One of many many What happened in the latest episode Doctor Who The show finally unveiled the cover of two years of teasing about who Mrs. Flood was heading towards. It turns out that this is exactly a lot Doctor Who Fans joke or guess in other ways. That's the point, according to performance host Russell T Davies.
The climax of the Star Song Contest reveals that Mrs. Flood is actually the latest incarnation of Rani, a scientist in the age of Traitors was originally played by the late Great Kate O'Mara. Doctor Who TV series, “Rani's Mark” and “Time with Lani”, and the ridiculous 1993 Anniversary Special/Charity Event The size of time. Soon after that she became second, as a deadly flood prepares for regeneration, just like the 14th and 15th doctors, revealing twins, and new Rani played by Archie Panjabi.
Rani is not only an idol in the camp Doctor Whoas fans immediately joked that the second mysterious female character appeared, must Become Rani. The owner's wife in season 3? Rani. Song of the river? Rani. Miss? Rani. The woman who started with the “end of time” might be the doctor's mother or maybe not the doctor's mother? No, it's obviously Rani! Mrs. Hongshui is no exception, this is the decision to pay it off this time.
“Whenever you introduce any woman to any role Doctor Whohalf of the internet seems to guess she is Lani,” Davis recently told the BBC: “Sometimes, you just have to keep going. ”
For Davis, it's also an opportunity to play with a role Doctor Who To a large extent away from last year's Sutekh return), it's also a whole new one for less familiar audiences. “I think she's great in both ways. If you know her, she's a famous classic villain. At the same time, she's not with the master, the internet person or the Dalek person, and she only has a little bit of her niche,” Davis continued. “That's good. It makes her a new role for the new audience, and she's not valued in the continuity.”
As for why not let her In fact A new character – After everything, Davis thought of it too. But for Davis, the final invocation of Lani means a chance to allow less familiar viewers to view her previous appearances.
Davis concluded: “This is one of the things you think we could have done a new era and played Archie Panjabi. That was great. That was great,” Davis concluded. “But Rani, who named her, led us into the discussion about the character. It took some kids to the BBC iPlayer, where they would discover some great old stories with Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.”
We'll learn how different this new Rani is – these new Ranis are Doctor Who The two-part finale begins this weekend.
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