DOCTOR WHO: Strangest casting rumour yet…. Gillian Anderson?
I’ll keep this brief. I’m not going to write in depth on this one until something is confirmed either way. There’s a rumour doing the rounds that X-Files star Gillian Anderson is in talks to play The Rani in the forthcoming fifth series of Doctor Who. While this may sound a bit mad at first, bear in mind she’s no stranger to making British TV.
So, will Matt Smith’s eleventh Doctor be facing off against the Rani in 2010? I doubt it, but stranger things have happened, and with all of the major villains already having made an appearance, it does kind of make sense. Until anything is confirmed, treat this rumour with a liberal dose of salt.
The Rani, for those of you that aren’t familiar with the classic series of Doctor Who, was originally played by actress Kate O’Mara in the sixth Doctor story Mark of the Rani and the Seventh Doctor story Time and The Rani. An evil Time Lord scientist, she is even more cold an calculating than the Master. A new incarnation could be interesting.
