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1985 Certificate U
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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. Read more

Starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Kate O'Mara, Anthony Ainley
Director Sarah Hellings
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Doctor Who - The Mark Of Rani

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.

Starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Kate O'Mara, Anthony Ainley, Terence Alexander
Director Sarah Hellings
Studio 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 04 Sep 2006
Production year: 1985
Format DVD

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Hand of Fur ? ( it's Richard Keyes! )

    Hand of the Rani is not to be confused with the recently released 'Mark of Fear' !

    This one features Colin Baker's (stroppy) Doc who finds himself knocking about with George Stephenson during the industrial Revolution - cue quaint Oop North-Rada accents and much carefully applied Oliver Twist style face paint which looked more like T' Black n' white minstrels than T'Miners.

    At one point Kate O'Mara's Rani is totally taken in when the Doctor smears his face with shiny coal dust, failing to recognise him despite the striped yellow trousers.

    There's some good exchanges between The Master and the Rani, though it can get a bit wordy at times and Shakespeare is quoted several times.

    The Master : 'Unfortunate ? Fortuitous would be a more aposite epithet'.

    The Rani : 'Eh?'

    The gorgeous Peri gets groped by a 'rubber' tree and the story ends with a near miss of a cliffhanger for the Master and the Rani involving that old enemy - the inflatable dinosaur.

    Not a Who classic by any means from Pip and Bob Baker but has high nostalgia values.

      • Matthew Turner from Scunthorpe
      • Posted 14 Sep 2006 12:00

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Better than I remembered...

    When I first saw this at the time it was broadcast, I thought it trite and simplistic. Watching it again on DVD, I was impressed that the storyline had greater depth than I remembered, although the Rani and the Master are still very much two dimensional villains, rather superficial and lacking an 'alien' evilness - more like East End gangsters than feared intergalactic criminals. You can't beat Roger Delgado's interpretation of the Master...

      • A customer from Birmingham, UK
      • Posted 16 Sep 2006 10:37

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