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Doctor Who: The Mark Of The Rani

Doctor Who

Doctor Who: The Mark Of The Rani

BBC Home Video (Mar 03, 1985)
TV Series | Adventure | Drama | Science Fiction
UK | English | Color | 01:29
Digital
1 disc
Region 1

The TARDIS arrives in Killingworth in 19th Century England, where the Master is plotting to kill some of the key figures of the industrial revolution. Also present is the Rani, a Time Lord biochemist who was cast out from Gallifrey and is now dictator of the planet Miasimia Goria.

The Rani has altered the metabolism of Miasimia Goria's populace to heighten their awareness, but in the process has inadvertently lowered their ability to sleep. In order to correct this she has been drawing a fluid from the brains of humans at various points in Earth's history, unconcerned that this leaves them aggressive and unable to sleep themselves.

Now she is adding to the unrest caused in England by the Luddites. She has also planted some land mines that turn people into trees.

The Doctor sabotages the Rani's TARDIS and she and the Master are sent spinning into the vortex at the mercy of a rapidly growing tyrannosaurus rex embryo - a specimen collected on one of her earlier visits to Earth.


Cast View all

Tom Baker Doctor Who
William Hartnell Dr. Who
Jon Pertwee Doctor Who
Patrick Troughton Dr. Who
Frazer Hines Jamie
Nicholas Courtney Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart
Pat Gorman Guard
Elisabeth Sladen Sarah Jane Smith
Jacqueline Hill Barbara Wright
William Russell Ian Chesterton
Katy Manning Jo Grant
John Scott Martin Dalek
John Levene Sergeant Benton
Peter Davison The Doctor
Janet Fielding Tegan
John Leeson K9
Terry Walsh Primitive
Gerald Taylor Dalek
Robert Jewell Dalek
Carole Ann Ford Susan Foreman
Peter Hawkins Dalek Voices
Cy Town Dalek Operator
Roy Skelton Daleks
Wendy Padbury Zoe
Sarah Sutton Nyssa

Episodes View details

5 The Mark of the Rani (1) 25 min | Feb 02, 1985

England, the 1820s. As the Industrial Revolution gathers pace, the village of Killingworth is disturbed by crazed Luddite miners intent on smashing all machinery and engineers. But is there another cause of the situation?

Director: Sarah Hellings
Writer: Jane Baker, Pip Baker
Guest stars: Terence Alexander, Peter Childs, Gary Cady, William Ilkley, Hus Levent, Kevin White, Martyn Whitby, Sarah James, Cordelia Ditton
6 The Mark of the Rani (2) 25 min | Feb 09, 1985

England, the 1820s. As the Industrial Revolution gathers pace, the village of Killingworth is disturbed by crazed Luddite miners intent on smashing all machinery and engineers. But is there another cause of the situation?

Director: Sarah Hellings
Writer: Jane Baker, Pip Baker
Guest stars: Terence Alexander, Peter Childs, Gary Cady, William Ilkley, Gawn Grainger