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==Romana II==<!-- This section is linked from [[Gallifrey]] -->
[[Image:Romanadvoratrelundar.jpg|thumb|left|[[Lalla Ward]] as Romana II]]
The introduction of Romana's second incarnation at the start of ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' — a script credited to [[Terry Nation]], but with several additions and alterations by script editor [[Douglas Adams]] — treats the concept of regeneration humorously;<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5j.html A Brief History Of Time (Travel): Destiny Of The Daleks<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Romana changes bodily forms several times, rather like someone casually trying on different outfits, before deciding to take the form of Princess Astra, who had been played by [[Lalla Ward]] in the final serial of Season 16, ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]''.  This [[Regeneration (Doctor Who)#Regeneration|regeneration scene]] is controversial with some fans, as it does not conform to the seriousness with which regeneration is presented in most other cases. It is generally presented as traumatic, even emotionally or physically agonizing. Attempts at rationalising Romana's regeneration have been made in licensed spin-off media, including the ''Short Trips'' short story "The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe" which speculates that the TARDIS was responsible for her regeneration.

At the end of the serial ''[[Meglos]]'', Romana receives word from the Time Lords recalling her to Gallifrey. The opening of the next serial ''[[Full Circle (Doctor Who)|Full Circle]]'' makes it clear that, having travelled with the Doctor, she no longer desires to return home. Before the issue can be resolved, the TARDIS falls through a "charged vacuum emboîtement" and disappears into another universe known as E-Space. Her final television appearance was in the 1981 story ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' where, along with the robot dog [[K9 (Doctor Who)|K9]], she leaves to forge her own path in E-space when faced with a choice of remaining there or returning to Gallifrey. She also appears briefly in the 20th Anniversary special "[[The Five Doctors]]" (1983) through the reuse of footage from the uncompleted 1979 story ''[[Shada (Doctor Who)|Shada]]'', as [[Tom Baker]] declined to appear in the special.

After the departure of both Romana I and II, both versions of the character also appeared very briefly in flashback sequences during the Fourth Doctor's regeneration in ''[[Logopolis]]'' as well as the Fifth Doctor's mind-copy in ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]''. Romana would also be mentioned in ''[[Castrovalva (Doctor Who)|Castrovalva]]'' during the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s post-regenerative confusion, as well as in ''[[Arc of Infinity]]'', in which the Fifth Doctor, in response to a reprimand from the High Council of Time Lords for "leaving [her] behind", retorts that she "chose to remain in E-Space". Ward subsequently returned for a brief cameo as Romana in the 1993 charity special ''[[Dimensions in Time]]''.