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|image = Markoftherani title.jpg | |image = Markoftherani title.jpg | ||
|novelisation = The Mark of the Rani (novelisation) | |novelisation = The Mark of the Rani (novelisation) | ||
|season number = Season 22 | |season number = Season 22 | ||
|season serial number = 3 | |season serial number = 3 | ||
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|enemy = The [[Tremas Master]], the [[First Rani]] | |enemy = The [[Tremas Master]], the [[First Rani]] | ||
|setting = [[Killingworth]], [[19th century]] | |setting = [[Killingworth]], [[19th century]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Pip & Jane Baker | ||
|director = [[Sarah Hellings]] | |director = [[Sarah Hellings]] | ||
|producer = [[John Nathan-Turner]] | |producer = [[John Nathan-Turner]] | ||
|epcount = 2 | |epcount = 2 | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 2 February - 9 February 1985 | ||
|network = | |network = BBC1 | ||
|format = 2x45-minute episodes | |format = 2x45-minute episodes | ||
|serial production code = [[List of production codes|6X]] | |serial production code = [[List of production codes|6X]] | ||
|series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | |||
|prev = Vengeance on Varos (TV story) | |prev = Vengeance on Varos (TV story) | ||
|next = The Two Doctors (TV story) | |next = The Two Doctors (TV story) | ||
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|clip3 = The Doctor Vs Rani and the Master - Doctor Who - Mark of the Rani - BBC | |clip3 = The Doctor Vs Rani and the Master - Doctor Who - Mark of the Rani - BBC | ||
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'''''The Mark of the Rani''''' was the third serial of [[season 22]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. A new [[Time Lord]] villain, | {{you may|Mark of the Rani|n1=the titular mark}} | ||
'''''The Mark of the Rani''''' was the third serial of [[season 22|season twenty-two]] of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]''. A new [[Time Lord]] villain, [[First Rani|the Rani]], was introduced in this serial. She would later return in ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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* The Master's device is able to unlock a wooden door secured by a wooden latch. | * The Master's device is able to unlock a wooden door secured by a wooden latch. | ||
== | == Notes == | ||
* This story had working titles of ''Too Clever by Far'' and ''Enter the Rani''. | * This story had working titles of ''Too Clever by Far'' and ''Enter the Rani''.{{fact}} | ||
* The music score for this story was provided by composer [[Jonathan Gibbs]]. [[John Lewis (composer)|John Lewis]] was originally hired to compose the score, but he fell ill from [[AIDS]]-related complications, which resulted in his death. By this time, he had composed thirty-two minutes of music, but it was decided that his work would not be used; his family was compensated all the same. Lewis' score for the first episode was included on the DVD release. | * The music score for this story was provided by composer [[Jonathan Gibbs]]. [[John Lewis (composer)|John Lewis]] was originally hired to compose the score, but he fell ill from [[AIDS]]-related complications, which resulted in his death. By this time, he had composed thirty-two minutes of music, but it was decided that his work would not be used; his family was compensated all the same. Lewis' score for the first episode was included on the DVD release.{{fact}} | ||
* The following credit appeared in both episodes: "The [[BBC]] wish to acknowledge the cooperation of the [[Ironbridge Gorge Museum]]." | * The following credit appeared in both episodes: "The [[BBC]] wish to acknowledge the cooperation of the [[Ironbridge Gorge Museum]]." | ||
* This was the last story of the original series of ''Doctor Who'' to be directed by a woman. The next such occasion was | * This was the last story of the original series of ''Doctor Who'' to be directed by a woman. The next such occasion was ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'', directed by [[Hettie MacDonald]], in 2007. | ||
* ''The Mark of the Rani'' was shown in four twenty-five-minute episodes in the [[United States of America|USA]], [[Canada]], [[Germany]], United Arab Emirates, [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand | * ''The Mark of the Rani'' was shown in four twenty-five-minute episodes in the [[United States of America|USA]], [[Canada]], [[Germany]], United Arab Emirates, [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].{{fact}} | ||
* The Rani was conceived as a new, ongoing villain, but the character only appeared once more in the series, two years later in | * The Rani was conceived as a new, ongoing villain, but the character only appeared once more in the series, two years later in the serial ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. [[Kate O'Mara]] reprised the role for the charity special ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' and the spin-off audio production ''[[The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (audio story)|The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind]]''. The possibility of the Rani returning to the revival series has been a source of fan speculation since 2005, with virtually every female character from [[Rose Tyler]] to [[Donna Noble]] to [[Lucy Saxon]] to {{Gomez}} being considered possible Ranis-in-disguise. | ||
* [[Colin Baker]] and [[Kate O'Mara]] had previously | * [[Colin Baker]] and [[Kate O'Mara]] had previously co-starred in the BBC drama series {{wi|The Brothers (1972 TV series)|The Brothers}}. | ||
* [[Eric Saward]] found the script to be workmanlike. He also greatly disliked [[Pip and Jane Baker]]. | * [[Eric Saward]] found the script to be workmanlike. He also greatly disliked [[Pip and Jane Baker]].{{fact}} | ||
* [[Pip and Jane Baker]] took the blame for the tree scene, saying that they would have changed it if they knew it wouldn't work on the budget. | * [[Pip and Jane Baker]] took the blame for the tree scene, saying that they would have changed it if they knew it wouldn't work on the budget.{{fact}} | ||
* [[Colin Baker]] did his own stunts in this serial. | * [[Colin Baker]] did his own stunts in this serial.{{fact}} | ||
* The Rani's experimentation with the sleep centres of the human brain came from an article [[Pip and Jane Baker]] read in ''[[The New Scientist]]''. | * The Rani's experimentation with the sleep centres of the human brain came from an article [[Pip and Jane Baker]] read in ''[[The New Scientist]]''. | ||
* The cast and crew were stuck with the issue of having to film the story mostly on-location during inconsistently rainy weather. As the story entailed one part to be in clear weather and the other in the rain, this resulted in the team having to constantly shift back and forth between areas in order to get everything filmed properly. One such scene in the clear weather portion involved the Doctor being tied to a pole in the forest by his hands and feet, and because it took a long time to set up (due to [[Colin Baker]] needing a special rigging to keep his back supported while tied up), it wasn't easy to shift from that scene to a rainy one on the fly. As fate would have it, rain started coming in exactly as they were filming that scene, and the crew were in such a rush to get to the other location that they left Baker stranded in the woods, tied to the pole, for around half an hour. | * The cast and crew were stuck with the issue of having to film the story mostly on-location during inconsistently rainy weather. As the story entailed one part to be in clear weather and the other in the rain, this resulted in the team having to constantly shift back and forth between areas in order to get everything filmed properly. One such scene in the clear weather portion involved the Doctor being tied to a pole in the forest by his hands and feet, and because it took a long time to set up (due to [[Colin Baker]] needing a special rigging to keep his back supported while tied up), it wasn't easy to shift from that scene to a rainy one on the fly. As fate would have it, rain started coming in exactly as they were filming that scene, and the crew were in such a rush to get to the other location that they left Baker stranded in the woods, tied to the pole, for around half an hour. | ||
