We re-discuss the second of the New Who Xmas specials: "The Runaway Bride". This time with special guest wife-of-the-podcast-Heidi! We pick up from the end of the prior episode where the freshly single Doctor is introduced to Donna, who is mysteriously plucked from her wedding by the Tardis. Whilst attempting to return Donna to the ceremony, the Doctor commits multiple crimes, Donna discovers her betrothed actually loves a giant spider-woman, and then Donna wisely decides to never ever, ever travel with the Doctor. Ever! Will we see her again? Spoilers...

We watch the 7th Doctor serial "Time and the Rani" where the newly regenerated Doctor gets hoodwinked into helping the newly red-headed Rani with her sciencing. Whilst said fooling is going down, the temporarily befuddled Doctor puts on a fashion show for the Rani (who is wearing ‘Mel’ drag), actual Mel proves her companion cred with some truly awesome screaming, and the Rani tries to ctrl-alt-delete the universe with a forced reboot. If she only read the universe’s control manual she would know that is not recommended. Wait? Am I the only one who reads all that stuff? JK! Nobody does that shiz...

We watch "The Mark of the Rani", a 6th Doctor story featuring the titular Rani’s first appearance. Whilst the Rani is making her mark by draining sleep juice from the brains of 19th century miners (because... science?), the Doctor constantly berates and belittles Peri (because... reasons?), the Master shows up to either help or hinder either the Rani or the Doctor (because... ßchaos?), and John is denied seeing said dirty-dirty-miners soaping up in the showers (because... cruelty!). But seriously, #justiceforPeri.

Tim’s link that looks fake but isn’t:

https://www.doctorwho.tv/not-authorised