The Rani
Character in the TV series Doctor Who
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- The Rani is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who .
- A renegade Time Lord and a nemesis of the series' title character, a Time Lord known as the Doctor, the Rani is an amoral scientist who is willing to do anything to further her research.
- The Rani subsequently appeared in spin-off material for the series, being portrayed by actress Siobhan Redmond in some audio dramas, but would not appear on-screen again until the 2005 revival's fourteenth series, where she initially appears as a recurring antagonist named Mrs.
- This incarnation of the character "bi-generates", resulting in there being two Ranis, with the second portrayed by Archie Panjabi.
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WikipediaThe Rani is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. She is a recurring antagonist within the series. A renegade Time Lord and a nemesis of the series' title character, a Time Lord known as the Doctor, the Rani is an amoral scientist who is willing to do anything to further her research. The Rani was originally portrayed by actress Kate O'Mara, and she appears in the two classic serials The Mark of the Rani (1985) and Time and the Rani (1987), and reprised her role in the charity special Dimensions in Time (1993). The Rani subsequently appeared in spin-off material for the series, being portrayed by actress Siobhan Redmond in some audio dramas, but would not appear on-screen again until the 2005 revival's fourteenth series, where she initially appears as a recurring antagonist named Mrs. Flood, who is portrayed by Anita Dobson. This incarnation of the character "bi-generates", resulting in there being two Ranis, with the second portrayed by Archie Panjabi.
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