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Old 12-03-2014, 22:10
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Just been watching luther and was thinking that ruth wilson who plays alice would be a great casting choice for the rani if moffat even chooses to go down that route. what does everyone else think?
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Old 12-03-2014, 22:21
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IIRC Pip & Jane Baker won't let the BBC have the rights to The Rani unless they write the story!

I don't think the Moff would want to use the character anyway.
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Old 12-03-2014, 22:27
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Just been watching luther and was thinking that ruth wilson who plays alice would be a great casting choice for the rani if moffat even chooses to go down that route. what does everyone else think?
Isn't that the same Ruth Wilson that played Jane Eyre back in 2006 on BBC1?

Also, do Pip and Jane Baker really have the rights to the Rani? It would be a shame if they do, because I'm not sure if they are alive anymore. They were almost in their mature years when they wrote the two DW stories for both Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.

If 'the Moff' did want to have the Rani feature in a future story, he would have a dificult battle on his hands.
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Old 12-03-2014, 22:41
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Isn't that the same Ruth Wilson that played Jane Eyre back in 2006 on BBC1?

Also, do Pip and Jane Baker really have the rights to the Rani? It would be a shame if they do, because I'm not sure if they are alive anymore. They were almost in their mature years when they wrote the two DW stories for both Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.

If 'the Moff' did want to have the Rani feature in a future story, he would have a dificult battle on his hands.
No they're still alive!

Whether they own the Rani or not I don't know nor do I care, I don't think its the sort of character that Nu Who needs imo.
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Old 12-03-2014, 22:42
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Yes, I think Ruth Wilson would make an amazing Rani. We can only hope...
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Old 12-03-2014, 22:58
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Ruth Wilson would be good. But also Tilda Swinton.
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Old 12-03-2014, 23:04
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Ruth Wilson seems to be busy just now with Hollywood movies.
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Old 12-03-2014, 23:23
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yes she was in jane eyre as well. also making hollywood films does not mean she could not come back and film a few episodes look at benedict cumberbatch he keeps coming back for sherlock
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Old 12-03-2014, 23:31
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I'd rather see an older actress playing the rani against capaldi. Honour blackman, anyone. Of Joanna lumley?.....
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Old 12-03-2014, 23:58
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Just been watching luther and was thinking that ruth wilson who plays alice would be a great casting choice for the rani if moffat even chooses to go down that route. what does everyone else think?
She'd make an AMAZING Master. She was great in Luther
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Old 13-03-2014, 01:03
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I so don't get The Rani obsession.

Can someone explain why this comes up so often?
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Old 13-03-2014, 01:36
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yes she was in jane eyre as well. also making hollywood films does not mean she could not come back and film a few episodes look at benedict cumberbatch he keeps coming back for sherlock
However they have to organise things 2 years in advance for Benedict and can't do it without him unlike Ruth there are other people they could get to play rani and wouldn't have so much of a headache to schedule. Lara pulver being 1 example
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Old 13-03-2014, 10:17
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I so don't get The Rani obsession.

Can someone explain why this comes up so often?
She was a bit glam, she was a Time Lady and she had a TARDIS too. I can imagine for some that would be a pretty exciting combination but I don't see what all the fuss is about either. Same goes for Omega.
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Old 13-03-2014, 11:09
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I have vague recollections of the Rani but I was never particularly enamoured with the character. In any case, I can't see them featuring any other Time Lords until the Doctor finds and rescues Gallifrey.

The Time Lady I'm really hoping will return is Romana
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Old 13-03-2014, 11:26
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No they're still alive!

Whether they own the Rani or not I don't know nor do I care, I don't think its the sort of character that Nu Who needs imo.
I disagree.

Out of all the villains that were ever created in Classic Who, The Rani was the most shoddily treated of the lot. Her debut story she was given The Master to deal with as well as the The Doctor when she could have sole villain on her own and her next story the script was so awful it didn't do her character any favours.

Fortunately Kate O Mara's performances in both stories were the saving grace but I don't think the character got the stories she deserved and I would love to see her back just to get a decent storyline. Maybe the reason behind this so-called obsession about her return is due to the fact the was treated so shabbily in the 80's.

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Old 13-03-2014, 11:33
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I so don't get The Rani obsession.

Can someone explain why this comes up so often?
1) She appeared more than once
2) She could have been an interesting character but was treated as generic pantomime villain, and
3) along with The Doctor and The Master, she fits the Rule of Three.
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Old 13-03-2014, 12:32
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Just been watching luther and was thinking that ruth wilson who plays alice would be a great casting choice for the rani if moffat even chooses to go down that route. what does everyone else think?
I like this idea.
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Old 13-03-2014, 12:53
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Ruth Wilson would be good.

I'd prefer Daniela Nardini though.
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Old 13-03-2014, 23:28
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Strong clever powerful female villain who is also a time lady. Potential to be a great dangerous nemesis for the Doctor.
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Old 13-03-2014, 23:42
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Kate O'Mara or no one as far as I'm concerned.
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Old 14-03-2014, 00:05
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Keeley Hawes has been cast as The Rani in the new series!
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Old 14-03-2014, 00:06
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Keeley Hawes has been cast as The Rani in the new series!
wow. Good work. I just said to a friend it would be five minutes before this rumour started. You beat that!
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Old 14-03-2014, 00:08
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wow. Good work. I just said to a friend it would be five minutes before this rumour started. You beat that!
Well, come on, she looks Rani-esque...
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Old 14-03-2014, 03:20
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One of the things I always like about the Rani is that she rather different from other villains. She didn't want to be ruler of the universe, or to kill everything, she was just amoral. In "Mark of the Rani", her experiments made the villagers very aggressive, but that was only a side-effect, one she didn't care about. If it had made them nice and calm, she would have been just as indifferent to them.

She is only interested in her own goals, anything that does not directly affect them, is none of her concern.
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Old 14-03-2014, 06:39
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Keeley Hawes has been cast as The Rani in the new series!
No she's not. She is going to play a totally different character.
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