The Rani has an evil plan - to clone Rasillon and Omega and produce young versions with brain patterns which she would edit. With these powerful servants she will rule the universe. To experiment on cloning an ancient Timelord from stolen Matrix data she chooses, out of spite, the Doctor's former spouse and Susan's grandmother, Lora, and clones a copy with only slightly edited brain patterns. A lock of her hair is delivered to the Doctor as a tease. The Doctor senses who the hair belongs to and comes to Snatalius where the Rani has a base. Snatalius is populated by the lizard-like Reptoids and a race of semi-intelligent giant snails, the Slugs. There, the Doctor walks into the Rani's trap only after arranging for the doom of her experiments even before landing based on Matrix data. He lands and is captured, and there meets Lora.
CAST
The Doctor: wandering Timelord in his 10th persona.
Irish: strange green cat with telepathic and shape-shifting capabilities. Companion to the Doctor.
The Rani: powerful female Timelord obsessed with biotechnic experiments.
Loradneuropaea clone [Lora] (see RETURN TO GALLIREY, NADWSim): clone of the Doctor's original spouse (Susan's grandmother). She and the Doctor met while young, and eventually fell in love while at the Academy (an unusual thing for Timelords) after Flavia also tried to court the Doctor. The rest of the details of their relationship are unknown (the Doctor is very quiet about such things) but it is known that she died in a terrible incident while many legendary Timelords watched (including Flavia and the Doctor, but rumor has it that Rassilon and Omega were also there). Details of this incident are still lacking. BUT REMEMBER... This is her Clone. The Rani's new cloning technology is able to take information from biodata extracts and grow a new creature, BUT is also able to regrow memory patterns as they existed at death and recorded in the Matrix, AND then EDIT them as the Rani decides. Buxom, 5'8", long red hair, face not unlike Romana #1, tends to be very direct and self-assured.
Chikush: Chief Tetrap (see TIME AND THE RANI) - Servant of the Rani, a large bat-like creature with eyes on all sides of its head. Eats a foul slime which the Rani controls the supply of. Has a sting tipped tongue it uses to stun victims.
Lizbo: Technophant of Dark-Moist Clutch, Snatalius (female Lizard person) - A nerd-like teachnical bureaucrat. Is obsessed with gaining technology from the Rani and is willing to sacrifice almost anything to get it. She despises Aoogah's self-indulgent nature, and dreams of replacing his rule with an enlightened technocratic regime which she will direct, but for now she must cooperate with Aoogah. She admires the Rani's abilities and ruthlessness.
Aoogah: Lord of Dark-Moist Clutch, Snatalius (male Lizard person) - Is suspicious of the Rani, but follows the advice of Lizbo that the technology she offers is worth the sacrifices they make for her work. Is a huge and corpulent lizard person, drools quite a lot, and is constantly thinking about delicious grubs and worms to east and the many females in the clutch who need to be fertilized.
Warriors of Dark-Moist Clutch (Lizard people): See planetary abstract.
Giant Snails of Snatalius: See planetary abstract.
Gothal: Director of the CIA (1 only) - Currently a brain-implanted slave of the Rani.
A lock of red hair is delivered to the TARDIS. At the same time Gothal's warning is received about the clone plot. The Doctor doesn't want to get involved, but he recognizes the red hair and puts two and two together. The Doctor configures the TARDIS to project an energy pulse which will negate the molecular binding system used in cloning to allow nerve cells to operate effectively.
Gothal awaits Chikush so that he can deliver the biodata extracts for the Rani. He hates obneying her, but he must because of his brain implant she installed in him. Before Chikush arrives he sends a warning to the Doctor. Chikush arrives and Gothal gives to him the biodata extracts of Rassilon and Omega.
The Tetraps deliver Rani's commands -- finish the genetic harvesting soon or else lose the technology she is offering them. Also, they warn that the Doctor will soon arrive, and that he should be assisted to the Rani's main base. Greedy and anxious, the Reptoids anxiously agree and send out groups to speed up the genetic collection process. The Slugs refuse to cooperate -- giant snails are not interested in technology.
Lora awakens and finds herself trapped inside a force field, with the Rani and Lizbo watching her from outside. She is confused about where she is, and as the conmversation ensues, who she really is. The Rani reveals that Lora is being used as a precursor to the main experiment, a trap for the Doctor, and that she is, in fact, not the real Lora.
The Doctor and Irish arrive at Fubar, and meet the Reptoids and Slugs. They seem unusually cooperative. They lead the Doctor and Irish to the Rani's base. Before they arrive, Irish is sent back to the TARDIS to prepare to activate the energy pulse to destroy all of the clones on the Doctor's command -- but only on his command.
Lizbo and Chikush prepare the equipment for the final cloning -- of Rassilon and Omega. The Rani urges them to hurry, for she has already detected the Doctor's arrival. Lora watches and tries to ask question of them to further determine her situation and who she is. She is very distraught that the Doctor is walking into a trap. She begs them to stop, then angrily begins to berate them for their activities. She and the Rani obviously have no love lost for each other.
The Doctor is captured by the Tetraps and put into the force field with Lora. They are surprised to see each other, and while she knew him as a different person, she recognizes him. She confesses that she is not really Lora, but is a clone, an edited clone. How much editing is not known. They embrace nevertheless, and the Doctor confronts the Rani, who merely mocks him. Now, she says, they will have what they have always lacked -- the opportunity to die in each others arms.
Irish makes his way back to the TARDIS, but is spotted by Reptoids and Tetraps, who pursue him. Irish leads them on a merry chase, but is eventually trapped on one of the "highways" created by the Slugs as two huge slimy Slugs churn towards him. They run over Irish, and while they do not crush him, they do ensnare him in a covering of slime.
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