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date: 2010-01-03 00:19:16
subject: Re: Who is the woman in white? (part one spoilers)

From: doctor{at}doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor)

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pbowles{at}aol.com  wrote:
>On 27 Dec, 03:45, The Wordsmith  wrote:
>> A lot of Part One makes sense, but one thing that I haven't been able to
>> figure out is the lady in white, that appeared to Cribbins in the church
>> and again in the television. She's trying to save The Doctor, so its
>> probable that she's a Time Lord, a renegade just like Tennant.
>
>Time Lords can't appear and disappear at will, aren't visible only to
>one person and can't appear inside TVs unless they've been recorded (a
>la Blink).
>
> I think
>> there's a real possibility that she may be Romana. As far as we know, she
>> was Lady President during the Time War and presumably died with the rest
>> of them.
>>
>> However, since we've seen Tim Dalton holding the Key of Rassilon (not to
>> be confused with the Great Key) and wearing the Sash of Rassilon while
>> standing on the platform in the Panopticon, we can assume that Romana
>> either died, resigned, or fled (to watch over the Doctor, maybe?) and
>> Dalton's character took over.
>
>We can assume that Romana has nothing to do with it, since the last
>time she was seen in TV continuity she was in E-space. Unless anything
>in the script suggests otherwise, there's no reason to believe
>offscreen continuity is canon. Nor is it clear why it matters.
>
>> Thoughts on my pet theory?
>
>Sorry, but no. If RTD wanted to bring Romana back he'd do so with
>Lalla Ward playing the part, since the only reason to bring her back
>would be as a sop to old fans who would recognise the actress - he
>might as well have brought K-9 back without John Leeson.
>
>We've had the fanwank of this story - the Master's back and so are the
>Time Lords. No one is going to turn out to be a recurring Time Lord
>character from the old series. The lady in white is something new for
>this story, whoever she turns out to be (if we even find out).
>
>Phil

Who knows.  Now it's the SM Era.
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