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Time and the Rani

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Time and the Rani is a novella written by Pip and Jane Baker. Released in 1988, it is a novelization of the duo's Doctor Who serial of the same name.

Characters[]

  • The Seventh Doctor - upon first regenerating, the Doctor's seventh incarnation seems to be a bumbling, jovial clown
  • Mel Bush
  • The Rani
  • Ikona - a Lakertyan rebel
  • Urak - the leader of the Tetraps and the Rani's second-in-command
  • Beyus - the leader of the Lakertyans, effectively a puppet leader under the Rani's control
  • Faroon - Beyus' wife
  • Sarn - Beyus and Faroon's daughter, killed by one of the Rani's traps
  • Lanisha - Ikona's brother
  • The Sixth Doctor

Publisher's summary[]

Assailed by violent bolts of multi-coloured energy, the TARDIS is blasted off-course and forced to land on the barren planet of Lakertya.

The turbulence brings about the Doctor's sixth regeneration. But that is the least of his worries. He has been hijacked by that ruthless renegade Time Lady, the Rani.

Why has the Rani brought the Doctor to Lakertya? What are the hideous Tetrap guards? Who are the eleven geniuses she has imprisoned in her stronghold? What is the vital significance of the asteroid of Strange Matter? And can the Doctor stop the Rani's diabolical scheme before it affects the whole of creation throughout time and space?

In-universe continuity[]

  • Though this novelization describes the circumstances of the Sixth Doctor's regeneration, conflicting accounts are given in Gary Russell's novel Spiral Scratch, Craig Hinton and Chris McKeon's novel Time's Champion, and Nicholas Briggs' audio drama The Brink of Death. The Sixth Doctor dying due to smashing his head on the console is mentioned in Steve Lyons' novel Head Games.
  • The aftermath of the Seventh Doctor's regeneration is explored in more detail in David A. McIntee's audio play Unregenerate!
  • The Rani previously (in terms of release date) appeared in The Mark of the Rani. Her fate under the Tetraps is explored in the Bakers' audio drama The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind.
  • The Doctor's dislike of carrot juice (first mentioned in Terror of the Vervoids) is mentioned.

Sources[]

  • Goodreads
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