“I rewatched the episodes and what stood out was this incredible strength and presence,” Panjabi said, in an interview with Radio Times magazine. “She was so unforgettable that I did want the audience to look at the Rani and get a sense of Kate O'Mara’s Rani, just for a split second, while seeing her.”
“Colin was not at all pleased. He didn’t want to be regenerated but I insisted,” O’Mara joked in an interview with the BBC shortly before her unexpected death in 2014, aged 74. “[The Rani] is one of only two female time lords so I have my own special niche. Whether I’ve been regenerated or not, I don’t know…”
“I didn’t want to mimic [O’Mara] because this Rani is different and I wanted to embrace Russell [T Davies]’s brilliant script and dialogue,” Panjabi said.
“Normally, when I take on a character, I look at other characters for inspiration but, other than Kate O’Mara, it was a struggle to find others on a par with her.”
“As a child, he terrified me yet I couldn’t look away. His evil didn’t just frighten me – it fascinated me.”
Read the full interview in Radio Times, out now.
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