Doctor Who & Spin-Offs A-Z Game

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R ~ Romana
Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, she was a companion of the Fourth Doctor.

As a Time Lord, Romana was able to regenerate, having two on screen incarnations with somewhat different personalities (dubbed Romana I and Romana II by fans). Romana I was played by Mary Tamm from 1978 to 1979. When Tamm became pregnant and chose not to sign on for a second season, the part was recast. Romana II was played by Lalla Ward from 1979 to 1981.

Romana remains one of only two members of the Doctor's own race to travel with him during the entire television series and the only explicit female Time Lord companion. The other member of his race to travel with him was Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter, and Susan was never explicitly designated as a Time Lord.
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S ~ Seal of the High Council - A round metallic object emblazoned with the Seal of Rassilon, this symbol of Time Lord authority was given to the Master in 'The Five Doctors' to prove to the Doctor that he was working with the Time Lords and not against them. The third Doctor believes that the Master has stolen it from the Time Lords and takes it from him. When the Master tries to explain to the fifth Doctor that one of his other selves has taken it he does not believe him.

[Lilith]

T~Torchwood Institute: Founded by Queen Victoria in 1879, the purpose of the Institute is assimilate and study alien artifacts to arm the British EMpire against Alien invasion. Before the battle of Canary Wharf and subsequent fall of Torchwood 1, the Institute's motto was "If it's alien, it's ours."

[Guest]

U ~ Untempered Schism - A gap in the fabric of reality, the Untempered Schism allows one to look directly into the Time Vortex. It is depicted as a stonework portal through which one sees the Time Vortex unaided. Gallifreyan children are taken to the Schism at the age of eight and made to face the Schism as a form of initiation into the Time Lord Academy. In a flashback during "The Sound of Drums", the Master is seen looking into the Schism as a child, an event the Tenth Doctor describes as the moment the Master went mad. The Doctor says he was one who ran away, and never stopped.

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V~Vortex, Time At the end of the first new season, Rose

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looked into the Time Vortex, brought Capt. Jack back to life, destroyed the Daleks, and snogged the Doctor.

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W ~ Weight negation clamp (MagnaClamp) - These clamps negate the weight of the things they are attached to, allowing a single person to easily lift something weighing several tonnes. Those seen belong to the Torchwood Institute. It appeared in "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday". In "Doomsday", the Tenth Doctor and Rose each use these clamps to attach themselves to the walls of Torchwood One to prevent themselves from being sucked into the Void along with the Dalek and Cyberman armies.

[Alan]

X ~ Xeros - Planet which featured in the 1965 story The Space Museum.

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Y ~ Yeti - The Yeti although resembling the cryptozoological creatures also called the Yeti, are in actuality alien robots. Their external appearance, that of a huge hairy biped, disguises a small spherical mechanism that provides its motive power. The Yeti serve the Great Intelligence, a disembodied entity from another planet, which tried to form a physical body in order to conquer the Earth. The Yeti are initially a ruse to scare off curiosity seekers, and later form an army serving the Great Intelligence.

The Great Intelligence and its Yeti minions were thwarted twice by the Doctor's second incarnation, played by Patrick Troughton, in the serials 'The Abominable Snowmen' and 'The Web of Fear'. A Yeti was also one of the creatures in the Death Zone featured in 'The Five Doctors'.

[Alan]

Z ~ Zarbi - The Zarbi appeared in the 1965 story The Web Planet. In appearance they looked an ant-like insectoid species, with some characteristics associated with beetles and are about eight feet long. They come from the planet Vortis.

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A ~ Anti-Cyberman Special Weapons - Anti-Cyberman Special Weapons are special rifles designed and developed by scientists from the Parallel Torchwood to fight the Cybermen, and brought to Earth during the Cyberman Invasion, subsequently being retained by Torchwood in case the Cybermen ever return from the void. Torchwood Three has a supply of these weapons in the Weapons Room (which was sealed during the event caused by Cyberwoman Lisa Hallett, where cutting off the Hub's power supply caused the facility to go into lockdown and prevent access to the weapons).

[Alan]

B ~ Black Orchid - 1982 story starring Peter Davison as "The Doctor", Matthew Waterhouse as "Adric", Sarah Sutton as "Nyssa", & Janet Fielding as "Tegan Jovanka".

The Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric arrive in England of 1925. At a masked ball at Cranleigh Hall a series of murders begins, and Ann Talbot, who is the spitting image of Nyssa, is abducted. The Doctor must uncover the secret the Cranleigh family is hiding from the world.

[Guest]

C ~ Cyber-conversion unit - Scavenged by Ianto Jones from the ruins of Torchwood One and installed in the basement of the Hub. It was modified following the instructions of Lisa Hallett, a partially converted Cyberman, to become a life support system for her. It was still somewhat operational and was used to attempt to upgrade Dr Tanizaki but resulted in only his death. It was also used to transplant the brain of Lisa into the body of another woman. When used to upgrade it caused a huge power drain on the Hub ("Cyberwoman").

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D ~ Davros - Kaled. Crippled scientist from the planet Skaro. The mad genius who created the Daleks. Davros first appeared in the 1975 story Genesis of the Daleks. Davros appeared to be killed by the Daleks at the end of the story.

It was revealed in the 1979 story Destiny of the Daleks that Davros had survived. The Daleks wanted his help in their war against a robot race called the Movellans but was captured and taken to trial on Earth.

In the 1984 story Resurrection of the Daleks, Davros was revealed to have been put into cryostasis after being found guilty for his crimes. The Daleks rescued him from a prison space station after 90-years imprisonment for his help in finding a cure to a virus devised by the Movellans but instead he attempts to turn the Daleks on to his side. The Daleks realise this and attempt to kill Davros but he escapes.

In the 1985 story Revelation of the Daleks, it was revealed that Davros has made it to the planet Necros and was using it as a breeding ground for a new line of Daleks. Davros was captured by the Daleks loyal to the Emperor and taken back to Skaro.

In the 1987 story Remembrance of the Daleks, Davros has somehow managed to become Dalek Emperor. He attempts to gain possession of the Time Lord device known as the Hand of Omega to give Daleks control of Time Travel. Davros has been tricked into the using the Hand which actually destroys Skaro. The device then turned back and destroyed the ship Davros was on...

In the book War of the Daleks, Davros is revealed to have escaped the destruction of his ship after its destruction by the Hand of Omega. He has been floating in space in an escape pod for close to a century until being picked up by a Thal ship. Davros is then recaptured by Daleks and taken to Skaro to stand trial. The Emperor Dalek explains to Davros that the planet he thought destroyed was not Skaro at all. Davros is found guilty of his crimes and he is totally vaporised...but a Spider Dalek may hold the key to his revival...

Davros was played by Michael Wisher (Genesis of the Daleks), David Gooderson (Destiny of the Daleks), and Terry Molloy (Resurrection of the Daleks, Revelation of the Daleks, & Remembrance of the Daleks).

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E ~ 'Earthshock' - The TARDIS arrives on Earth in the 26th Century in a cave system containing numerous dinosaur fossils. The Doctor's party comes under suspicion from a military force, led by Lieutenant Scott, who are investigating the disappearance of a group of palaeontologists and geologists. They are all then attacked by androids - the true culprits - under the control of the Cybermen.

The Doctor manages to deactivate a bomb intended by the Cybermen to destroy an imminent peace conference. He then follows the bomb's activating signal to an approaching space freighter, commanded by Captain Briggs, on board which it transpires that an army of Cybermen are concealed.

An attempt by Adric to thwart the Cybermen's plans result in the freighter being inadvertently sent millions of years into the past, where it explodes and causes the extinction of the dinosaurs - and also the death of Adric. The Doctor destroys the Cyber Leader by forcing into its chest unit some gold fragments from a badge previously worn by Adric.

[Alan]

F ~ Fielding, Janet - Actress. Janet Fielding played companion Tegan Jovanka. She made her first appearance in Doctor Who in 1981 in Tom Baker's final story Logopolis. Her last appearance was in 1984 in the story Resurrection of the Daleks although she returned for a cameo as a vision of Tegan in Peter Davison's last story The Caves of Androzani.

Janet returned to play Tegan in a special non-canonical mini-episode for the series Jim'll Fix It in which she starred alongside Colin Baker.

In 2006 she returned to voice Tegan in the Big Finish Productions audio adventure The Gathering in which she was reunited with Peter Davison.