Time and the Rani
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Template:Doctorwhobox Time and the Rani is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from September 7 to September 28, 1987.
Synopsis
The story is set on the planet Lakertya where the Rani is building a super-brain. To assist her in this enterprise, she has kidnapped a number of geniuses, including Louis Pasteur and Albert Einstein. It begins with the Rani and her allies the Tetraps hijacking the TARDIS; the disruption and turbulence causes the Doctor to regenerate.
Notes
- Although this was the first story to feature the Seventh Doctor, it was written in anticipation of Colin Baker returning as the Sixth Doctor. When he declined to even film the regeneration sequence, Sylvester McCoy was made to wear his predecessor's costume and a blond curly wig and film the sequence himself, making him the only actor to appear onscreen as two different Doctors.
External links
- Cast and Crew list, on the BBC website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/episodeguide/timerani/castcrew.shtml)