Vansell

Vansell (full name Vansellostophossius) was Coordinator of the Celestial Intervention Agency. He was a determined person who did his utmost to keep Gallifrey in its position of power, and to maintain the Web of Time.

Biography
The First Doctor knew him at the Prydon Academy. He (supposedly) called Vansell by the nickname of 'Nosebung'. (BFA: Neverland) Vansell belonged to the Deca, a clique of young Time Lords and Ladies which included the Doctor and the Master. Like Ushas and Rallon, Vansell did well for himself and received his Rassilon Imprimatur before the Doctor. Vansell had already joined the CIA despite his youth and followed their orders to watch the Doctor closely. (PDA: Divided Loyalties)

Angered because he believed the Sixth Doctor had let the Nestene Consciousness escape destruction by the Time Lords, he set up his trial on Space Station Zenobia (PDA: Synthespians™) The jury would subsequently acquit the Doctor of the charges. (DW: The Ultimate Foe)

Vansell led an expedition into the world of Anti-Time to find what he believed to be the body of the Time Lord's revered founder, Rassilon. He was possessed by anti-time energy, and attempted a coup. After overcoming the anti-time energy, he was killed when he assisting Lady President Romana. He was trapped within the Time Station's temporal reactors and was vapourised. (BFA: Neverland)

He was succeeded as coordinator of the CIA by Narvin. (BFG: Weapon of Choice)

Alternative versions
In an alternative timeline, he attempted to kill the Doctor on multiple occasions. (BFA: The Sirens of Time)

In another alternative timeline, he was a lowly servant of the House of Heartshaven, Lady Romana's ancestral home, who was secretly in the employ of her son Antonin. (BFG: Reborn)

Behind the Scenes

 * Vansell is the only character created by Big Finish to have been depicting meeting the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and the Eighth Doctors.