Gallifrey/Characters

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Protagonists

Romana

Gallifrey's President. Well, most of the time.

Leela

The Presidential bodyguard and close friend of President Romana.

  • Action Girl: Doubly emphasized considering the company she's keeping.
  • Battle Butler: To Romana.
  • Book Dumb: Both this and her common sense are especially obvious compared to everyone around her.
  • Fish Out of Water: A major source of distress. Finds her footing somewhat during the civil war.
  • Fur Bikini: On being sent out on an assignment, Leela complains that she doesn't want to have to wear stupid clothes again. Romana assures her that she can stay dressed as she is. The next scene begins with her reading the mission briefing and trying to read aloud the words 'exotic dancer'.
  • Noble Savage
  • Blue Oni Red Oni: Red to Romana's Blue.

K9, Mark I and Mark II

Irving Braxiatel

  • The Chessmaster: Oh, yes. A benevolent example, as most of his machinations here are directed to the benefit of the heroes. Not that he seems to be bothered whether they know, approve, or are aware of it at the time.
  • Guile Hero
  • Heroic Sacrifice: Of the non-fatal, simply having a malevolent entity stuck in your head that will destroy you if you think about it variety. Of course, all part of the Grand Plan.
  • Ice Queen: His nickname in the Academy was "the Icicle".
  • Large Ham: Oh dear God...
  • Put on a Bus:"Whatever you or anyone else may think, I am leaving Gallifrey of my own choosing."
  • Renaissance Man: Art historian, politician, semi-malevolent Machiavelli. And the list goes on.

Narvin

  • Butt Monkey: The only consistently good character. Disliked by basically everyone.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Possibly the only way to cope, as he spends most of his time being ordered around by his superiors to do things he politically objects to or finds completely stupid.
  • Good Is Not Nice: Consistently insults Leela (along with the other "sophisticated" locals. Overlaps with Character Development, as it's hard to imagine his S4 persona being as dismissive of temporal refugees as in his introduction.

Antagonists

Darkel

The Inquisitor. Perhaps a little on the conservative end of the political spectrum.

Pandora

The embodiment of all ambition and evil, past, present and future, found in the Matrix.

  • Ambition Is Evil: To the discomfort of Brax and Darkel.
  • Retcon: To explain Romana's regeneration in the main series.

Arkadian

Transtemporal crook and interdimensional Arms Dealer.

Free Time

A terrorist group. Perhaps a little on the progressive end of the political spectrum.