Romana's Medical Bandages

A crumpled roll of off-white gauze bandages, slightly yellowed with age and medicinal residue. Romana unfurls them with practiced speed, her fingers working deftly despite the precipitous reality decay around the tea trolley. The fabric clings to Clare’s raw, blistered palms, the contrast between the sterile bandages and the visibly wounded skin underscoring the desperation of the moment.

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S17E26 · Shada Part 6

Doctor defends time-vortex gamble against Romana

Romana unfurls medical bandages with practiced urgency, applying them to Clare’s raw, blistered palms after the lever’s heat causes her to release it, the sterile gauze stark against the injured skin.

Before: Crumped roll near console, untouched equipment

After: Wrapped around Clare’s burned hands, stained but functional

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S17E26 · Shada Part 6

Doctor assigns final trap preparations

Romana unfurls medical bandages with practiced speed, wrapping Clare’s blistered palms between ricocheting objects, offering sterile relief amid the room’s violent spacetime decay.

Before: Crumpled roll stored in medical kit

After: Applied tightly to burns, cloth darkening with blood and heat

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S17E26 · Shada Part 6

Vortex collapses and the Doctor vanishes

Romana grabs the medical bandages from the clutter and uses them to dress Clare’s blistered palms after the switch is released and the console explodes. The stark contrast between sterile gauze and burnt skin underscores the physical toll of their improvisation and the urgency of stabilization.

Before: Neatly rolled and stored among Romana’s belongings, untouched until the moment of crisis.

After: Partially unfurled and adhered to Clare’s wounded hands, soiled by contact with burned skin and temporal energy residue.

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