Doctor Who/Time and the Rani

Time and the Rani
Season 24, Serial 1
Airdate	September 7, 1987
Production Number	7D
by	Pip and Jane Baker
Directed by	Andrew Morgan
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Doctor Who — Season Twenty-Four

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Time and the Rani is the first serial of the twenty-fourth season of Doctor Who, and the one-hundred and forty-eighth serial overall.

Part One: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Bonnie Langford (Melanie), Kate O'Mara (The Rani), Mark Greenstreet (Ikona), Donald Pickering (Beyus), Karen Clegg (Sarn), Richard Gauntlett (Urak)

Part Two: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Bonnie Langford (Melanie), Kate O'Mara (The Rani), Mark Greenstreet (Ikona), Donald Pickering (Beyus), Wanda Ventham (Faroon), Richard Gauntlett (Urak)

Part Three: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Bonnie Langford (Melanie), Kate O'Mara (The Rani), Mark Greenstreet (Ikona), Donald Pickering (Beyus), Wanda Ventham (Faroon), Richard Gauntlett (Urak), John Segal (Lanisha) Peter Tuddenham, Jacki Webb (Special Voices)

Part Four: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Bonnie Langford (Melanie), Kate O'Mara (The Rani), Mark Greenstreet (Ikona), Donald Pickering (Beyus), Wanda Ventham (Faroon), Richard Gauntlett (Urak), Peter Tuddenham, Jacki Webb (Special Voices)

Arc Advancement

Referbacks

• When selecting a new outfit, the Doctor briefly tries on the hat and scarf from his fourth incarnation, the frilled shirt and smoking jacket of his third incarnation, the cricket attire of his fifth incarnation, and finally the fur coat of his second incarnation.

Trivia

The Show

• As of this episode, there is a completely different opening title sequence that would be used until the show's original end with Season 26. This episode also introduces a new logo that would continue until the early 1990s.

• The absolute most infamous and unpopular episode of the show, owed to the lack of a script editor when it was written, the lack of any knowledge of the character of the regenerated doctor, the quality of the regeneration itself, and the poor performances all around. This episode was so poor that a fan group made a MSTing of it.

Behind the Scenes

• Colin Baker was fired prior to this season, but contrary to popular belief, he did not refuse to return to film the Sixth Doctor's regeneration. He actually agreed on the condition that he could do an entire third season that would end with a regeneration. The production office never contacted him again. Instead, Sylvester McCoy takes the brief role as the Sixth Doctor wearing an obvious wig.

Goofs

• The title sequence for part four erroneously uses an earlier version with more transparent, reddish photographs of Sylvester McCoy's face rather than the more opaque, bluish-silver ones.