Docmana

Docmana is the non-binary ship between the Doctor and Romana from the Doctor Who fandom.

The Key to Time
When the Doctor first meets Romana is when she is assigned as an assistant to help him gather the segments of the Key to Time by the White Guardian. At first, Romana and the Doctor didn't get along, often bickering with each other as they traveled about the universe. Romana was cold towards him at first, but eventually started to warm towards him in the end, growing a friendship. Once they gathered the last segment of the Key to Time and outsmarted the Black Guardian who tried to take it. Romana then regenerated into her next incarnation.

Traveling with the Doctor
After Romana regenerated into her new body, she decided to continue traveling with the Doctor, no longer wishing to return back to Gallifrey. In her new body, Romana became more bubbly and got along much more with the Doctor, even dawning his own clothing in a feminine fashion at one point. The two continued their adventures together, traveling to places like Paris, fighting Daleks, and eventually going on holiday together. However, the Time Lords started reaching out towards the Doctor, requesting Romana's return, much to her annoyance and resistance. Once they were stuck in E-Space with what seemed to be no return, Romana ended up deciding to leave the Doctor to help the Thails, taking K-9 with her. This prompted the Doctor to call out to her, saying she was the "Nobelest Romana of them all!"

Big Finish Audios
In the extended universe, the Doctor and Romana reunite with each other many times when Romana takes on the role as Lady President of Gallifrey, giving the Doctor missions or joining along with him on some. They seem to still be on friendly terms. It is unknown what happens to Romana after the Time War in the show.

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The Ribos Operation
 * Romana and the Doctor briefly hug as he saves her from an attack.

The Pirate Planet
 * Romana jumps onto the Doctor to avoid a staser.
 * The Doctor refers to Romana as "a lovely girl" when describing her to someone.

The Stones of Blood
 * The Fourth Doctor holds Romana close to him so they can activate the projector.

The Power of Kroll
 * Romana wraps the Fourth Doctor's scarf around him.

Destiny of the Daleks
 * The Doctor compliments Romana on her sense of style when she puts on clothes similar to his own.

Fanon
Although it might not be as well-known as others, there are fans who ship Docmana either in their specific incarnations or throughout any incarnation. Fans like the ship because of the fact they are of the same species, the chemistry between the actors, and how both characters relationship develops together. Because of this reason, most of the fans think of the Doctor and Romana as True Equals to each other. This is also supported by the fact that the romantic relationship between actors Tom Baker and Lalla Ward that happened during the show, resulting in them getting married after they left the show. Fans would like to see Romana return and travel with the Doctor in the show.

Behind the scenes, the producers of the show and actors even shipped the Doctor and Romana together. In a small sketch for Christmas called "Merry Christmas Doctor Who", Mary Tamm and Tom Baker are acting like their characters, first caught kissing behind K-9 before pulling away awkwardly. And then K-9 asks the Doctor what he would like for Christmas, causing the Doctor to give a suggestive look towards Romana. After that, Lalla Ward and Tom Baker were featured in some Prime Computer Ads, playing their characters to help promote the company. In one of the Ads, when the Doctor asks the computer how to handle a woman, it replies with: "Marry the girl, Doctor", to which he asks her to marry him and she says yes. These can be watched on YouTube.

One reason for the ship being described as "nonbinary" is due to the fact that in recent years it has been established that Time Lords can change gender upon regeneration, with the Doctor undergoing a change from male to female in 2017 and later being retconned into having additional female incarnations. Although Romana has traditionally been depicted as female, it is implied that the character could have also changed gender at some point as all canonical incarnations have yet to be accounted for.

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