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|companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | |companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
|enemy = {{Ainley|c}}, {{O'Mara}} | |||
|enemy = {{Ainley|c}}, | |setting = [[Killingworth]], [[19th century]] | ||
|setting = [[Killingworth]], | |||
|writer = [[Pip & Jane Baker]] | |writer = [[Pip & Jane Baker]] | ||
|director = [[Sarah Hellings]] | |director = [[Sarah Hellings]] | ||
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'''''The Mark of the Rani''''' was the third serial of [[season 22]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. A new [[Time Lord]] villain, | '''''The Mark of the Rani''''' was the third serial of [[season 22]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. A new [[Time Lord]] villain, {{O'Mara}}, was introduced in this serial. She would later return in ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
In [[19th century]] [[England]], the Doctor finds himself facing two competing enemies: his old adversary, | In [[19th century]] [[England]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] finds himself facing two competing enemies: his old adversary, {{Ainley}}, and {{O'Mara}}, another [[Time Lord]] with a sinister plan. The local population is turning violent and unpredictable. With a major meeting of the brains of the [[Industrial Revolution]] due to happen in the village soon, the Doctor must work out what exactly is causing all the problems. Only the Doctor can stop the Master and the Rani's evil plans. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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Something is amiss in the mining village of [[Killingworth]] in early [[19th century]] [[England]]. [[Miner]]s are being gassed in the bathhouse and turned into thugs and vandals, attacking men and machinery, seen as Luddites by other locals. The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]] witness this when they arrive in Killingworth looking for the cause of some sort of [[time distortion]]. They also notice one of the rampaging miners has a strange red mark on his neck. With his usual audacity, the Doctor foists himself upon the local landowner, [[Ravensworth|Lord Ravensworth]], who is concerned at the ferocity of the attacks, with the most passive of men suddenly turning violent and unpredictable. | Something is amiss in the mining village of [[Killingworth]] in early [[19th century]] [[England]]. [[Miner]]s are being gassed in the bathhouse and turned into thugs and vandals, attacking men and machinery, seen as Luddites by other locals. The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]] witness this when they arrive in Killingworth looking for the cause of some sort of [[time distortion]]. They also notice one of the rampaging miners has a strange red mark on his neck. With his usual audacity, the Doctor foists himself upon the local landowner, [[Ravensworth|Lord Ravensworth]], who is concerned at the ferocity of the attacks, with the most passive of men suddenly turning violent and unpredictable. | ||
The answer lies in the local bathhouse. {{Ainley|c}} has turned up at this key point in human history. He forces his way into the presence of the old woman who runs the bathhouse, in reality, another [[Time Lord]], | The answer lies in the local bathhouse. {{Ainley|c}} has turned up at this key point in human history. He forces his way into the presence of the old woman who runs the bathhouse, in reality, another [[Time Lord]], {{O'Mara}}. She is a gifted [[chemist]] and is using the set-up of the bathhouse to anaesthetise the miners and distil from them the neuro-chemicals that enable sleep. This is what causes the red mark on the victims. These chemicals are synthesised for use back on [[Miasimia Goria]], a planet she rules and which the Master has visited, where her other experiments have left the inhabitants without the ability to rest. He persuades her they need to deal with the Doctor together. He also steals some of the precious brain fluid she has collected to ensure her collaboration. It is a rocky partnership, full of half-truths and deceptions. The Master goes to deal with the Doctor, egging on local miners to attack his enemy and persuading some to throw [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] down a mine shaft. | ||
The Doctor has meanwhile dressed as a miner and entered the bathhouse. He soon [[deduce]]s the Rani's schemes. She traps him but he challenges her ethics. She reveals she has been coming to Earth for centuries to harvest her precious chemicals. The Master convinces the Rani to let him deal with the Doctor. He has the TARDIS pushed down a mine shaft. The angry Luddites put the Doctor in a cart to ensure that he follows it. | The Doctor has meanwhile dressed as a miner and entered the bathhouse. He soon [[deduce]]s the Rani's schemes. She traps him but he challenges her ethics. She reveals she has been coming to Earth for centuries to harvest her precious chemicals. The Master convinces the Rani to let him deal with the Doctor. He has the TARDIS pushed down a mine shaft. The angry Luddites put the Doctor in a cart to ensure that he follows it. | ||
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Peri is making herself useful by using her botanical knowledge to make a sleeping-draught for the afflicted miners. Her quest for herbs leads her to Redfern Dell. The Doctor surprises the Master and the Rani, who are lurking at the edge of the dell. Soon after he does, he sees Luke step on a mine and get turned into a [[tree]]. The Doctor takes the other two Time Lords prisoner with the Master's own [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]]. Peri takes charge of them but the Rani's deviousness outstrips the Master's and she is the one who enables them to escape. The Rani and the Master flee in her TARDIS, but the Doctor also has a trick or two: | Peri is making herself useful by using her botanical knowledge to make a sleeping-draught for the afflicted miners. Her quest for herbs leads her to Redfern Dell. The Doctor surprises the Master and the Rani, who are lurking at the edge of the dell. Soon after he does, he sees Luke step on a mine and get turned into a [[tree]]. The Doctor takes the other two Time Lords prisoner with the Master's own [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]]. Peri takes charge of them but the Rani's deviousness outstrips the Master's and she is the one who enables them to escape. The Rani and the Master flee in her TARDIS, but the Doctor also has a trick or two: | ||
[[File:Doctor Who - Will the Master and the Rani escape? - Mark of the Rani - BBC|thumb|left|The Doctor having sabotaged [[the Rani's TARDIS]], [[the Master]] and | [[File:Doctor Who - Will the Master and the Rani escape? - Mark of the Rani - BBC|thumb|left|The Doctor having sabotaged [[the Rani's TARDIS]], [[the Master]] and {{O'Mara}} are defeated.]] | ||
he has sabotaged the navigational system. The ship is out of control. In the destabilised condition, one of the jars holding a [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]] embryo falls on the floor and the creature, affected by the [[time spillage]], starts to grow. | he has sabotaged the navigational system. The ship is out of control. In the destabilised condition, one of the jars holding a [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]] embryo falls on the floor and the creature, affected by the [[time spillage]], starts to grow. | ||
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* [[Peri Brown|Peri]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | * [[Peri Brown|Peri]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | ||
* {{Ainley|c}} - [[Anthony Ainley]] | * {{Ainley|c}} - [[Anthony Ainley]] | ||
* | * {{O'Mara|c}} - [[Kate O'Mara]] | ||
* [[Ravensworth|Lord Ravensworth]] - [[Terence Alexander]] | * [[Ravensworth|Lord Ravensworth]] - [[Terence Alexander]] | ||
* [[George Stephenson]] - [[Gawn Grainger]] | * [[George Stephenson]] - [[Gawn Grainger]] | ||
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=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* | * {{O'Mara|c}} was exiled from [[Gallifrey]] because her giant [[mouse|mice]] ate the [[Lord President]]'s [[cat]] and took a bite out of the President himself according to the Master. She now rules [[Miasimia Goria]], where she controls a race of aliens. The Rani had come to Earth for centuries, unnoticed; she has extracted brain fluid from people in the [[Trojan War]], the [[Dark Ages]] and the [[American War of Independence]]. She is also aware of the Master's failed plan on [[Sarn (planet)|Sarn]] and had thought he was dead. | ||
* The Master briefly disguises himself as a [[scarecrow]]. | * The Master briefly disguises himself as a [[scarecrow]]. | ||
* The Doctor refers to Stephenson's "Rocket" in a pun. Peri tells him his puns are getting worse. | * The Doctor refers to Stephenson's "Rocket" in a pun. Peri tells him his puns are getting worse. | ||
