The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind (audio story)

The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind
Novelised as:	The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind
Main character(s):	The First Rani
Featuring:	Urak
Main setting:	Tetrapyriarbus, London, 2000
Key crew
Publisher:	BBV Productions
Writers:	Pip and Jane Baker
Director:	Bill Baggs
Release details
Release number:	1
Release date:	November 2000
Format:	1 CD - 60 minutes
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The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind was an audio story published by BBV Productions. It was written by Pip and Jane Baker; it was the only story ever released in BBV's Rani audio series, although BBV later released Resurrecting the Rani, an audio documentary on the production of The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind, under the umbrella of the series.

Publisher's summary

The Rani is a prisoner. Of the Tetraps. Those hideous rodent-like vampires over which she once ruled. No longer. The devious Urak, her erstwhile disciple, has turned the tables. The Rani is put on trial. And condemned to death. A sentence to be commuted if she exercises her unique scientific prowess to solve a problem threatening to depopulate Tetrapyriabus. Famine. Shortage of food.

What food?

Blood.

Whose blood?

The answer is in the cells where a pair of kidnapped humans and a pair of aliens are incarcerated. Destined to become the subjects of a brutal experiment. The Rani forges an unholy alliance with the four "guinea-pigs" in a perilous attempt to escape the nightmare of the planet...

Plot

The First Rani is taken to the courtroom of Tetrapyriarbus, where Urak testifies that she attempted to kill him to save herself, which she does not deny. She, however, concludes that the Tetraps do not want to kill her because they need her. Urak admits she is the only one with the talents to help them get what they want: blood.

to be added

Cast

• The Rani - Kate O'Mara
• Urak / Dean - Anthony Keetch
• Sam / Vorag - Edward Cory
• Lucy / Pivor - Patricia Merrick
• Arbitus - Brian Knight

Worldbuilding

to be added

Notes

• The story was originally announced under the title of Resurrection of the Rani.
• A new cover accompanied the 2021 download release of the story on the BBV website.

Continuity

• The Rani was taken captive by the Tetraps, who hijacked her ship to take to Tetrapyriarbus. (TV: Time and the Rani)

External links

• Official The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind page at bbvproductions.co.uk
• The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind at the Doctor Who Reference Guide