US Edition‘Doctor Who’ Reveals Mrs. Flood’s Identity & Who Archie Panjabi Is Playing — and Brings Back
- The 2025 Doctor Who season revealed Mrs. Flood’s true identity as the renegade Time Lord known as the Rani in the episode The Interstellar Song Contest.
- Mrs. Flood was introduced as Ruby Sunday’s neighbor who appeared human but showed knowledge of the TARDIS and appeared in every new episode this season in different guises.
- The Rani, a longtime Doctor Who villain who first appeared in 1985 as a ruthless biochemist and nemesis to the Doctor, has never appeared on screen since the show’s 2005 revival until now.
- Flood is played by Anita Dobson, and Archie Panjabi guest stars as a second bi-generated version of the Rani, who breaks the fourth wall and threatens the Doctor with "absolute terror."
- The revelation completes a long-standing storyline and suggests the Rani’s return will intensify the Doctor’s challenges in season 15, which continues airing Saturdays on BBC One and Disney+.
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Doctor Who reveals Mrs Flood's identity – major twist explained as classic villain returns
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for Doctor Who episode The Interstellar Song ContestThe truth is out – Doctor Who villain Mrs Flood, played by Anita Dobson, has finally been umasked... and she's a familiar figure from the show's history.Flood was first introduced in 2023 Christmas special The Church on Ruby Road as the neighbour of Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) – though at first she appeared to be an ordinary human, she later revealed knowledge of t…
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