Planet of the Rani (audio story)
Planet of the Rani was the two hundred and fifth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Marc Platt and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Miranda Raison as Constance Clarke and Siobhan Redmond as the Rani.
Publisher's summary
Miasimia Goria was a quiet planet, an ancient world of bucolic tranquility... until the Rani arrived with ideas of her own.
She planned to create a race of new gods... gods that she could keep on her leash, but those plans went horribly wrong.
Now, she languishes in the high security of Teccaurora Penitentiary, consigned there by her arch enemy and old student colleague, the Doctor.
But the Rani, always resourceful, ever calculating, knows things about the Doctor's past that he would rather forget. She wants revenge, even if it takes a hundred years... and then she has other unfinished business.
The ruins of Miasimia Goria await...
Plot
Part one
Constance looks through the Doctor's emails and urges him to answer important ones from Teccaurora Penitentiary regarding the Rani's parole hearing. Arriving at Teccaurora, they find the sedated prisoners wired up to machines and meet the now precognitive Miasimia Gorian prisoner Pazmi before they are found by guards and learn from Deputy Governor Montain that they are forty-seven years late; the Rani has since been released and become the governor through manipulation and murder.
The Rani has Montain initiate the Transfer Program and takes the Doctor and Constance to the Pathfinder Suite where she has created a loopback time field which throws things into the past. She has the Doctor strapped into the Pathfinder to serve as the navigator to create a tachyon portal to Miasimia Goria and Constance locked up and wired up to a machine, but Pazmi frees her and they go after the Rani. Using temporal energy from the nine-hundred inmates' minds and a sample of the Ablative created by the Doctor at the Academy, the Rani opens a portal and takes Constance with her when she attacks.
Part two
All of the prisoners connected to the machine are killed and Galactic Security take control of the penitentiary, but the Doctor and Pazmi escape to the TARDIS and travel to Miasimia Goria where Constance and the Rani have arrived, albeit sixteen years later than the Rani intended. Statues of the Rani have been destroyed and the planet is ruled by Raj Kahnu, advised by Ministers Chowdras and Degoor. By pretending to be principal of the Brighttime Collegiate, the Rani gets information from Degoor.
to be completed
Part three
to be added
Part four
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Constance Clarke - Miranda Raison
- The Rani - Siobhan Redmond
- Raj Kahnu / Guard - James Joyce
- Pazmi - Olivia Poulet
- Brejesh / Security Leader - Dominic Thorburn
- Chowdras / Governor - Tim Bentinck
- Degoor / Montain - Chris Porter
References
- The Rani refers to an experiment that the Doctor conducted in the Time Lord Academy in which he created a bacteria, the Ablative, and was nearly expelled.
- The Rani describes the Doctor's TARDIS as "a clapped out jalopy".
- Constance compares the rocket to a Doodlebug.
- The Rani has been absent from Miasimia Goria for 16 years.
- The Rani is referred to as "Ushas of Miasimia Goria".
- The Rani pretends to be the principal of Brighttime Collegiate on Drusis Luna.
- The Rani has a secondary TARDIS.
- The Doctor disables his TARDIS's drive system.
Notes
- This story was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- This story was originally released on CD and download.
Continuity
- The Rani says that she was imprisoned for 97 years. The Doctor claims to be partly responsible for her imprisonment. (AUDIO: The Rani Elite)
- The Rani previously heightened the awareness of the inhabitants of Miasimia Goria, causing them to lose sleep and become violent. (TV: The Mark of the Rani)
- The Doctor says that the Rani has committed crimes on multiple worlds. (TV: The Mark of the Rani; AUDIO: The Rani Elite)
- Constance mentions the disappearance of her husband Lt. Commander Henry Clarke. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross)
- The Doctor tells Constance that his next encounter with the Rani has already taken place in her personal timeline. (TV: Time and the Rani)
External links
- Official Planet of the Rani page at bigfinish.com
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