And I am here. Here are some links for Trav info. There's also the threads at RPG.net, but those are locked away from non-members. I left for reasons best not bothered with - but the narrative was awesome and I'd like a way to capture it all.
Hello, everyone. Now I have to watch Paradise Towers!
The Traveller always wears a Fedora, since her entire career started when the 1st Doctor left his cap in Travellandatura's celestiography observarium and she spent 3 episodes trying to get it back to him, in the process helping him to uncover the Sontaran's plot. While a Time Lord, Travellandatura was originally a celestiographer, a cross between an astronomer, gravitic physicist and historian. The hat can assume any hat or scarf like shape, being a nanotech construct. In Rifts, it had 1 MDC.
1st Traveller, being cosplayed. Facially, Trav looks like a cross between Lara Croft and Belle from Beauty and The Beast. Spoke with an aristocratic New England accent. Notable companions - Herodotus, Al Capone, Wyatt Earp.
Second Traveller, without her hat. Notable companions - RIck Hunter/Hikaru Ichigho, Lynn Minmay and several other Robotech Heroes, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, and many many others. Had a chaste romance with the 5th Doctor, which made her fall into the form of the Marshall all the more tragic.
Kate Mulgrew, the Marshall. No companions but several lackeys, she commanded armies at various points, and would occasionally assist the Doctor against the likes of the Daleks (who were responsible for her capture, torture and transformation into the Marshall), whom she hated. Her most feared weapon was the Rod, which resembled a riding crop and combined the functions of a sonic screwdriver with a Dalek delta wave gun, as well as several other functions. Mulgrew performed as the Marshall across several seasons of Doctor Who, and credits her experience there with winning her the role of Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek:Voyager. Janeway-As-Marshall memes are still popular on the Internet, especially the one "BORG? PLEASE. OUR CAPTAIN IS A TIME LORD." Appears yearly with Samantha Drake at the annual GALLIFREY ONE convention at the Traveller panel.
Not pictured - Macy Waller, who played Dr Louise Simons. Louise Simons was the Traveller changed by the Chameleon arch into a human. While Waller only played Louise Simons in 2 episodes before regeneration into the Traveller, her impact is felt all the way through
Demons of Time. Simons still carried and wore The Doctor's hat, which she regarded as simply a nanotech construct that, along with her sonic screwdriver, were gifted to her by the Megaversal Druid Morhedgreim as simply RIFTS Earths technological artifacts. Louise's family life and children play a major factor in the motivations of the Traveller in the 3 seasons of
Demons of Time, which aired alongside of seasons 2, 3 and 4 or Doctor Who.
Samantha Drake, the current (5th) Traveller. This comedic actress grew up as a Robotech fan and fell in love with the 2nd Traveller watching the old episodes on San Diego's local PBS. Also known for serious dramatic work, including two Golden Globe nominations.
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