The Mark of The Rani (novelisation)

In 1986, The Mark of The Rani was released as a novelisation by Target Books.

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En route to Kew Gardens, the Doctor and Peri are more than a little surprised when they land in the middle of a slag heap in England at the time of the Luddite uprisings.

Unknown to the Doctor, his TARDIS has been dragged off course by the Master who plans to destroy his arch enemy once and for all, and pervert the course of history.

But also present is the Rani, another exile from Gallifrey, who is conducting her own evil experiments on the humans of the nineteenth century. Soon the Doctor discovers that the female of the species is far, far deadlier than the male...

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WHY DOESN'T HE UNDERSTAND ME? WHY DOESN'T HE REALISE HOW TERRIFIED I AM? WHY HASN'T HE TOLD ME HE WAS CAPABLE OF SUCH METAMORPHOSIS?

Sacrificing his fifth persona to save Peri's life, the Doctor has regenerated yet again. But this time his regeneration is by no means smooth, for the new Doctor is strangely disturbed and unsettled in his personality.

In a particularly irascible moment the new Doctor comes dangerously close to committing a shocking crime against Peri. Overwhelmed with guilt for his violent behaviour, the repentant Time Lord decides to become a hermit...