II with the Fourth Doctor and K-9 Mk II (Season 18)
5. Romana II with the Fourth Doctor and K-9 Mk II with Adric (Season 18)
6. Romana II and K-9 Mk II in E-Space
7. Romana II on Gallifrey
8. Romana II in the Time War

ROMANA’S DIVERGENT TIMELINE
9A. Romana III
9B. Romana IV

9. Romana III on Gallifrey

1. Romana I on Gallifrey

Romana I’s appearance in ‘Lies’ (G) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.
Romana I’s appearance in ‘Spirit’ (G) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.
Romana I’s appearance in ‘Imperiatrix’ (G) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.
Romana I’s appearance in ‘Fractures’ (G) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.
Romana I’s appearance in ‘Warfare’ (G) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.
Romana I’s appearance in ‘Reborn’ (G) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.

2. Romana I with The Fourth Doctor and K-9 Mk II (Season 16)

The Fourth Doctor and Romana I’s appearance in ‘Tales From The Vault’ (Audio) – BFAB** occurs here.

‘The Glarn Strategy’ (ST)
‘Life from Lifelessness’ (ST)

The Fourth Doctor and Romana I’s appearance in ‘Luna Romana’ (Audio) – BFAB** takes place here.

‘Foundations of Life’
‘The Five Doctors At Christmas: The Fourth Doctor’s Story’
The Fourth Doctor, Romana I and K-9 Mk II’s appearance in ‘The Five Doctors At Christmas: The Five Doctors’ Story’ takes place here.

‘X-Rani and the Ugly Mutants’ (Annual)
‘Light Fantastic’ (Annual)
‘Terror on Xaboi’ (Annual Comic)
‘Reluctant Warriors’ (Annual)
‘The Weapon’ (Annual Comic)
‘Return of the Electrids’ (Annual)
‘The Sleeping Guardians’ (Annual)
The flashback scene featuring the Fourth Doctor, Romana I and K-9 Mk II from ‘Death to the Doctor!’ (Comic) takes place here.
‘Good Queen, Bad Queen, I Queen, You Queen’ (ST)
‘The Doctor’s First XI’ (ST/Audio) – BFAB**
‘The Warren Legacy’ (ST/Audio) – BFAB**

  • The Stealers From Saiph (Audio) – BFAB**

3. Romana II with The Fourth Doctor and K-9 Mk II (Season 17)

Romana I’s appearance in ‘The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe’ (ST) takes place during ‘Destiny of the Daleks’ (TV) before she regenerates into Romana II.

  • Victims (Comic)

‘Under Reykjavic’ (DWM)
‘The Old Rogue’ (ST/Audio) – BFAB**

‘The End of Now’ (ST)
‘The Final Analysis’ (DWM)
The Fourth Doctor and Romana II’s appearance in ‘The Lost Dimension’ (Comic) takes place here.

The Fourth Doctor’s appearance in ‘Time & Time Again’ (Comic) takes place during ‘Nightmare of Eden’ (TV).

‘Time Lady of Means’ from ‘The Many Lives of Doctor Who’ (Comic) takes place here.
‘The Little Things’ (ST)
‘The Clanging Chimes of Doom’ (ST)
‘Present Tense’ (ST)

Romana II and K-9 Mk II’s cameo at the end of ‘Foundations of Life’ takes place here.
The Fourth Doctor and Romana II’s appearance in ‘The Forgotten’ (Comic) takes place here.
‘Return of the Spiders’ (ST)

The Fourth Doctor and Romana II’s appearance in ‘The Five Doctors’ (TV) takes place during the events of ‘Shada’ (TV).
‘Punting’ (TS) – TB* takes place during the Fourth Doctor and Romana II’s appearance in ‘The Five Doctors’ (TV).
‘The Choice’ from ‘Prisoners of Time’ (Comic) takes place here.
‘Endgame’ from ‘Prisoners of Time’ (Comic) takes place here.
‘Glass’ (ST/Audio) – BAB**
‘Checkpoint’ (ST)

  • Wave of Destruction (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Labyrinth of Buda Castle (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Paradox Planet/Legacy of Death (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Gallery of Ghouls (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Trouble With Drax (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Pursuit of History/Casualties of Time (Audio) – BFAD**

‘Colony of Death’ (Annual)
‘Alien Mind Games’ (Annual)
‘A Midsummer’s Nightmare’ (Annual/Audio) – BB*/BAB**
‘Every Dog Has His Day’ (Annual Comic)
‘The Voton Terror’ (Annual)
‘Sweet Flower of Uthe’ (Annual)

‘Suitors, Inc.’ (ST)
‘All Snug in Their Beds’ (ST)
‘Breadcrumbs’ (ST/Audio) – BFAB**
‘Child’s Play’ (ST)

  • The Pyralis Effect (Audio) – BFAB**

The Doctor, Romana II and K-9 Mk II’s appearance in ‘The Dying Days’ (Book) – VNA* takes place here.

‘Special Occasions’ (ST)
The Fourth Doctor and Romana II’s appearance in ‘Luna Romana’ (Audio) – BFAB** takes place here.
‘Not Necessarily In That Order…’ (PT)
‘Child of Darkness’ (PT)
‘The Zargathon Menace’ (PT)
‘Goodbye Rembrandt’ (PT2)
The ‘Step into the 80’s!’ (TV) Prime Computer adverts take place here.

4. Romana II with the Fourth Doctor and K-9  Mk II (Season 18)

The ‘Dr. Who meets his match‘ (TV) and ‘Dr. Who and the Aliens’ (TV) Prime Computer adverts take place here.
‘The Monster in the Wardrobe’ (ST)
‘The Beast Inside’ (YB)
‘Into the Silent Land’ (ST)

‘”I Was a Monster!!!”‘ (ST)
‘Doing Time’ (ST)
‘Insider Dealing’ (ST)

  • The Beast of Kravenos (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Eternal Battle (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Silent Scream (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Dethras (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Haunting of Malkin Place (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Subterranea (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Movellan Grave (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Skin of the Sleek/The Thief Who Stole Time (Audio) – BFAD**

The Fourth Doctor and Romana II’s story in ‘Collision Course’ from ‘The Legacy of Time’ (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.

5. Romana II with the Fourth Doctor and K-9  Mk II with Adric (Season 18)

The Fourth Doctor and Romana II’s appearance in ‘The Eight Doctors’ (Book) – EDA* occurs during ‘State of Decay’ (TV).

‘A Full Life’ (ST/Audio) – BFAB**
‘O, Darkness’ (ST)
‘Pathfinders’ (DWM)

6. Romana II with K-9 Mk II in E-Space

‘Stolen Futures’ from ‘Protectors of Time’ (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.

  • The Choice (K-9 & M) (Audio) – BBVAD**
  • The Search (K-9 & M) (Audio) – BBVAD**

Romana II’s diary entry of ‘The Invasion of E-Space’ (Audio) – BFAB** takes place sometime after ‘Warriors’ Gate’ (TV).

7. Romana II on Gallifrey

‘The Time Lord’s Story’ (ST)

Leela, K-9 MkII and Romana II’s cameos in ‘The Thirteen+ Doctors’ takes place here. 
‘Second Sight’ from ‘The Worlds of Doctor Who’ (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.

  • Weapon of Choice (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Square One (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Inquiry (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • A Blind Eye (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Lies (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Spirit (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Pandora (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Insurgency (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Imperiatrix (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Fractures (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Warfare (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Appropriation (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Mindbomb(G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Panacea (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Reborn (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Disassembled (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Annihilation (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Forever (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Emancipation (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Evolution (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Arbitration (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Extermination (G) (Audio) – BFAD**

Romana II’s appearance in ‘Renaissance’ (G) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.
Romana II’s appearance in ‘Ascension’ (G) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.
Leela and Romana II’s story in ‘Collision Course’ from ‘The Legacy of Time’ (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.

  • Enemy Lines (G) (Audio) – BFAD**

‘Erasure’ (ST/Audio) – BFAB**

8. Romana II in the Time War

  • Celestial Intervention (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Soldier Obscura (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • The Devil You Know (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Desperate Measures (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Havoc (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Partisans (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Collateral (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Assassins (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Hostiles (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Nevernor (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Mother Tongue (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Unity (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Dissolution (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Beyond (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
  • Homecoming (G) (Audio) – BFAD**

ROMANA’S DIVERGENT TIMELINE
9A. Romana III

‘Apocalypse Angel’ (PT2)

    • The Shadows of Avalon (Book) – EDA*
    • The Ancestor Cell (Book) – EDA*
    • The Gallifrey Chronicles (Book) – EDA*

Romana III’s appearance in ‘Tomb of Valdemar’ (Book) – PDA* takes place here.

9B. Romana IV

Romana IV’s appearance in ‘Tomb of Valdemar’ (Book) – PDA* takes place here.

9. Romana III on Gallifrey

Romana II’s appearance in ‘Renaissance’ (G) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.
Romana III’s appearance in ‘Ascension’ (G) (Audio) – BFAD** takes place here.
Romana III’s narration of ‘Luna Romana’ (Audio) – BFAB** takes place here.

  • Intervention Earth (G) (Audio) – BFAD**
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2 thoughts on “Romana’s Timeline”

  1. SangheiliosThel's avatarSangheiliosThel

    The framing narration of Tomb of the Valdemar depicts an elderly Romana III (After the Ancestor Cell) who then regenerates into Romana IV. This is the only appearance of this incarnation.

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    1. Tim Bradley's avatarTim Bradley Post author

      Hi SangheiliosThel,

      Thanks for letting me know about this. I’ve added Romana III’s narration of ‘Tomb of Valdemar’ after ‘The Ancestor Cell’ to the timeline.

      Tim 🙂

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