Yeah sorry typo, fixed it.
Yeah I get that she declared herself a dictator and that it was a trap so Pandora can come back in Romanaās form and claim it for herself butā¦ they donāt have to allow that? Surely there is a way for them to just lock her up because sheās not really the President? Why would people allow this! I donāt get it.
Arenāt you just commenting on general politics here? 
No because if some kind of alien duplicate of Kier Starmer turned up during Prime Ministerās Questions and said
āHaha! I am now the leader of this country because I am an alien duplicate that looks like a younger version of Kier from 20 years ago therefore you must make me leader!ā
ā¦. I think somehow we would just lock him up rather than give him the nuclear codes?
I feel like this is one of those time lord things because they value the law so highly, even when they donāt like it and they could easily do something against it, if something is law and there is precedent for it, it will be followed.
I feel like there could also be something about the law having a will, being a physical force there, like it is in shada
If it was tied up in some ridiculous legal technicality? Are you then quite sure that a bunch of self serving idiots wouldnāt back that claim if they could gain power or money?
This is Gallifreyan law, earlier incarnations have a stronger claim, and what is past law still counts no matter how archaic. Gallifreyans love nothing more than a legal technicality
Hmmm ok it just really made me roll my eyes because as you said, this isnāt an earlier incarnation, itās Pandora āwearingā Romana like a skin.
Wow, that was a blast. Totally fun, a very engaging story, and a lot of pay-off to stuff thatās been simmering since the very beginning.
9/10, best Gallifrey Iāve Gallifreyed yet! My only criticism is the music and sound effects. Up until now, I found the music and SFX of Gallifrey as pretty middle of the road - not as powerful or memorable as the stuff Iāve heard in The War Master, but no so bad it ever really stood out to me. Here though, I found myself getting distracted by it. I remember thereās one scene where thereās all this lofty, soft music playing, and Romana is meanwhile having a very intense conversation. It felt like a bit of a mismatch. Additionally, there are a ton of pretty repetitive sound effects I also found distracting. Still, itās a good and entertaining audio overall. Already has made this little journey worth it!
And what a cool twist ending! Iām very glad I never looked at anything promotional or the cast on this one because the ending with āPandoraā was one hell of a cool surprise!
Woohoo! So glad you liked it! Now it is intersting to hear what you think about S3!
Holy ā ā ā ā .
This was just amazing. After the last two Episodes, while I really enjoyed myself, I must admit I wish they could have matched the Highs of the first two of this Series. And then thisā¦ Woah! There is A LOT to say with this Story, not only with it being the first longer Release (and goodness me, thank god itās longer!), but also for being such a superb Finale.
I already mentioned this in other Threads of the other Stories, but while the first Series was very Leela-centric, this one feels more Romana-centric and this Finale confirms it. Donāt get me wrong, Leela gets some amazing Moments in this, that Ending with her and Romanaā¦ 
That said Lalla is so good here! You can tell she is overwhelmed, you can feel that any Moment now she could have a Breakdown from all the Stress and Problems, itās amazing, I love it!
In general, the Performances are really just strong here.
I ADORE how many Grounds we cover yet do all of them pretty satifiying in my Eyes, be it the uprising Tension in Gallifreyan Society, Darkelās scheming and nasty Plans and so much more!
Narvin! I canāt believe it but sircarolyn was not lying, I start to become more a Part of the Narvinationā¦ 
Mary Tamm! 
What a Performance! What a Voice, I always had a big Heart for her Romana, one of the Companions that I wish had at least another Season. So hearing her again was a delightful surprise to me here. You can really tell she is enjoying every Second of playing Pandora, probably my favorite Part she has taken in the World of Who?? Itās just so good!
Bombastic, dramatic, satisfying! Everybody is having their worst Time in their Life, and I am having a blast (this sounds SO wrong without Contextā¦)
ā¦I think I have my very own Stolen Earth/Journeyās End now! 
Yayyy! I really think Imperiatrix is a turning point in the āliking Narvinā arc because who doesnāt like him getting blown up for Romana?
And yessss, this is such a strong episode for Romana and the Pandora stuff is so good and they both give incredible performances!! Couldnāt agree more with what you said
muhhahahaha! What did I say! If you donāt feel at least something for him by Imperiatrix when he runs to go and get blown up for Romana then idk what to say
The way I wrote this before reading @Jaeās post. I love being right 
and yes Lalla is truly phenomenal in this one. I love it!!
Sircarolyn is always right!!
As if my ego isnāt big enough already
Well it seems like it, guess time to try out Counter Measures in that case and see if that Statement is actually true 
But remember: if you end up disliking it, it just means that @sircarolyn is right and you have bad taste
Ah but the thing is Iām not wrong and CM is brilliant, so there!
Well I will have to find out for myself, if you are right then I shall follow your recommendation for every spin off going forward!
Oh @sircarolyn is right about Counter-Measures as well 
Itās finally happened. And by it I mean two things.
Iāll try and write more articulate thoughts later but this cinematic full feature length audio was such a perfect finale in every way, where all the scheming and character drama come together perfectly. Every single thing set up so far clicks in here and the stakes raise beautifully.And after feeling like the series almost kinda forgot about Free Time in series 2, it comes back with aplomb and a bomb, and doesnāt compete with Pandora for the antagonist role but runs parallel perfectly.
I love Romana I love Leela I finally love Narvin I love Mary Tamm as Pandora I love Gallifrey!!!
