Russell T -Davis reveals why he is now the time to revive Rani Rani

One a lot, a lot Things This happened in the latest episode of doctor The offer was finally raising the cover as it was two years of bonding, who was the lady who was performing her. It turns out, it was exactly a lot doctor The fans were joking or otherwise, immediately guessed. In some respects, according to Showrunner Russell T Davies, this was the point.

“The song Competition between the Stars”, increased with the disclosure that Mrs. Fleud was, in fact, the latest incarnation of Renegade Time Lady Sciencest, who was originally played by the late, Kate O’Mara across two classic doctor Series, “Mark of Rani”, “Time and Rani”, and Disturd 1993 anniversary of the anniversary (Drive). Dimensions in time. Very quickly, I became the second to be careful, as a flood of fatal wounds ready to renovate, Only to the pace Just like the fourteenth and fifteenth doctors, a new Rani revealed, played by Banjabbi.

Rani, regardless of being a camp icon thanks to the winning mix of fashion feeling in the eighties of the last century and O’Mara’s Perform a delicious sceneIt became something of a joke on the era of the hadith doctorWith fans immediately joking that the second is a mysterious female character, she is He should Be Rani. The wife of the master in the third season? Rani. River song? Rani. Messi? Rani. That woman from the “end of time” that may or not to be the mother of the doctor? No, it is clear Rani! The lady was not an exception to the joke theory, as this time she decided to pay it.

“Whenever she plays any woman in any role in doctorIt seems that half of the Internet is behind it, “Davis I recently told BBC. “Sometimes, you just have to go with him.”

For Davies, it was also an opportunity to play with both, almost paradoxes, an old, returning character (something this current age doctor He remained greatly from playing outside Sutekh returned last yearAlso, the person who can be new to a less exciting audience. “I think it’s great in two ways. It’s a famous classic villain if you know it. At the same time, there was no with the master, Cybermen, or Daleks, it’s a little more place,” Davis continued. “That’s good. This allows her to become a new character for the newer audience, as she is not likely to continue.”

Why not make it In reality A new character – after all, the lords are not in time to improve after existence It was wiped forever– Well, Davis thought about it too. But for Davis, finally invoking Rani means an opportunity to get these less bad viewers, checking its previous manifestations.

“It is one of those things that you think we have just made a new time, Lord Panjabi. It was great. It was great.” “But its designation, Rani leads us to this conversation about the character.

We will learn how different this new Rani – this is the new Ranis, instead – when doctor Its two parts of two parts begin this week.

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