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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:timerani_2258.jpg\|thumb\|300px]] {{quote\|''"I've had enough of this drivel!"''~~<br />So have we, '''Mel'''. So have we.}}~~ So have we, '''Mel'''. So have we.}} Without even an opening credits sequence to kick things off, this sequence features an impressive ''(for the time)'' CGI shot of the TARDIS randomly flying around as it gets zapped with lasers. Why it's zapped with lasers, what's going on, who's doing what, that's unimportant: the TARDIS is being zapped and we're supposed to care. The TARDIS is then forced to land on an [[BBC Quarry\|exotic alien planet]] as a day-glo lizard guy watches. The TARDIS is then opened up and [[Doctor Who/Recap/S22 E3/E03 The Mark of the Rani\|the Rani]] steps in and gloats while one of her henchmen rolls over someone in the Sixth Doctor's outfit, revealing [[Fake Shemp\|a guy in a wig]] who then [[The Nth Doctor\|regenerates]] into the Seventh Doctor right before our eyes<ref>That's right, no fantastic ending to Colin Baker's Doctor, just... [[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him\|a nasty bump on the head]].</ref> The Rani then takes the Doctor off to her secret laboratory while leaving the companion Mel back in the TARDIS to stumble around the exotic alien landscape with that day-glo lizard we saw earlier. The Doctor awakens to see the Rani disguising herself as Mel, acting like Mel and generally being Mel's somewhat annoying self for... um... we're never really told why. Maybe the Rani simply wanted to be the Doctor's companion for a while. Line 13 ⟶ 14: It's worth noting that this story was originally intended for Colin Baker's [[The Nth Doctor\|6th Doctor]] by Pip and Jane Baker ''(old hands at writing for him by this point)'' , but was sent through the re-write cycles once Colin was fired. It's notable for the final appearance of the Rani in the series, as well as the first appearance of the 7th Doctor. Watch it [https://web.archive.org/web/20100712002925/http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x12i2e_tardismedia_time-and-the-rani here]. === Tropes === * [[Apathetic Citizens]]: The Lakertyans for the most part don't seem particularly bothered about what happens to them. * [[Bat Out of Hell]]: the Rani's Tetrap Mooks Line 22 ⟶ 23: * [[Characterization Marches On]]: McCoy's performance as the Doctor is different, to say the least, to the way fans like to remember him. [[Justified Trope\|However,]] this ''is'' [[The Nth Doctor\|his regeneration story]]. * [[The Dog Bites Back]]: Urak at the end. * [[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him]]: The not-so-pretty fate of the 6th Doctor here. * [[Fake Shemp]]: Colin Baker was either never asked to film his pathetic death and regeneration or didn't want to, reports differ. Whatever the case, poor Sylvester McCoy had to wear a wig and the regeneration was done by obscuring his face with some [[Sarcasm Mode\|finest quality]] Quantel blurring effects. * [[Fix Fic]]: The [[Past Doctor Adventures]] novel ''Spiral Scratch'' turns the Doctor's Bridge Drop into a [[Heroic Sacrifice]]. Line 28 ⟶ 29: * [[Headbutt of Love]]: The Doctor and Mel. * [[Historical Domain Character]]: The kidnapped geniuses, if they count as characters. None of them have lines. * [[The Noun and ~~The~~the Noun]] * [[Prisoner Exchange]]: The Rani for Mel. * [[The Quisling]]: Beyus Line 37 ⟶ 38: {{reflist}} [[Category:Doctor Who (TV)/Recap]]▼ [[Category:Recap]] [[Category:Doctor Who]] ▲[[Category:Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~/Recap]]