The Rani Elite (audio story)

The Rani Elite was the 194th story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was the first audio story by Big Finish to feature the Rani, and featured the debut of a new incarnation played by Siobhan Redmond.

Publisher's summary
The TARDIS arrives in the CAGE – not a trap, but the College of Advanced Galactic Education, one of the most prestigious academic institutions in colonised space.

Not a trap. Or is it?

The Doctor's here to receive an honourary degree in Moral Philosophy. But there's something rotten at the heart of the Medical Facility. Someone is operating on the students. Someone without a conscience. Someone with access to a Sidelian Brain Scanner – a technology that hasn't been invented yet.

That someone is the ruthless Time Lord scientist known as the Rani – in her new incarnation. But will the Doctor and Peri recognise the Rani's hand before her trap is sprung?

Part one
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Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant
 * The Rani - Siobhan Redmond
 * Vice Chancellor - Andrew Bone
 * Lizzo - Becky Wright
 * Miklev - Mike Noble
 * Reev - Charlie Morton

Continuity

 * Peri remembers the Fifth Doctor dying for her (TV: The Caves of Androzani) and wonders if she would die for him. (TV: Mindwarp)
 * The Sixth Doctor and Peri previously encountered the Rani in Killingworth in the 1820s (TV: The Mark of the Rani), on a duplicate Earth (PROSE: State of Change) and on Koturia (PROSE: Something Borrowed).
 * The Doctor says, "Leave the girl. Plainly, it's me you want." (TV: Time and the Rani)
 * The Rani and the Doctor mention the Deca, including Drax, Mortimus and Vansell. The Rani is also called Ushas by the Doctor. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties)
 * The Doctor notes that Time Lords are "immortal, barring accidents." (TV: The War Games)
 * The Rani recalls her previous incarnation being partly responsible for the Doctor's sixth regeneration. (TV: Time and the Rani; AUDIO: The Brink of Death)
 * After her arrest, the Rani was imprisoned for 97 years. (AUDIO: Planet of the Rani)