TV Scoop => Return of The Rani
Back when I was a lad…er…OK slightly more than a lad – we’re talking the 80s – one of Doctor Who’s most evil enemies (and you know he had a whole slew of evil enemies, so think cream of the crop, head honcho, with a heart even blacker than the blackest black of Douglas Adams’ black controls which are labeled in black on a black background, where a small black light lights up all black to let you know you’ve used one) was The Rani.
Said report goes on to indicate that the Rani will be returning on next season’s Doctor Who.
What is this dreadful fascination with the Rani?
She was a terribly overrated character, a one-dimensional cipher (pretty much like the Master in the JNT days) spouting cliched lines and chewing up the scenery like it was gingerbread. She appears in only two episodes, Mark of the Rani and Time and the Rani, two of the awful travesties that Pip & Jane Baker inflicted on the DW world.
And let’s not forget to mention Kate O’Mara, who was hottie when she was guest starring in shows like The Saint in the 60’s, but by the time she appeared in Doctor Who in the 80’s she was passed her prime. She’d aged well, but aged she had – at least past the age where fans should have been drooling over her.
Obviously, they want her back because she’s (a) A Time Lord (b) Female. It will give the Doctor something to think about… like, re-populating the species.
“Doctor Who – The Mark of the Rani (Episode 140)” (BBC Warner)
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