History Trivia / DoctorWhoS22E3TheMarkOfTheRani

* InspirationForTheWork: The Rani's experimentation with the sleep centres of the human brain came from an article the Bakers read in ''The New Scientist''.

** One such scene in the clear weather portion involved the Doctor being tied to a pole in the forest by his hands and feet, and because it took a long time to set up (due to Creator/ColinBaker needing a special rigging to keep his back supported while tied up), it wasn't easy to shift from that scene to a rainy one on the fly. As fate would have it, rain started coming in exactly as they were filming that scene, and the crew were in such a rush to get to the other location that they left Baker stranded in the woods, tied to the pole, for around half an hour. Baker later related the story in the DVDCommentary for the serial.
** In addition, Creator/NicolaBryant injured her neck while sleeping. As a result, she would have to wear a brace for the remainder of the shoot -- except while the cameras were actually rolling -- and was in some discomfort.

** Creator/EricSaward found the script to be workmanlike. He also greatly disliked Pip and Jane Baker.

* DiedDuringProduction: The original music composer for the story, John Lewis, only got as far as composing the first episode and a few scenes of the second before a serious (and ultimately fatal) illness prevented him from continuing, leading to BBC staffer Jonathan Gibbs being bought in to rescore the entire story. The DVD offers an option to play Episode 1 with Lewis' unused score; the later Blu-ray release also includes the option to play Episode 2 with the completed portion, which was not known to exist at the time of the DVD's production.

* OutOfOrder: This story was produced after "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors The Two Doctors]]", and intended to air after it at the time of production. However, because "The Mark of the Rani" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E5Timelash Timelash]]" both featured famous historical figures (George Stephenson and Creator/HGWells respectively), it was decided at a late stage to swap "The Mark of the Rani" with "The Two Doctors" in the broadcast order. Happily, this didn't cause too many continuity issues; the reference to the Stattenheim remote control in this story was intended as a {{Callback}} to "The Two Doctors", in which it was used, but it works just as well as {{Foreshadowing}} instead.

* OutOfOrder: This story was produced after "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors The Two Doctors]]", and intended to air before it at the time of production. However, because "The Mark of the Rani" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E5Timelash Timelash]]" both featured famous historical figures (George Stephenson and Creator/HGWells respectively), it was decided at a late stage to swap "The Mark of the Rani" with "The Two Doctors" in the broadcast order. Happily, this didn't cause too many continuity issues; the reference to the Stattenheim remote control in this story was intended as a {{Callback}} to "The Two Doctors", in which it was used, but it works just as well as {{Foreshadowing}} instead.

* DiedDuringProduction: The original music composer for the story, John Lewis, only got as far as composing the first episode and a few scenes of the second before a serious (and ultimately fatal) illness prevented him from continuing, leading to BBC staffer Jonathan Gibbs being bought in to rescore the entire story. The DVD offers an option to play episode 1 with Lewis' unused score; the later Blu-ray release also includes the option to play episode 2 with the completed portion, which was not known to exist at the time of the DVD's production.

* DiedDuringProduction: The original music composer for the story, John Lewis, only got as far as composing the first episode before a serious (and ultimately fatal) illness prevented him from continuing, leading to BBC staffer Jonathan Gibbs being bought in to rescore the entire story. The DVD offers an option to play episode 1 with Lewis' unused score.

* TroubledProduction: Not the worst that's happened to a ''Doctor Who'' story, but it was certainly no less memorable: ** Primarily, the cast and crew were stuck with the issue of having to film the story mostly on-location during inconsistently rainy weather. As the story entailed one part to be in clear weather and the other in the rain, this resulted in the team having to constantly shift back and forth between areas in order to get everything filmed properly.

* TroubledProduction: Not the worst that's happened to a ''Doctor Who'' story, but it was certainly no less memorable. ** Primarily, the cast and crew were stuck with the issue of having to film the story mostly on-location during inconsistently rainy weather. As the story entailed one part to be in clear weather and the other in the rain, this resulted in the team having to constantly shift back and forth between areas in order to get everything filmed properly. One such scene in the clear weather portion involved the Doctor being tied to a pole in the forest by his hands and feet, and because it took a long time to set up (due to Creator/ColinBaker needing a special rigging to keep his back supported while tied up), it wasn't easy to shift from that scene to a rainy one on the fly. As fate would have it, rain started coming in exactly as they were filming that scene, and the crew were in such a rush to get to the other location that they left Baker stranded in the woods, tied to the pole, for around half an hour. Baker later related the story in the DVDCommentary for the serial.

* TroubledProduction: Not the worst that's happened to a ''Doctor Who'' story, but it was certainly no less memorable. Primarily, the cast and crew were stuck with the issue of having to film the story mostly on-location during inconsistently rainy weather. As the story entailed one part to be in clear weather and the other in the rain, this resulted in the team having to constantly shift back and forth between areas in order to get everything filmed properly. One such scene in the clear weather portion involved the Doctor being tied to a pole in the forest by his hands and feet, and because it took a long time to set up (due to Creator/ColinBaker needing a special rigging to keep his back supported while tied up), it wasn't easy to shift from that scene to a rainy one on the fly. As fate would have it, rain started coming in exactly as they were filming that scene, and the crew were in such a rush to get to the other location that they left Baker stranded in the woods, tied to the pole, for around half an hour. Baker later related the story in the DVDCommentary for the serial. In addition, Creator/NicolaBryant injured her neck while sleeping. As a result, she would have to wear a brace for the remainder of the shoot -- except while the cameras were actually rolling -- and was in some discomfort.

** Eric Saward found the script to be workmanlike. He also greatly disliked Pip and Jane Baker.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: The original music composer for the story, John Lewis, only got as far as composing the first episode before a serious (and ultimately fatal) illness prevented him from continuing, leading to BBC staffer Jonathan Gibbs being bought in to rescore the entire story. The DVD offers an option to play episode 1 with Lewis' unused score.

* DVDCommentary: Colin Baker relates a story [[http://ziyal.tumblr.com/post/118174270767/wait-what-is-this-story-about-colin-baker-in-the about being tied to a pole during filming]].

* TroubledProduction: Not the worst that's happened to a ''Doctor Who'' story, but it was certainly no less memorable. Primarily, the cast and crew were stuck with the issue of having to film the story mostly on-location during inconsistently rainy weather. As the story entailed one part to be in clear weather and the other in the rain, this resulted in the team having to constantly shift back and forth between areas in order to get everything filmed properly. One such scene in the clear weather portion involved the Doctor being tied to a pole in the forest by his hands and feet, and because it took a long time to set up (due to Colin Baker needing a special rigging to keep his back supported while tied up), it wasn't easy to shift from that scene to a rainy one on the fly. As fate would have it, rain started coming in exactly as they were filming that scene, and the crew were in such a rush to get to the other location that they left Baker stranded in the woods, tied to the pole, for around half an hour. Baker later related the story in the DVDCommentary for the serial. In addition, Creator/NicolaBryant injured her neck while sleeping. As a result, she would have to wear a brace for the remainder of the shoot -- except while the cameras were actually rolling -- and was in some discomfort.

* TroubledProduction: Not the worst that's happened to a ''Doctor Who'' story, but it was certainly no less memorable. Primarily, the cast and crew were stuck with the issue of having to film the story mostly on-location during inconsistently rainy weather. As the story entailed one part to be in clear weather and the other in the rain, this resulted in the team having to constantly shift back and forth between areas in order to get everything filmed properly. One such scene in the clear weather portion involved the Doctor being tied to a pole in the forest by his hands and feet, and because it took a long time to set up (due to Colin Baker needing a special rigging to keep his back supported while tied up), it wasn't easy to shift from that scene to a rainy one on the fly. As fate would have it, rain started coming in exactly as they were filming that scene, and the crew were in such a rush to get to the other location that they left Baker stranded in the woods, tied to the pole, for around half an hour. Baker later related the story in the DVDCommentary for the serial.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: The original music composer for the story, John Lewis, only got as far as composing the first episode before a serious (and ultimately fatal) illness prevented him from continuing, leading to BBC staffer Jonathan Gibbs being bought in to rescore the entire story.

* {{Blooper}}: When the Doctor dangles above the coalpit, one of his three attackers falls in. A moment later there is a close-up of three pairs of hands aiming weapons at him. This shot belonged to an earlier part of the sequence, before they arrived at the pit.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/PeterCushing, Creator/MichaelGough, Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/PeterVaughan were considered for Lord Ravensworth.
** The original music composer for the story, John Lewis, only got as far as composing the first episode before a serious (and ultimately fatal) illness prevented him from continuing, leading to BBC staffer Jonathan Gibbs being bought in to rescore the entire story.

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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Creator/ColinBaker and Kate O'Mara had previously costarred in Creator/TheBBC drama series ''The Brothers''.

* WorkingTitle: ''Too Clever By Far'' and ''Enter The Rani''.

** Joss Ackland, Harry Andrews, Bernard Archard, Robin Bailey, George Baker, Ian Bannen, Geoffrey Bayldon, John Carson, Creator/PeterCushing, Alan Cuthbertson, James Ellis, Frank Finlay, Robert Fleming, Creator/MichaelGough, Jeremy Kemp, Dinsdale Landen, T.P. [=McKenna=], Donald Pickering, John Standing, [[Series/LastOfTheSummerWine Peter Sallis]], Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/PeterVaughan were considered for Lord Ravensworth.

** Joss Ackland, Harry Andrews, Bernard Archard, Robin Bailey, George Baker, Ian Bannen, Geoffrey Bayldon, John Carson, Creator/PeterCushing, Alan Cuthbertson, James Ellis, Frank Finlay, Robert Fleming, Michael Gough, Jeremy Kemp, Dinsdale Landen, T.P. [=McKenna=], Donald Pickering, John Standing, [[Series/LastOfTheSummerWine Peter Sallis]], Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/PeterVaughan were considered for Lord Ravensworth .

** Eric Saward found the script to be workmanlike. He greatly disliked Pip and Jane Baker.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Joss Ackland, Harry Andrews, Bernard Archard, Robin Bailey, George Baker, Ian Bannen, Geoffrey Bayldon, John Carson, Creator/PeterCushing, Alan Cuthbertson, James Ellis, Frank Finlay, Robert Fleming, Michael Gough, Jeremy Kemp, Dinsdale Landen, T.P. [=McKenna=], Donald Pickering, John Standing, [[Series/LastOfTheSummerWine Peter Sallis]], Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/PeterVaughan were considered for Lord Ravensworth .

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Joss Ackland, Harry Andrews, Bernard Archard, Robin Bailey, George Baker, Ian Bannen, Geoffrey Bayldon, John Carson, Creator/PeterCushing, Alan Cuthbertson, James Ellis, Frank Finlay, Robert Fleming, Michael Gough, Jeremy Kemp, Dinsdale Landen, T.P. [=McKenna=]
Donald Pickering, John Standing, [[Series/LastOfTheSummerWine Peter Sallis]], Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/PeterVaughan were considered for Lord Ravensworth .