The Rani

**Ushas**, better known as **the Rani** and known more formally as **Ushas of Miasimia Goria**, or, in other accounts, as simply **Rani**, was a renegade Time Lady and member of the Deca. A brilliant but cold neurochemist, she knew the Doctor and the Master when all three were young, and became an enemy of the former and an unwilling ally of the latter. She first appeared in The Mark of the Rani and last appeared in Return to Skaro.

Her first self became the ruler of Miasmia Goria, and eventually Lakerteya, though she would eventually lose power on Lakerteya thanks to the Seventh Doctor and the Tetraps. After a failed attempt at erasing the Doctor and many of his companions from existence, she would end up being erased herself temporarily alongside the Master, liquifying him as a result of his incompetence once they were back in N-Space.

Her second incarnation would end up having to work with the Tenth Doctor after a botched assassination attempt, becoming his companion as a result. This would ultimately end after she was converted into a Cyberman, initiating self-destruct in anger at the fact that the Doctor had left her for dead, regenerating as a result, and according to her, gaining a full new set of regenerations as a result, on top of those she already possessed, a claim the Doctor found dubious.

Her third incarnation wreaked her vengeance on both the Doctor and the Cybermen, blaming the two of them for her experience, quite rightly. She became far more sadistic, and attempted to kill the Doctor so his body could be used in her experiments multiple times.

Her fourth incarnation, however, was alot more caring, and, upon watching the destruction she had caused, became guiltful and immediatley reverted from her ways of evil, trying and help out and save people where she could, like the desruction of the Haureyn Temple for example. Along with the Sixteenth Doctor, albeit unknown to him, she attempted to help him stop the True Knot, but her fifth incarnation, angered by her merciful ways, appeared in front of her, stabbed her and, once she was weakened, drowned her in a river to cause her regeneration. This worked. Her next incarnation was much more sinister than most of her previous ones, going so far as to terrorize a young boy, Ken Goodendeam as they got ready for bed each night, slowly brainwashing him. Eventually, after trying to seduce the boy, she was met with resistance, which prompted her to attempted to hypnotize them into becoming a servant who would serve and obey her. After he continued to resist, she tortured him slowly and painfully, causing excruciating anguish and suffering from him, finally causing his submission.

Shortly before the Sixteenth Doctor's regeneration, she kidnapped Ashley McEwan, one of the Doctor's companions, and tortured and seduced her while trying to get her to submit like Ken had. This failed, but the Rani "loved watching the pretty little dolly squirm"

She also posed as a witch in the 1940s, Chelle Channer, who attempted to kidnap three children whom were seeking shelter from the London Air Raids and turn them into her servants, too, but this was thwarted by the Doctor. She later entitled herself as the head of the Hellfire Gang under the alias Chopiniquea Munson Stone. Due to her terrorizing of children, she came to nickname herself "the boogeywoman". Later, after more resistance, she dismissed Ken by throwing him to be devoured by one of the beasts of Manzic. With the help of the Master, she kidnapped every single one of the Doctors and their companions, except for Adric, who escaped and later defeating her with the help of Ashley McEwan. The Master escapes, but Adric and Ashley kidnap the Rani by locking her in a torture cell, and steal her TARDIS. After The Master freed her later, she stole another one.

She also took control of Playtime Co. around this time, and while the Doctor was busy with his other companions, attempted to seduce and brainwash Cornelius Duncan like she had with Ken. This almost worked but was thwarted at the last second by Professor Jericho. Later, she learned that Ken had not in fact died and had been horribly mutated, grown, fattened, and transformed into a Titan. She later attempted to fix him, and he shrunk considerably and most of his mutations left him, however he still remained much larger than he previously was, with the inclusion of horns on his head. He was confusedly and suprisingly, even to her, ecstatic to see her, and was taken as a companion. They later attended a Sleepaway Camp where the Rani murdered, tortured or servantized many of the campers, posed as pirates to try and steal the Hoibgny Crystal from its' cave, and assisted in the Fourtieth Battle of Skaro. Like The Master, she avoided death.

## Personality

### Habits and quirks

The Fifth incarnation of the Rani sometimes would sing, often when she was trying to seduce one of the Doctor's companions, or just because she wanted to. (TV: *Among the Sleep*), (TV: *Bedknobs and Doorsticks*), (TV: *Once, Upon Time*), (TV: *The Seventeen Doctors*), (TV: *Fly in a Web*) (TV: *Comeback of the Titans*), (TV: *Searching for the Crystal Cave*)

## Appearances

### Season 35

* Ally of the Rani
* How About A Little Ice?
* The Greatest Gateway
* Conquerors of Andereten

### Season 36

* Millennium
* Awaiting Orders
* The Power of Axos
* Jaws of the Manticore
* Plot of the Zygons
* Kings and Queens of Anti-Time
* Strength of the Cybermen

### Season 53

* Nobody to Cry
* Twelve Nights on Islos

### Season 57

* Ashes to Ashes
* *Trust Me On This!*

### Season 58

* Among the Sleep
* Bedknobs and Doorsticks
* The Beasts of Manzic
* Once, Upon Time

### Season 60

* The Seventeen Doctors
* Rescuer

### Season 61

* Fly in a Web
* Comeback of the Titans
* Dr. Smith's Sleepaway Camp
* Searching for the Crystal Cave
* Return to Skaro