The Rani's TARDIS: Difference between revisions

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
m (Reverted edits by 89.241.224.80 (talk) to last revision by Tangerineduel)
Tag: Rollback
 
(77 intermediate revisions by 29 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[Image:Raniconsole.jpg|thumb|250px|[[The Rani]]'s console room. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'')]]
{{subpage tabs}}
[[Image:St--7d67.jpg|thumb|250px|[[The Rani]] prepares to enter her TARDIS. ([[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'')]]
{{imageLink}}
{{Infobox Object
|image      = Pyramid tardis.jpg
|image2      = DiT TARDIS 4.jpg
|type        = [[TARDIS]]
|origin      = [[Gallifrey]]
|first      = The Mark of the Rani (TV story)
|appearances = {{appears}}
|clip        = Doctor Who - Master of earwigging - Mark of the Rani - BBC
|clip2      = Doctor Who - Will the Master and the Rani escape? - Mark of the Rani - BBC
}}
'''The Rani's TARDIS''' was a comparatively advanced [[TARDIS]], at least when compared with [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor's model]]. It had a functional [[chameleon circuit]], and uniquely could be operated by remote control.


'''The Rani's TARDIS''' was a comparatively advanced [[TARDIS]] (when compared with [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor's model]]). It had a functional [[chameleon circuit]].  
== History ==
When {{O'Mara}} visited the town of [[Killingworth]], the exterior of her TARDIS resembled a large [[cabinet]] and had a motif on the door which looked like those on some of the interior walls of its console room. The Rani had [[tyrannosaurus rex]] embryos kept in glass vats in her console room, as she had some experiments ongoing with them. She also stored her equipment for extracting [[brain]] fluid, bottles of chemicals, drugs and metamorphosing mines stacked neatly on shelves in the console room. She used the last of these mines to set a trap for the Doctor.


==History==
The console of the Rani's TARDIS was black, circular and domed and set on a circular platform. In place of a central column, it had a rotating pair of metallic rings. The console also had interfacing controls in addition to buttons and switches. It used a holographic scanner which popped up from the main console. The walls of the console room looked like dark marble, with large, opaque roundels. The [[Sixth Doctor]] sabotaged her ship, making it impossible to control after it [[dematerialise]]d, accelerating it beyond Earth. The resulting acceleration of her TARDIS caused a [[time spillage]] which made the [[dinosaur]] embryos grow and mature. The Rani and her marginal ally, {{Ainley}}, found themselves in a TARDIS spinning out of control. The high speed pressed both Time Lords against the wall. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'')
[[The Rani]] could control her TARDIS via a [[Stattenheim remote control]] that she wore on her belt when not in use and was also able to kill those on whom she had experimented.


The Doctor was able to use his TARDIS key to open the door of the Rani's TARDIS.
This TARDIS lost its primary console room when the Master separated it from the rest of the ship to escape. The Rani had to cannibalise other components to control her TARDIS at all. She recruited a matter-duplicating entity that the Doctor called [[Iam]] to make a TARDIS console for her. When attempting to duplicate the Doctor's own TARDIS console, Iam wound up creating a duplicate of a large portion of Earth's northern hemisphere based on the area where the Doctor had been when he took the scan. The Rani eventually salvaged the duplicate console and attached it to her ship, although Iam left her to stay with the people his actions had created. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[State of Change (novel)|State of Change]]'')
[[File:Tenth Doctor Untitled Y3 12 The Rani's TARDIS.jpg|left|thumb|The Rani leaves in her TARDIS after an encounter with the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Untitled (10DY3 12 comic story)|Untitled]]'')]]
The Rani escaped the [[Sixth Doctor]] on [[Koturia]] by commanding her minions to attack. In the commotion, she climbed into her TARDIS, which had been disguised as a giant urn, and escaped with her research on Koturian [[Phasing]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (short story)|Something Borrowed]]'')


The Rani was able to use her TARDIS to produce mustard gas as part of a trap for The Doctor.
The Rani next ran into the Doctor on the [[planet]] [[Lakertya]], where her TARDIS took the form of a mirrored pyramid and contained different kinds of plastics with a laser cutter suspended in the ceiling. She was captured by her servants, the [[Tetrap]]s, after the failure of her plan. The Tetraps took her to their home world to force her to help them solve their resource shortage problems. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (audio story)|The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind]]'')


When she visited the town of [[Killingworth]], the Rani's TARDIS resembled a large cabinet with a motif on the door which resembled those on some of the interior walls of its console room. The Rani had put [[tyrannosaurus rex]] embryos in her console room at this point as she had some experiments ongoing with them. The Rani also stored her equipment for extracting brain fluid in the console room as well as various bottles of chemicals and the metamorphosing mines which she would use to set a trap for the Doctor. The console of the Rani's TARDIS was black, circular and domed in shape and in place of a central column had a moving metal work similar to a kinetic motion toy but on a larger scale. The console also utilised interfacing controls as well as just buttons and switches and had a holographic scanner which popped up from the main console. The walls of the console room were of a dark marble appearance with large opaque roundels. At the conclusion of the story The [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth Doctor]] sabotaged her ship, making it impossible to control after she [[dematerialise]]d. The resulting acceleration of her TARDIS also caused [[time spillage]] which made the dinosaur embryos grow and mature. The Rani and her (at this point only marginal) ally [[the Master (Tremas)|the Master]] found themselves in a TARDIS spinning out of control. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'')
== Abilities ==
The Rani used her TARDIS to produce [[mustard gas]] as part of a trap for the Doctor and Peri. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'')


The Rani survived and is next encountered by the Doctor on the [[planet]] [[Lakertya]], where her TARDIS was in the form of a pyramid. Only one room of the interior is seen in this story, a large hall with triangular corridors leading from it in two directions, retaining the marble effect walls from the previously seen interior in The Mark of the Rani. ([[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'') It is not clear whether or not this is the same TARDIS seen in The Mark of the Rani due to the changes in the exterior and interior appearance.
== Behind the scenes ==
* The production team were so impressed by the finished look of the Rani's console room built for ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'' that the set was saved for potential future use, though it was not used again. ([[INFO]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'')
* A different console room set, which more closely resembled [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor's]], which was also in black, was used as the Rani's in ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''.


The Rani's TARDIS lost its primary console room when the Master separated it from the rest of the ship in order to escape from the acceleration caused by the Doctor's sabotage. ([[MA]]: ''[[State of Change]]'')
{{TARDISes}}
{{TitleSort}}


===Apocrypha===
[[Category:Individual TARDISes]]
Later, the Rani's TARDIS was the same as the Doctor's but in black instead of white. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'')
 
==Behind the scenes==
The production team were so impressed by the finished look of the Rani's console room that the set was saved for future use. ([[DVD]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'')
 
By the time [[DW]]: [[Dimensions in Time|''Dimensions in Time'']] was being made, presumably the set was thrown out or not thought of as a different set was used.
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rani's TARDIS}}
[[Category:The Rani]]
[[Category:Individual TARDISes|Rani's TARDIS, The]]

Latest revision as of 13:48, 31 May 2024

The Rani's TARDIS was a comparatively advanced TARDIS, at least when compared with the Doctor's model. It had a functional chameleon circuit, and uniquely could be operated by remote control.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

When the the Rani visited the town of Killingworth, the exterior of her TARDIS resembled a large cabinet and had a motif on the door which looked like those on some of the interior walls of its console room. The Rani had tyrannosaurus rex embryos kept in glass vats in her console room, as she had some experiments ongoing with them. She also stored her equipment for extracting brain fluid, bottles of chemicals, drugs and metamorphosing mines stacked neatly on shelves in the console room. She used the last of these mines to set a trap for the Doctor.

The console of the Rani's TARDIS was black, circular and domed and set on a circular platform. In place of a central column, it had a rotating pair of metallic rings. The console also had interfacing controls in addition to buttons and switches. It used a holographic scanner which popped up from the main console. The walls of the console room looked like dark marble, with large, opaque roundels. The Sixth Doctor sabotaged her ship, making it impossible to control after it dematerialised, accelerating it beyond Earth. The resulting acceleration of her TARDIS caused a time spillage which made the dinosaur embryos grow and mature. The Rani and her marginal ally, the Tremas Master, found themselves in a TARDIS spinning out of control. The high speed pressed both Time Lords against the wall. (TV: The Mark of the Rani)

This TARDIS lost its primary console room when the Master separated it from the rest of the ship to escape. The Rani had to cannibalise other components to control her TARDIS at all. She recruited a matter-duplicating entity that the Doctor called Iam to make a TARDIS console for her. When attempting to duplicate the Doctor's own TARDIS console, Iam wound up creating a duplicate of a large portion of Earth's northern hemisphere based on the area where the Doctor had been when he took the scan. The Rani eventually salvaged the duplicate console and attached it to her ship, although Iam left her to stay with the people his actions had created. (PROSE: State of Change)

The Rani leaves in her TARDIS after an encounter with the Tenth Doctor. (COMIC: Untitled)

The Rani escaped the Sixth Doctor on Koturia by commanding her minions to attack. In the commotion, she climbed into her TARDIS, which had been disguised as a giant urn, and escaped with her research on Koturian Phasing. (PROSE: Something Borrowed)

The Rani next ran into the Doctor on the planet Lakertya, where her TARDIS took the form of a mirrored pyramid and contained different kinds of plastics with a laser cutter suspended in the ceiling. She was captured by her servants, the Tetraps, after the failure of her plan. The Tetraps took her to their home world to force her to help them solve their resource shortage problems. (TV: Time and the Rani, AUDIO: The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind)

Abilities[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Rani used her TARDIS to produce mustard gas as part of a trap for the Doctor and Peri. (TV: The Mark of the Rani)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]