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{{Infobox TV|
story name= Time and the Rani|
story name= Time and the Rani|
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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]], [[Season 24]]|
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]]|
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number= [[Season 24]]|
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
companions= [[Melanie Bush | Mel]] |
companions= [[Melanie Bush | Mel]] |
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format= 4 25-minute episodes|
format= 4 25-minute episodes|
production code= [[List of production codes|7D]]|
production code= [[List of production codes|7D]]|
previous story= [[The Ultimate Foe]] - [[Trial of a Time Lord]]|
previous story= [[Trial of a Time Lord]] - [[The Ultimate Foe]]|
next story= [[Paradise Towers (TV story) | Paradise Towers]] }}
next story= [[Paradise Towers (TV story) | Paradise Towers]] }}


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
''to be added''
The Rani has taken control of the planet Lakertya and forced the peaceful Lakertyans to build a rocket silo-cum-laboratory base into a cliff face. She is aided by the Tetraps, a race of bat-like creatures, and plans to fire a rocket loaded with loyhargil, a substance with the same properties as strange matter, at an asteroid completely composed of the latter.
 
As a preliminary to this she has created a huge artificial brain and kidnapped a number of geniuses - including Pasteur and Einstein from Earth - to imbue it with the ability first to identify and then to calculate the correct way to create loyhargil for her in the laboratory. The newly-regenerated Doctor and Mel manage to stop her and the planet is saved. The Rani is captured by the Tetraps, who decide to take her as a prisoner back to their home world.


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==References==
==References==
[[The Rani]], [[Albert Einstein]], [[Tetrap]],
===[[:Category:Human scientists|Human scientists]]===
*[[Albert Einstein]]
 
===[[:Category:Humanoid species|Humanoid species]]===
*[[Tetrap]]
 
===[[:Category:Time Lords|Time Lords]]===
*[[The Rani]]


==Story Notes==
==Story Notes==
* Loyhargil is an anagram of 'holy grail'.
* Loyhargil is an anagram of 'holy grail'.
 
*Working title for this story was; '''Strange Matter''',
*This is the first story to feature computer generated images (CGI) for the titles and many of the effects (including the TARDIS's flight through space in the pre-title sequence).
*The story's 'problems' can be partly explained as Pip and Jane Baker (the writers) in that they had no idea who would be playing the new Doctor or how he would be characterised - and, at least when they started work on the project, the series had no script editor for them to discuss things with.
===Ratings===
===Ratings===
''to be added''
*Part 1 - 5.1 million viewers
*Part 2 - 4.2 million viewers
*Part 3 - 4.3 million viewers
*Part 4 - 4.9 million viewers


===Myths===
===Myths===
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===Location Filming===
===Location Filming===
Three quarries in Frome, Somerset
*Three quarries in Frome, Somerset


===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
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==Continuity==
==Continuity==
*The Rani appeared last in [[The Mark of the Rani]].
*The final portion of ''[[PDA]]'': [[Spiral Scratch]] lead into this story.
==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==DVD and Video Releases==
==Target Novelisations==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Target Novelisations==
==See Also==
''to be added''
''to be added''


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*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_7d.htm  Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - '''Time and the Rani''']
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_7d.htm  Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - '''Time and the Rani''']
*[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/7d.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) entry for '''Time and the Rani''']
*[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/7d.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) entry for '''Time and the Rani''']


'''Television'''
'''Television'''

Revision as of 16:16, 26 July 2007


Synopsis

The Rani has taken control of the planet Lakertya and forced the peaceful Lakertyans to build a rocket silo-cum-laboratory base into a cliff face. She is aided by the Tetraps, a race of bat-like creatures, and plans to fire a rocket loaded with loyhargil, a substance with the same properties as strange matter, at an asteroid completely composed of the latter.

As a preliminary to this she has created a huge artificial brain and kidnapped a number of geniuses - including Pasteur and Einstein from Earth - to imbue it with the ability first to identify and then to calculate the correct way to create loyhargil for her in the laboratory. The newly-regenerated Doctor and Mel manage to stop her and the planet is saved. The Rani is captured by the Tetraps, who decide to take her as a prisoner back to their home world.

Plot

to be added

Cast

Crew

References

Human scientists

Humanoid species

Time Lords

Story Notes

  • Loyhargil is an anagram of 'holy grail'.
  • Working title for this story was; Strange Matter,
  • This is the first story to feature computer generated images (CGI) for the titles and many of the effects (including the TARDIS's flight through space in the pre-title sequence).
  • The story's 'problems' can be partly explained as Pip and Jane Baker (the writers) in that they had no idea who would be playing the new Doctor or how he would be characterised - and, at least when they started work on the project, the series had no script editor for them to discuss things with.

Ratings

  • Part 1 - 5.1 million viewers
  • Part 2 - 4.2 million viewers
  • Part 3 - 4.3 million viewers
  • Part 4 - 4.9 million viewers

Myths

to be added

Location Filming

  • Three quarries in Frome, Somerset

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

to be added

Continuity

DVD, Video and Other Releases

to be added

Target Novelisations

to be added

See Also

to be added

External Links

Television

Previous story:
The Ultimate Foe 		Next story:
Paradise Towers


All Media

Previous story:
Catch-1782 		Next story:
Paradise Towers
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