The Mark of the Rani is a novella written by Pip and Jane Baker. Released in 1986, it is a novelization of the Bakers' Doctor Who serial of the same name.
Characters[]
- Sixth Doctor
- Peri Brown
- The Master
- The Rani - an extremely cruel Time Lord scientist exiled from Gallifrey
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Publisher's summary[]
En route to Kew Gardens, the Doctor and Peri are more than a little surprised when they land in the middle of a slag heap in England at the time of the Luddite uprisings.
Unknown to the Doctor, his TARDIS has been dragged off course by the Master who plans to destroy his arch enemy once and for all, and pervert the course of history.
But also present is the Rani, another exile from Gallifrey, who is conducting her own evil experiments on the humans of the nineteenth century. Soon the Doctor discovers that the female of the species is far, far deadlier than the male...
Full summary[]
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In-universe continuity[]
- The Rani appears next in Time and the Rani. The Master previously appeared in Planet of Fire.
- Simon Guerrier's audio drama The Carrionite Curse mentions the events of this story obliquely.
See also[]
- Time and the Rani by Pip and Jane Baker
- State of Change by Christopher Bulis
- The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind by Pip and Jane Baker