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{{quote|''"I've had enough of this drivel!"''<br />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
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.
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* [[Bat Out of Hell]]: the Rani's Tetrap Mooks
* [[BBC Quarry]]: About 2/3rds of the episode is about meandering over one.
* [[Bee
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: McCoy was good at doing pratfalls and mugging. See the [[Characterization Marches On]] example below.
* [[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]].
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