Ascension (Gallifrey audio story)

 was the third and final story in the sixth series of Gallifrey and the twenty-fourth story over all.

Publisher's summary
Gallifrey Rises...

Romana's sacrifice sees Gallifrey restored to its former glory, but at a terrible cost.

As the Time Lords begin to reclaim their stronghold, Leela and Narvin find themselves trapped in a decaying reality... and only K9 can help them.

As old friends fight to reunite, new threats lie in wait...

Because Braxiatel was right: war is coming.

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * Lady President Romana - Lalla Ward
 * Romana - Juliet Landau
 * Leela - Louise Jameson
 * Coordinator Narvin - Seán Carlsen
 * K9 Mark II/Coordinator Tallan - John Leeson
 * Chancellor Valyes - Steven Wickham
 * Matthias - Stephen Perring
 * Commander Jevon - Scott Handcock
 * Castellan Slyne - Peter Sheward
 * The Daleks/Dalek Supreme - Nicholas Briggs

Uncredited cast

 * Lord Cardinal - Barnaby Edwards

Continuity

 * Romana refers to Shada technology. (TV: Shada, AUDIO: Shada, PROSE: Shada)
 * Narvin paraphrases T.S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men when he says, "Is this how the world ends? Not with a bang but a whimper." (AUDIO: 1963, TV: The Lazarus Experiment)
 * Narvin recalls that Tallan was a member of the High Council on the alternative Gallifrey where Leela was appointed Lady President. (AUDIO: Reborn)
 * K9 tells Romana that he fled from the Axis when it was invaded by the Dalek taskforce. (AUDIO: Extermination)
 * Romana tells K9 that she, Narvin and Leela closed the last Axis portal behind them when they returned to their own Gallifrey. (AUDIO: Extermination)
 * Romana refers to the supposed extermination of Cardinal Slyne by the Daleks on an alternative Gallifrey. (AUDIO: Extermination)
 * The Dogma Virus was created by the Daleks. (AUDIO: Panacea)
 * This marks the second time that the Daleks have invaded Gallifrey. (AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element)
 * Romana recalls being held prisoner by the Daleks for 20 years. (AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element)
 * During her first incarnation, Romana encountered the Dalek Supreme in the Proxima System. (AUDIO: The Final Phase)
 * Narvin sends Valyes to tell the Fourth Doctor to avert the creation of the Daleks. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks) This interference eventually led to the outbreak of the Last Great Time War. (TV: The End of the World, et. al)
 * When hiding from the Daleks in the presidential office, Romana mentions that a former president had the wall reinforced. Leela remembered this happening. (TV: The Invasion of Time)