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'''''The Rani''''' was a short-lived | '''''The Rani''''' was a short-lived series produced by [[Bill Baggs]] and published by [[BBV Productions]]. Its first and only audio story, ''[[The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (audio story)|The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind]]'', was released in | ||
In [[2021 (releases)|2021]], | |||
It only ever produced one story, ''[[The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (audio story)|The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind]]'', which saw [[Kate O'Mara]] reprising her role as the [[First Rani|original incarnation]] of [[the Rani]] for the last time, and was later [[The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (novelisation)|novelised]] as part of the ''[[Novelisations in Time & Space]]'' range. A documentary, ''[[Resurrecting the Rani (documentary)|Resurrecting the Rani]]'', was also released under this brand. | |||
== History == | |||
Following [[Big Finish]]'s acquisition of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' license and the beginning of ''[[The Monthly Adventures (audio series)|The Monthly Adventures]]'' in [[1999 (releases)|1999]], [[BBV Productions]] – which, until this point, had focused on independent stories featuring ''Doctor Who'' cast – secured the rights to a number of ''Doctor Who'' villains, including [[the Rani]]. | |||
[[Pip and Jane Baker]] wrote a number of audio scripts featuring the Rani for BBV Productions, the first of which was titled ''[[The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (audio story)|The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind]]''. The audio was recorded in a radio station near [[Kate O'Mara]]'s house on [[20 September (production)|20 September]] [[2000 (production)|2000]] and released that [[November (releases)|November]] as the penultimate story of series 3 of ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]''. While O'Mara was enthusiastic to record further stories for BBV, due to poor reviews and sales, none of the Bakers' other scripts were produced.<ref>''[[Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who]]''</ref> | |||
In [[2021 (production)|2021]], BBV Productions resumed its release of Rani content, publishing [[Resurrecting the Rani (documentary)|an interview with Kate O'Mara]] alongside a rerelease of ''The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind'' with a new cover. [[Bill Baggs]] entered negotiations with the Bakers' heirs to reacquire the rights to the character for ''The Rani Adventures'', a series of novels adapting the Bakers' unproduced scripts as well as new stories like ''[[Helix (novel)|Helix]]'' with the Rani's new third incarnation. Baggs also planned to include the Rani in ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'': ''[[Dionus's War (audio series)|Dionus's War]]'' audios. | |||
Ultimately, the rights reacquisition deal failed. Baggs's ''Dionus's War'' audio featuring the Rani, ''[[Me & My Ghost (audio story)|Me & My Ghost]]'', was rewritten to instead feature "[[Nari]]"; and while [[The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (novelisation)|the novelisation of ''The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind'']] was released in [[18 September (releases)|September]] 2021, the planned [[regeneration]] scene of Kate O'Mara's Rani into [[Second Rani|her successor]] wasn't included.<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url=https://aristidetwain.tumblr.com/post/678262054451347456/eight-lost-bbv-projects | |||
|title=Eight "Lost" BBV Projects | |||
|author=[[Aristide Twain]] | |||
|website name=Aristide Twain on Tumblr | |||
|date of source=9 March 2022 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
== Releases == | == Releases == | ||
* ''[[The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (audio story)|The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind]]'' | * ''[[The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (audio story)|The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind]]'' | ||
** ''[[The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (novelisation)|The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind]]'' (novelisation) | |||
* ''[[Resurrecting the Rani (documentary)|Resurrecting the Rani]]'' | * ''[[Resurrecting the Rani (documentary)|Resurrecting the Rani]]'' | ||
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== Footnotes== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
{{BBV}} | {{BBV}} | ||
{{Spin-offs}} | {{Spin-offs}} | ||
[[Category:BBV audio spin-off series]] | [[Category:BBV audio spin-off series]] | ||