Pandad IV's penultimate High Council

Lord President Pandad IV's penultimate High Council was the administration that presided over the Second Doctor's trial for violating the non-interference policy and that dealt with the First Omega Crisis.

Pandad led the Council in his twelfth incarnation with Socra as his Chancellor. Other Councillors of note included Goth who went on to serve as Chancellor in Pandad's final High Council and the War Chief who went on to become a notorious renegade.

The administration in power during the Third Doctor's exile on Earth, this era was defined by the repeated interference of the Celestial Intervention Agency from behind the scenes. (PROSE: The Legacy of Gallifrey)

History
Before she was recruited by the Celestial Intervention Agency, Lady Serena had been studying the records of the most recent presidential election in the Capitol Library, attempting to work out the truth of what actually happened and where it lay between the lines of the official accounts. (PROSE: World Game) By the time of the Second Doctor's trial, Socra was newly appointed as Chancellor. (PROSE: The Legacy of Gallifrey)

The High Council administration was abruptly ended when the Rani, a high-ranking official at the Academy, developed a way of making life grow from an embryo to maturity within minutes. A by-product of this was that the animals grew to larger sizes than they should have. One day, a mouse she was experimenting on escaped and attacked the Council. Socra died in the animal's jaws (PROSE: The Legacy of Gallifrey) with Pandad's cat also succumbing to the creature. Additionally, it destroyed the lower half of the President's left leg and he was forced to regenerate to save himself. (TV: The Mark of the Rani; PROSE: The Legacy of Gallifrey)

The grief-stricken Pandad appointed Goth as the new Chancellor, a decision he regretted to his dying day. That administration lasted just thirty years (PROSE: The Legacy of Gallifrey) before Pandad was assassinated on Presidential Resignation Day. (TV: The Deadly Assassin; PROSE: The Legacy of Gallifrey)