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The Meaning of her name

It might be worth mentioning that the word "Rani" is the female form of the word "Raja", that is, Queen (see http://en.wiktionary.org/rani). As "Maharani" it was used as a title for Queen Victoria, as the Empress of India (mentioned in Kipling's "Life's Handicap", for instance. Based on the colonial background of the word, I'm fairly sure that the writers would have known the meaning of the word when they chose it, so it would be interesting to point the meaning out to compare with the other renegade timelord names- "the Doctor" and "the Master". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.245.172.250 (talk) 09:14, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

If you need to cite, it's mentioned both here http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=62742 and here http://en.wikipedia.org/The_Mark_of_the_Rani —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.245.172.250 (talk) 09:26, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Alive or dead?

In The End of the World the Doctor stated that his homeworld had been destroyed and that he was the last of the Time Lords. Whether the Rani was present on Gallifrey and was killed along with the rest is uncertain.

Technically the Rani is a Time Lady, as it says earlier in the article, so both she and the Doctor could both be alive within the confines of that statement. sheridan 14:11, 2005 May 13 (UTC)

Isn't that stretching it a bit? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.32.48.236 (talk • contribs) 19:54, January 3, 2007 (UTC)

No, that's stretching it a lot ;) 87.194.60.87 19:15, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

As we saw, even had she been there, escape was possible when the timelock was lifted in The End of Time. However, given her renegade status, if she were caught and prosecuted, it's doubtful she would have been incarcerated on Gallifrey anyway, when prisons like Shada existed. In any circumstance, I believe we'll see her return to the screen within the next few seasons provided the series continues. It's hard to argue against her return when they went as far as digging up the Macra (no pun intended). --24.185.34.96 (talk) 04:22, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Come to think of it, there was an EDA reference to her by Father Kreiner in The Ancestor Cell that her skull was one of the Faction's Time Lord trophies. I give little weight to that outcome (She's too valuble to kill off permanently), but that isn't mentioned in the article...so I guess I'll pop that in. --24.185.34.96 (talk) 05:42, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Podcast

I've listened carefully to the Last of the Time Lords podcast and did not hear any mention of the Rani. If I am wrong please let me know exactly where it is mentioned so I can check it out? — AnemoneProjectors (zomg!) 19:55, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Try 49:50 onwards - Phil Collinson (producer) says that the hand was that of Tracy Simson, the Production Manager, and then Russell T Davies laughs very loudly before saying "Hand of the Rani" (said in a not-at-all-serious manner?); PC says "Hand of the Rani" again as RTD continues over him. Too throwaway a comment to be authoritative, I would have said. Bencherlite 20:06, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh so they do. Yeah it wasn't said very seriously at all, also RTD said it wouldn't be picked up on in the next series and gave the impression he wouldn't be picking up on it at all himself. — AnemoneProjectors (zomg!) 20:18, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

The entire podcast isn't in a serious tone. Just because they aren't picking up on it in the next season doesn't mean that that it's irrelevant. The laughing is over the fact it's the hand of their producer. Saying he doesn't doesn't let on to whose hand it is is not at all accurate and is entirely misleading.

Article needs to be re-titled?

It seems to me that people keep referring to Rani as "the Rani" We need to decide if this use of the particle "the" is a part of her name (and therefore the article), or if all superfluous "the"s should be edited out of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Claytonian (talk • contribs) 11:44, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Rani isn't her name, it's a title, so she is the Rani, not Rani (like the Doctor and the Master). However, per Misplaced Pages naming conventions, the title of the article is simply "Rani", like Doctor and Master --Brian Olsen (talk) 03:41, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Editing Lock and Miss Foster

I suggest that this article be locked from editing. It changes every couple minutes with speculation about The Rani and Miss Foster being the same person. Something has to be done.

A mention of Miss Foster wouldn't be so bad. As long as it is clearly stated as fan theory. Just as John Simm and Mr. Saxon were being linked to The Master. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Three-Tail (talk • contribs) 20:39, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

But Mr Saxon was the master {92.235.70.183 (talk) 12:16, 21 December 2008 (UTC)}.