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There’s been a lot of speculation about what classic elements of Doctor Who will return, reinvented.
My own imagination keeps returning to the Rani; speculating on the part she could play if she came back.
What if the Rani was involved in the Time War? What if she designed some of the horrors the Doctor mentioned in The End of Time, Part 2? What if she was the one who resurrected both the Master and Rassilon?
She may be wanted as a war criminal by the Shadow Proclamation, but she may be decorated as a war hero by the High Council of the Time Lords. As far as the latter is concerned, the Doctor may be the war criminal. Rassilon may need her to stay alive. The Master may need her as well, even though he’s reluctant to admit it.
What if the Rani escaped the destruction of Gallifrey? What if she had some hold over the Master and was using him to find the remaining Cyber Masters to rebuild Gallifrey in a shape more to her liking?
What if the Rani was intent on resurrecting other Time Lords, such as Morbius?
What if the Rani knew the Doctor was the Timeless Child or found out? What if she wanted to use the Doctor to recreate the Time Lords or something superior? What if she was searching for the Doctor to do so and decided to use the Master to catch him? What if she wanted to use the Doctor to get to his lost race and universe?
What if the Rani had been part of Division? She may even have been a professional rival of Tecteun, only she became too dangerous and underwent the same treatments as the Doctor, enabling her to attend the Academy with the Doctor and the Master?
If so, if the Rani is far older than the Doctor thought, what if the Rani is the one who created the Master as a deliberate foil for the Doctor, the Timeless Child, one who would challenge and check them? What if the Master’s lust for blood and pain was something ingrained in his creation as much as the drums? What if he was made this way to keep the Doctor distracted from other projects Division might have had? Selecting a childhood friend, someone the Timeless Child loved may have been a coldblooded calculation to play on their emotions.
What if the Rani’s motivation for almost everything she does isn’t that different from Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal Lecter? What if she’s just curious? Her curiosity might both mirror, yet be far more twisted than the Doctor’s.
All of these possibilities could shape the Rani into a distinct and different adversary for the Doctor than the Master, the rival the Doctor shares a strong emotional bond with.
It’s interesting, considering the possibilities.
My own imagination keeps returning to the Rani; speculating on the part she could play if she came back.
What if the Rani was involved in the Time War? What if she designed some of the horrors the Doctor mentioned in The End of Time, Part 2? What if she was the one who resurrected both the Master and Rassilon?
She may be wanted as a war criminal by the Shadow Proclamation, but she may be decorated as a war hero by the High Council of the Time Lords. As far as the latter is concerned, the Doctor may be the war criminal. Rassilon may need her to stay alive. The Master may need her as well, even though he’s reluctant to admit it.
What if the Rani escaped the destruction of Gallifrey? What if she had some hold over the Master and was using him to find the remaining Cyber Masters to rebuild Gallifrey in a shape more to her liking?
What if the Rani was intent on resurrecting other Time Lords, such as Morbius?
What if the Rani knew the Doctor was the Timeless Child or found out? What if she wanted to use the Doctor to recreate the Time Lords or something superior? What if she was searching for the Doctor to do so and decided to use the Master to catch him? What if she wanted to use the Doctor to get to his lost race and universe?
What if the Rani had been part of Division? She may even have been a professional rival of Tecteun, only she became too dangerous and underwent the same treatments as the Doctor, enabling her to attend the Academy with the Doctor and the Master?
If so, if the Rani is far older than the Doctor thought, what if the Rani is the one who created the Master as a deliberate foil for the Doctor, the Timeless Child, one who would challenge and check them? What if the Master’s lust for blood and pain was something ingrained in his creation as much as the drums? What if he was made this way to keep the Doctor distracted from other projects Division might have had? Selecting a childhood friend, someone the Timeless Child loved may have been a coldblooded calculation to play on their emotions.
What if the Rani’s motivation for almost everything she does isn’t that different from Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal Lecter? What if she’s just curious? Her curiosity might both mirror, yet be far more twisted than the Doctor’s.
All of these possibilities could shape the Rani into a distinct and different adversary for the Doctor than the Master, the rival the Doctor shares a strong emotional bond with.
It’s interesting, considering the possibilities.
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