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From: tainter@ihlpg.UUCP (Tainter)
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Subject: Re: how many Romana's are there?
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 20:51:04 EST
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> The White Guardian only needed to have Time stopped for a short time
> to adjust the balance of the Universe.  When the Doctor assembled
> the Key for a short time, that gave the White Guardian the opening
> he needed to do his task.  After that, the Doctor got rid of the Key,
> partially because it was no longer needed, partially because he
> didn't want it around to tempt him with its power, partially
> because he and Romana felt it was cruel to, for example, keep
> Princess Astra as a lump of crystal for all time, and partially so
> someone (such as the Black Guardian) couldn't simply beat on the Doctor
> and get the fully
> assembled Key for themselves-- can you imagine how long even the
> Doctor would last once word got round that he had the fully
> assembled Key to Time in his possession?
> Mark Modig
> ihnp4!sfmag!mom

WRONG!  The White Guardian did not actually have the doctor fetch the key,
the Black Guardian disguised as the White Guardian did.  The doctor only
caught onto the deception at the very end.
--j.a.tainter
Truth, justice and the milky way.