Assailed by violent bolts of multi-coloured energy, the TARDIS is blasted off-course and forced to land on the barren planet of Lakertya. The turbulence brings about the Doctor's sixth regeneration. But that is the least of his worries. He has been hijacked by that ruthless renegade Time Lady, the Rani.

Why has the Rani brought the Doctor to Lakertya?

What are the hideous Tetrap guards?

Who are the eleven geniuses she has imprisoned in her stronghold? What is the vital importance of the asteroid of Strange Matter? And can the Doctor stop the Rani's diabolical scheme before it affects the whole of creation throughout time and space?

Novelization of the Doctor Who TV series; four episode story "Time and the Rani" (1987), script by Pip & Jane Baker.