Doctor Who character
The six on-screen versions of the Master. Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Roger Delgado, Peter Pratt (also played by Geoffrey Beevers), Anthony Ainley, Eric Roberts, Derek Jacobi, John Simm
The Master
Race	Time Lord
Home planet	Gallifrey
Home era	Rassilon Era
First appearance	Terror of the Autons
Portrayed by	Roger Delgado Peter Pratt Geoffrey Beevers Anthony Ainley Gordon Tipple Eric Roberts Derek Jacobi John Simm William Hughes (young Master)[1]

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When the Master first appeared in 1971 he was played by Roger Delgado, who continued in the role until his death in 1973. Afterwards, Peter Pratt and Geoffrey Beevers played a physically decayed version of the Time Lord, until Anthony Ainley assumed the part in 1981. He remained until Doctor Who's cancellation in 1989. In 1996, the Master was played by Gordon Tipple (briefly) and Eric Roberts in the TV movie. In the revived series, Derek Jacobi briefly provided the character's re-introduction, before handing over to John Simm, who portrayed the Master in the climax of the 2007 series. Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto (March 1, 1918 – June 18, 1973) was a British actor, best known for his role as the Master in Doctor Who. ... Peter Pratt (March 21, 1923 – January 11, 1995) was a British actor and bass singer who started his career in the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas but later moved to radio and television work. ... Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor who has appeared in many different television roles. ... Anthony Ainley (20 August 1932 – 3 May 2004) was an English actor best known for his work on British television and particularly for his role as the Master in Doctor Who. ... Gordon Tipple is a American actor who has appeared in several television roles including The X-Files, The Outer Limits and the briefest of appearances as the Master in the 1996 Doctor Who telemovie. ... Eric Anthony Roberts (born on April 18, 1956, in Biloxi, Mississippi) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor. ... Doctor Who (film) redirects here. ... Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE (IPA: ) (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor and director, knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre. ... John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is an English actor and musician. ...

Origins

The creative team conceived the Master as a recurring villain, a "Professor Moriarty to the Doctor's Sherlock Holmes."^[2]. He first appeared in Terror of the Autons (1971). The Master's title was deliberately chosen by producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks as evocative of supervillain names in fiction, but primarily because, like the Doctor, it was a title conferred by an academic degree. Bad guy redirects here. ... Professor Moriarty, illustration by Sidney Paget which accompanied the original publication of The Final Problem. Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character who is the best known antagonist (and archenemy) of the detective Sherlock Holmes. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ... Terror of the Autons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 2 to January 23, 1971. ... Barry Letts Barry Letts is a British actor, television director and producer best known for his work on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Terrance Dicks (born 1935 in East Ham, London) is an English writer, best known for his work in television and for writing a large number of popular childrens books during the 1970s and 80s. ... Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ... A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study. ...

Barry Letts had one man in mind for the role: Roger Delgado. Delgado had a long history of screen villainy and had already made three attempts to break into the series. He had worked previously with Barry Letts and was also a good friend of Jon Pertwee. Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto (March 1, 1918 – June 18, 1973) was a British actor, best known for his role as the Master in Doctor Who. ... John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), better known as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor. ...

History within the show

Childhood and early life

The Master, at the age of eight (William Hughes), stares into the Untempered Schism on Gallifrey.

In "The Sound of Drums" (2007), a flashback shows the Master at the age of eight, when as part of a Time Lord initiation ceremony he is taken before a gap in space and time known as the Untempered Schism, from which one can see the entire Vortex. The Doctor states that looking into the time vortex causes some to be inspired, some to run away, and others to go mad; he suggests that the latter is what happened to the Master. ^[3] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Sound of Drums is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The TARDIS in the vortex, from the 2005 title sequence. ...

Aims and character

A would-be universal conqueror, the Master's stated goal is to control the universe (in The Deadly Assassin his ambitions were described as becoming "the master of all matter", and in "The Sound of Drums" he acknowledges that he chose the name "the Master"), with a secondary objective of eliminating the Doctor. His most distinctive ability is that of hypnotising people by fixing them with an intense stare, often accompanied by the phrase, "I am the Master, and you will obey me." The original (and most common before 1996) look of the character was similar to that of the classic Svengali character; a black Nehru outfit with a beard (which the Fifth Doctor called "rubbish" in Time Crash) and moustache. A favoured weapon of the Master is his Tissue Compression Eliminator, which reduces its targets to doll-size, usually killing them in the process. The Deadly Assassin is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from October 30 to November 20, 1976. ... For the novel by Lucas Hyde, see Hypnosis (novel). ... Svengali is the name of a fictional hypnotist in George du Mauriers 1894 novel, Trilby. ... The Nehru jacket is an article of clothing that originates in India and became popular in the West in the 1960s. ... Time Crash is a mini-episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This is a list of items from the BBC television series Doctor Who. ...

In his three seasons beginning with Terror of the Autons, the Master (as played by Delgado) appeared in eight out of the fifteen serials. Indeed, in his first season the Master is involved in every adventure of the Doctor's, always getting away at the last minute before he is captured in The Dæmons (1971), only to escape imprisonment in The Sea Devils (1972). He would often use disguises and brainwashing to operate in normal society, while setting up his plans; he also tried to use other alien races and powers as his means to conquest, such as the Autons and the Daemons. Delgado's portrayal of the Master was as a suave, charming and somewhat sociopathic individual, able to be polite and murderous at almost the same time. Terror of the Autons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 2 to January 23, 1971. ... Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a personality disorder which is often characterised by antisocial and impulsive behaviour. ...

Delgado's last on-screen appearance as the Master was in Frontier in Space, where he is working alongside the Daleks and the Ogrons to provoke a war between the Human and Draconian Empires. His final scene ended with him shooting the Doctor and then disappearing. Delgado wanted the Master to make one more appearance, in a story titled The Final Game (also planned as the Third Doctor's last story), in which the character would be killed off, with an ambiguity as to whether he had in fact died to save the Doctor.^{[citation needed]} However, Delgado was killed in a car accident in Turkey on June 18, 1973, while on his way to shoot footage for the French comedy The Bell of Tibet. The next Master story was replaced by Planet of the Spiders (1974). Frontier in Space is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from February 24 to March 31, 1973 // Synopsis Materialising on an Earth cargo spaceship in the 26th century, the Doctor and Jo are caught up in the... For other uses, see Dalek (disambiguation). ... An Ogron (from Day of the Daleks) Ogrons are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... A Draconian (from Frontier in Space) The Draconians are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Planet of the Spiders is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from May 4 to June 8, 1974. ...

Quest for new life

Geoffrey Beevers as the Master (from The Keeper of Traken).

With Delgado's death, the Master disappeared from the series for several years. In his next appearance, in The Deadly Assassin (1976), the Master (played by Peter Pratt under heavy make-up) appears as an emaciated, decaying wreck, at the end of his thirteenth and final life. Given the severity of his situation, this Master is much darker than Delgado's version. Here, the evil Time Lord almost succeeds in his plan to restore himself to full life with the symbols of the office of President of the Council of Time Lords, the artifacts of Rassilon. The Doctor stops him because the process would have caused the destruction of Gallifrey. After this story, the Master again departs the series, returning in 1981. In The Keeper of Traken, the Master (Geoffrey Beevers under different heavy make-up but playing the same incarnation as Pratt^[4]) succeeds in renewing himself by taking over the body of the Trakenite Tremas (an anagram of "Master"), overwriting Tremas's mind in the process. Now played by Anthony Ainley, the Master appeared on and off for the rest of the series, still seeking to extend his life — preferably with a new set of regenerations. Subsequently in The Five Doctors, the Time Lords offer the Master a new regeneration cycle in exchange for his help. Geoffrey Beevers as The Master from Doctor Who. ... Geoffrey Beevers as The Master from Doctor Who. ... The Keeper of Traken is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 31 to February 21, 1981. ... Peter Pratt (March 21, 1923 – January 11, 1995) was a British actor and bass singer who started his career in the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas but later moved to radio and television work. ... Regeneration, in the context of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, is a biological ability exhibited by the Time Lords, a race of humanoids originating on the planet Gallifrey. ... The Keeper of Traken is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 31 to February 21, 1981. ... Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor who has appeared in many different television roles. ... Anthony Ainley (20 August 1932 – 3 May 2004) was an English actor best known for his work on British television and particularly for his role as the Master in Doctor Who. ... The Five Doctors was a special movie-length episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced in celebration of the programmes twentieth anniversary. ...

In many of his appearances opposite the Fifth Doctor, the Master shows his penchant for disguise once again, on one occasion operating under concealment for no clear plot reason. The character's association with playful pseudonyms also continued both within the series and in its publicity: when the production team wished to hide the Master's involvement in a story, they credited the character under an anagrammatic alias such as "Neil Toynay" (Tony Ainley) or "James Stoker" (Master's Joke). The Fifth Doctor is the name given to the fifth incarnation of the fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Time-Flight is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from March 22 to March 30, 1982. ... For the game, see Anagrams. ...

Ainley's final appearance in the role, in Survival, was more restrained. He was also given a more downbeat costume, reminiscent of the suits and ties worn by Delgado's Master. In this final story, he had been trapped on the planet of the Cheetah People and been affected by its influence, which drove its victims to savagery. Escaping the doomed planet, he attempted to kill the Doctor, a plan which left him trapped back on the planet as it was destroyed. Survival is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from November 22 to December 6, 1989. ...

Life after death

Gordon Tipple, in his short-lived role as the Master

The Master also appeared in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie that starred Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. In the prologue, the Master (seen for about a second, portrayed by Gordon Tipple) was executed by the Daleks as a punishment for his "evil crimes". It has been suggested that Tipple may have been portraying the same incarnation of the Master as Ainley did.^[4] (Alternatively, the 1994 Doctor Who novel First Frontier gave the Master a new body, which some fans subsequently hypothesized was the one seen here; see Novels below.) Most novelisations and comics published around the same time as the release of the movie are written from the perspective that it is Ainley's Master, but the movie leaves the question open. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (390x602, 303 KB) Gordon Tipple as the Master; screenshot from the TV movie This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the studio which produced the film, and possibly also... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (390x602, 303 KB) Gordon Tipple as the Master; screenshot from the TV movie This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the studio which produced the film, and possibly also... Doctor Who is a television movie based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Paul McGann (born November 14, 1959 in Liverpool) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role. ... The Eighth Doctor is a fictional character, the eighth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Gordon Tipple is a American actor who has appeared in several television roles including The X-Files, The Outer Limits and the briefest of appearances as the Master in the 1996 Doctor Who telemovie. ... First Frontier is an original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This article is about the character. ...

The Master survives his execution by taking on the form of a small, snake-like entity. This entity escapes and slithers inside the Doctor's TARDIS console, forcing the vessel to crash land in San Francisco. The current TARDIS prop. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

The novelisation of the television movie by Gary Russell posits that the modifications and alterations that the Master has made to his body over the years in attempts to extend his lifespan had allowed this continued existence, and the implication is that the "morphant" creature is actually another lifeform that the Master's consciousness possesses. This interpretation is made explicit in the first of the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels, The Eight Doctors by Terrance Dicks, and also used in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip story The Fallen (DWM #273-#276), which states that the morphant was a shape-shifting animal native to Skaro. This is an article about writer/actor Gary Russell, the boxer is found under Gary Russell Jr. ... The Eight Doctors was the first novel in the Eighth Doctor Adventures range. ... The Eight Doctors is a BBC Books original novel written by Terrance Dicks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Terrance Dicks (born 1935 in East Ham, London) is an English writer, best known for his work in television and for writing a large number of popular childrens books during the 1970s and 80s. ... Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Skaro is a fictional planet from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who created by the writer Terry Nation as the home planet of the Daleks and, at times, the centre of the Dalek Empire. ...

The morphant form is unsustainable and requires a human host, and it possesses the body of Bruce, a paramedic (played by Eric Roberts). However, Bruce's body is also unsustainable and begins to slowly degenerate, although he has the added ability to spit an acid-like bile as a weapon. The Master attempts to access the Eye of Harmony to steal the Doctor's remaining regenerations, but instead is bodily sucked into it. Eric Anthony Roberts (born on April 18, 1956, in Biloxi, Mississippi) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor. ... For other uses, see Acid (disambiguation). ... The TARDISs Eye of Harmony, from the 1996 Doctor Who television movie. ...

Upon acquiring his new body, the Master dons a leather trenchcoat and aviator glasses (although he later swaps them for ceremonial Time Lord robes).

Return

The Doctor's greatest enemy regenerates.

When Doctor Who was revived in 2005, it was initially claimed in the episode "Dalek" that all the Time Lords except the Doctor were killed in a Time War with the Daleks. The Doctor stated that if other Time Lords had survived, he would have been able to sense them telepathically. However the Master's return is foreshadowed in "Gridlock", when the Face of Boe gives the Tenth Doctor a message before dying: "You are not alone." Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Dalek is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on April 30, 2005. ... Combatants Time Lords Dalek Empire Commanders President of Gallifrey Dalek Emperor Casualties Virtually the entire Time Lord population; the Doctor and the Master are known survivors. ... Gridlock is the third episode from the third series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who which aired on April 14, 2007. ... The Face of Boe is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that appears to consist of a gigantic, human-like head, with, in place of hair, numerous tendrils, which terminate in round, pod-like structures. ... The Tenth Doctor is the name given to the tenth and current incarnation of the fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ...

In "The Sound of Drums", it is revealed that the Time Lords resurrected the Master to serve as the ultimate front line soldier in the Time War. However, after the Dalek Emperor took control of "The Cruciform", he fled the war in fear, ignorant of its outcome. He disguised himself as a human via the same process the Doctor himself used in "Human Nature" — a Chameleon Arch that stores his Time Lord nature and memories in a fob watch and allows him to become biologically human — and hid at the end of the universe as the benevolent scientist, Professor Yana (portrayed by Sir Derek Jacobi). The Doctor meets this human incarnation in "Utopia", and Martha Jones inadvertently causes Yana to focus on the "broken" fob watch that contains his Time Lord essence, which calls on him to open it, using the voice and sounds of his former selves. He opens the watch and becomes the Master again, in a scene that makes clear that YANA is an acronym for the Face of Boe's last words (see above). In the episode, "Yana", prior to regaining his prior persona, claims to have been found with the fob watch as a child, however Human Nature establishes that the chameleon arch implants false memories. Yana does, however, say that he has worked with Chantho for 17 years, suggesting the Master maintained the disguise for at least that long. The Sound of Drums is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... For the Doctor Who novel of the same name, see Human Nature (Doctor Who novel). ... This is a list of items from the BBC television series Doctor Who. ... This article is about the portable timepiece. ... The heat death is a possible final state of the universe, in which it has run down to a state of no free energy to sustain motion or life. ... Sir Derek George Jacobi (born October 22, 1938) is a British actor, knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre. ... Utopia is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Martha Jones is a fictional character played by Freema Agyeman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and will appear in its spin-off series, Torchwood. ...

The Master is mortally wounded when Chantho shoots him, regenerating into a new incarnation portrayed by John Simm. The Master then steals the Doctor's TARDIS and escapes, though, at the last second, the Doctor configures the TARDIS using his sonic screwdriver so that the Master is only able to travel between present-day Earth and the year 100 Trillion. John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is an English actor and musician. ...

Mr Saxon

The political poster used by Saxon during his Prime Ministerial campaign.

Following his escape from the end of the universe, he arrives in the United Kingdom 18 months before the 2008 election, prior to the fall of Harriet Jones. The Master assumes the identity Harold Saxon, becomes a high-ranking minister at the Ministry of Defence. During this period, he sets up the Archangel communications network , which allows him to influence humanity via telepathic field, enabling him to rise to the office of Prime Minister. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For the West Virginia physician and politician, see Harriet B. Jones. ... In both the original run and since the 2005 revival, long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who has featured a number of story arcs. ... Ministry of Defence Combined Services Crest Main Building—The Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, Westminster, London The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. ... This is a list of items from the BBC television series Doctor Who. ... Fictional stories featuring the political scene in Westminster or Whitehall in the United Kingdom, often feature fictional British Prime Ministers - invented characters with the position of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ...

After becoming Prime Minister, the Master uses the invading Toclafane as allies and rules the Earth for a year, while he turns whole nations into work-camps and bases for a fleet of war rockets. Just as he is ready to wage war on the rest of the universe, the Doctor is restored to strength by the efforts of Martha Jones, using the Archangel network. The Doctor intends to keep the Master with him on the TARDIS; this plan is thwarted when the Master is shot by his wife Lucy Saxon. The Master then dies after refusing to regenerate, unwilling to be the Doctor's prisoner. Since his death emotionally hurts the Doctor, the Master views this as a victory. The Doctor then cremates him on a pyre. A female hand with long, bright red fingernails, sarcastically referred to in the accompanying podcast as "the hand of the Rani", picks up the Master's ring from the remains of the pyre, while the sound of the Master's insane laughter rings in the background. However, Russell T Davies stated on the episode's podcast that the current production team had no intention of bringing the Master back, but the scene was included to keep the possibility open for future producers.^[5] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of Doctor Who villains. ... Archangels are superior or higher-ranking angels. ... This is a list of henchmen, fictional characters serving villains and/or monsters and aliens in the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... Cremation is the practice of disposing of a corpse by burning. ... An Ubud cremation ceremony in 2005. ... The Rani is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Characteristics

The Master is in many ways (in terms of physical appearance and attitudes) a classic archetypal supervillain. He has an untempered genius, a psychopathic outlook on human life and a fantastic ego accompanied by delusions of grandeur. His choice of name, "Master of all things" (itself paralleling his nemesis' choice, "Doctor of everything") indicates a deep-seated narcissistic outlook, viewing his own personal superiority highly. For other uses, see Archetype (disambiguation). ... Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ...

The Master has in many ways been shown to be a parallel of the Doctor, and the series has occasionally suggested that the two are dependent on each other. After their first on-screen encounter in Terror of the Autons, the Doctor admits that he was "quite looking forward" to seeing the Master again. In The Five Doctors, the Master says, "A cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about", and the Third Doctor called the Master "my best enemy". When the Master dies in the Tenth Doctor's arms, the Doctor is devastated. This parallelism and interdependence gives the two characters a yin-yang quality. Taoists Taijitu The concept of Yin Yang originates in ancient Chinese philosophy, most likely from the observations of day turning into night and night into day. ...

Intelligence, psychic abilities and mental connection

The Master and the Doctor are shown to have similar levels of intelligence, and were classmates on Gallifrey. This is mentioned several times in different stories (The Five Doctors, The Sea Devils and Terror of the Autons). In the 2007 episode "Utopia", the Doctor calls the transformed and disguised Master a genius and shows an immense admiration for his intellect before discovering his true identity. The Five Doctors was a special movie-length episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced in celebration of the programmes twentieth anniversary. ... The Sea Devils is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from February 26 to April 1, 1972. ... Terror of the Autons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 2 to January 23, 1971. ...

Both the Doctor and the Master have been shown to be skilled hypnotists, although the Master's capacity to dominate — even by stare and voice alone — has been shown to be far more pronounced. In Logopolis the Doctor said of the Master, "He's a Time Lord. In many ways, we have the same mind". The significance of this comment is that the Master can anticipate the Doctor's every move. This is seen in stories like Castrovalva, The Keeper of Traken, Time-Flight, and The King's Demons, where he plans elaborate traps for the Doctor, only revealing his presence at the key moment. In The Deadly Assassin, the Master was able to send a false premonition as a telepathic message to the Doctor, but it is unclear whether he performed this through innate psychic ability, or was aided technologically.

TARDIS

In the original Doctor Who series, the Master's various TARDISes have fully functioning chameleon circuits and have appeared as many things, including a horsebox (Terror of the Autons), a fir tree (Logopolis), a computer bank (The Time Monster), a grandfather clock (The Deadly Assassin and The Keeper of Traken), a fluted architectural column (Logopolis, Time-Flight), an iron maiden (The King's Demons), a fireplace (Castrovalva), and a Triangular column (Planet of Fire). Of the Master's TARDISes seen in The Keeper of Traken, one appears as the calcified, statue-like Melkur, able to move and even walk; the other appears as a grandfather clock. The Melkur TARDIS is destroyed. At one point in Logopolis, the Master's TARDIS appears as a police box, like the Doctor's. Logopolis is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from February 28 to March 21, 1981. ... Most of a grandfather clocks height is used to hold the long pendulum and weights. ... For other uses, see Column (disambiguation). ... Logopolis is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from February 28 to March 21, 1981. ... Time-Flight is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from March 22 to March 30, 1982. ... Various torture instruments. ... The Kings Demons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast in two parts on March 15 and March 16, 1983. ... Winter (fireplace), tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (XIV century) A fireplace is an architectural element consisting of a space designed to contain a fire, generally for heating but sometimes also for cooking. ... Castrovalva is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from January 4 to January 12, 1982 It was the first full serial to feature Peter Davison in the starring role. ... Planet of Fire is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from February 23 to March 2, 1981. ... The Keeper of Traken is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 31 to February 21, 1981. ... A police box is a telephone kiosk or callbox for use by members of the police. ...

By the time of the new series, it is unclear whether any of the Master's TARDISes still exist. In "Rise of the Cybermen", the Tenth Doctor claims that his TARDIS is the last one in existence although at the time of his saying this, he also thought he was the last Time Lord, and in "Utopia", the Master resorts to stealing the Doctor's TARDIS, with no explanation of how he travelled from the Time War to the end of the universe. Rise of the Cybermen is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Tenth Doctor is the name given to the tenth and current incarnation of the fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Utopia is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Handheld weaponry

The Master's original weapon of choice is the "tissue compression eliminator", which shrinks its target to doll-like proportions, killing them in the process. Its appearance is similar to that of the Doctor's favourite tool, the sonic screwdriver. Both the tissue compression eliminator and the sonic screwdriver resemble a short hand-held rod; at different times in the series, both tools have had an LED light on the end to signal its use. As an additional signal to its use, the ball-like shape on the end of the tissue compression eliminator opens up, while the LED lights up (in later appearances it also fired a beam of red light). The Ninth Doctors redesigned sonic screwdriver from the 2005 series. ... “LED” redirects here. ...

The Master with his laser screwdriver.

Despite his own fondness for the weapon, Russell T. Davies decided against bringing it back for the Master's reappearance in "The Sound of Drums", on the grounds that the Master had too many new "tricks" to use against the Doctor.^[6] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Russell T Davies, interviewed for the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential in 2005. ... The Sound of Drums is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

During the course of "The Sound of Drums", the Master unveils a new handheld weapon: a laser screwdriver. This adds another parallel between the two characters. The Master mocks the Doctor by saying, "Laser screwdriver. Who'd have sonic?" The device functions as a powerful laser weapon, capable of killing with a single shot. It also carries the ability to age victims rapidly, using a condensed version of the genetic manipulator developed by Professor Lazarus ("The Lazarus Experiment"). The screwdriver itself also consists of isomorphic technology, a biometric security feature which effectively disables use of the device by anyone other than the Master. This is a list of items from the BBC television series Doctor Who. ... The War Chief redirects here. ... The Lazarus Experiment is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... In mathematics, an isomorphism (in Greek isos = equal and morphe = shape) is a kind of interesting mapping between objects. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ... At Disney World, biometric measurements are taken of the fingers of multi-day pass users to ensure that the pass is used by the same person from day to day. ...

Weaknesses

While it has been historically expressed (by the Master himself) that the Doctor's consistent weaknesses throughout all his incarnations are his compassion and curiosity, the Master's weaknesses have usually been exposed as his pride/vanity and his insanity — in particular his obsessiveness. Both the Doctor and the Rani have alluded to this. When psychically assaulted and forced to face his own greatest fear (in The Mind of Evil), the Master imagined the Doctor laughing at him. In Last of the Time Lords, the Master feared the words, "I forgive you." The Doctor also referred to the fact that the Master could not carry out a threat to destroy Earth with himself and the Doctor on it, since the one thing the Master could not do was kill himself (though he later- in part in defiance of this-allow himself to die). The Rani is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Mind of Evil is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from January 30 to March 6, 1971. ... Last of the Time Lords is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Companions

Lucy Saxon

Unlike the Doctor, the Master does not usually have companions; however, there have been times when he has made exceptions. In Castrovalva, the Doctor's companion Adric was abducted by the Master and forced to create a block transfer computation. Later, in The King's Demons, Kamelion is controlled by the Master before the Doctor steals him away, with the Master regaining control of Kamelion in Planet of Fire. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Companion, in the long-running BBC television science fiction programme Doctor Who and related works, is a term used to describe a character who travels with and shares the adventures of the Doctor. ... Castrovalva is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from January 4 to January 12, 1982 It was the first full serial to feature Peter Davison in the starring role. ... Adric is a fictional character played by Matthew Waterhouse in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Logopolis is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from February 28 to March 21, 1981. ... The Kings Demons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast in two parts on March 15 and March 16, 1983. ... Kamelion, voiced by Gerald Flood (from The Kings Demons Kamelion is a fictional character, in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Planet of Fire is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from February 23 to March 2, 1981. ...

In episode fourteen of The Trial of a Time Lord, Sabalom Glitz chose to go with the Master in search of Time Lord secrets. After the classic series' end, in the 1996 television movie, Chang Lee helps the Master because he has been duped into believing that the Doctor had stolen his body. However, when Lee's loyalty begins to falter, the Master kills him without hesitation. In promotional media surrounding the movie, Lee is depicted more as a companion to the Eighth Doctor (alongside Grace Holloway). The Trial of a Time Lord is the on-screen title for all fourteen episodes comprising the 23rd season (1986) of the original Doctor Who series. ... Sabalom Glitz was a fictional character from the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who (film) redirects here. ... Yee Jee Tso as Chang Lee (from Enemy Within). ... Dr. Grace Holloway is a fictional character played by Daphne Ashbrook in the 1996 television movie Doctor Who, a continuation of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

In Utopia, Chantho plays a similar companion role to the Professor Yana persona. Chantho states that she has been with him for 17 years as a "devoted assistant", exhibiting the manner of one-way relationship as commented upon by the characters of Captain Jack and Martha. Later, when the Master persona resurfaces, he berates her for never freeing him from his confinement, with the two fatally wounding one another, resulting in the Master's regeneration. This is a list of monsters and aliens from the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... For other persons and meanings, see Jack Harkness (disambiguation). ... Martha Jones is a fictional character played by Freema Agyeman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and will appear in its spin-off series, Torchwood. ...

In The Sound of Drums, the Master, as Harold Saxon, is married to Lucy Saxon, to whom he refers at one point as his "faithful companion". Lucy is aware of the nature of the Master's plans yet is still loyal to him. She has traveled with him to Utopia or the end of the universe and thus believes "there's no point to anything." There appears to be a non-platonic relation between the Master and Lucy; they kiss quite often and it seems as though their marriage is more than just a pretence. Lucy comments, "I made my choice; for better or for worse." In Last of the Time Lords she is still present, but showing signs of physical abuse, and her loyalty towards him begins to waver. She ends up shooting and killing him in "Last of the Time Lords." The Sound of Drums is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This is a list of henchmen, fictional characters serving villains and/or monsters and aliens in the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... Last of the Time Lords is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Sense of humour

In many ways, Simm's Master parallels Tennant's Doctor, primarily in his ability to make jokes and light of tense situations. According to the producers, this was done to make the Master more threatening to the Doctor by having him take one of his opponent's greatest strengths,^[7] as well as making the parallels between the two characters more distinct.^[8]

Appearances on television

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The Mark of the Rani is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from February 2 to February 9, 1985. ... The Trial of a Time Lord is the on-screen title for all fourteen episodes comprising the 23rd season (1986) of the original Doctor Who series. ... The Ultimate Foe is the generally accepted title for a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from November 29 to December 6, 1986. ... The Seventh Doctor is a fictional character, the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Survival is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from November 22 to December 6, 1989. ... 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Other appearances

The Master has also been featured in spin-offs of the series, which are of unclear canonicity and may not take place in the same continuity. The Master in these stories is, nevertheless, recognisably the same person. Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Canon, in the context of a fictional universe, comprises those novels, stories, films, etc. ...

One of the most notable of these other appearances is David A. McIntee's "Master trilogy" of novels comprising The Dark Path and First Frontier in the Virgin Publishing lines and The Face of the Enemy for BBC Books, and the Doctor Who audio dramas produced by Big Finish Productions, in which Geoffrey Beevers has reprised the role. David A. McIntee is a British writer. ... The Dark Path is an original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... First Frontier is an original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Virgin Books is the book publishing arm of Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. ... The Face of the Enemy is a BBC Books original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... BBC Books is the book publishing division of BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... Radio drama, which had its greatest popularity in the U. S. and in most other countries before the widespread access to television programming, depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the story in her or his minds eye--in this sense, it resembles reading... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ...

Doctor Who Annual 2006

An article in the Doctor Who Annual 2006, describing the Time War and written by Doctor Who writer and producer Russell T. Davies, stated that Time Lord President Romana tried to make peace with the Daleks through something known as the "Act of Master Restitution". Davies has not confirmed that this is a reference to the Master. Russell T Davies, interviewed for the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential in 2005. ... For other uses, see Romana (disambiguation). ...

Novels

The Dark Path cover

The Master's past with the Doctor is explored somewhat in The Dark Path, which reveals that his name prior to taking the alias of the Master is Koschei. He turns evil and becomes the Master after he discovers that his companion and lover, Ailla, is an undercover agent of the Celestial Intervention Agency sent to spy on him. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 356 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (359 × 605 pixel, file size: 61 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Book cover for the Doctor Who Virgin Missing Adventure novel The Dark Path This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 356 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (359 × 605 pixel, file size: 61 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Book cover for the Doctor Who Virgin Missing Adventure novel The Dark Path This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is... Ivan Bilibin: Koshchey the Deathless In Russian mythology, Koschei (Russian: , Koshchey, also Kashchei or Kashchey or Kościej (Polish)) is an evil person of ugly senile appearance, menacing principally young women. ... The Celestial Intervention Agency is a fictional organization of Time Lords in the universe of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

During the course of the novel, Ailla is shot and killed. Not knowing she is a Time Lord and that she will simply regenerate, Koschei completes a time-based weapon in an attempt to bring her back and the weapon is used to destroy the planet Teriliptus and its inhabitants. When Ailla turns up alive, the knowledge that he has destroyed a planet for nothing, coupled with the revelation of Ailla's betrayal, proves too much. Koschei resolves to bring his own order to the universe at the expense of free will and becoming its Master. Trapped in a black hole at the end of the novel, it is left uncertain how he will escape. Free-Will is a Japanese independent record label founded in 1986. ... For other uses, see Black hole (disambiguation). ...

The Face of the Enemy centres around the Delgado-era Master, but includes a cameo by a Koschei from an alternate timeline (originally featured in Inferno) who never became the Master. This version of Koschei is still a loyal Time Lord who becomes stranded on the alternate Earth after an alien attack. He is subsequently captured and forced to work for the fascist rulers of this Earth, who keep him alive, in agony, using life support systems. When the Master, crossing over from the other universe, learns of this, he ends his counterpart's life in a show of compassion. Inferno is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in seven weekly parts from May 9 to June 20, 1970. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... Life support, in the medical field, refers to a set of therapies for preserving a patients life when essential body systems are not functioning sufficiently to sustain life unaided. ...

Last of the Gaderene by Mark Gatiss and Deadly Reunion by Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts are both close homages to the Delgado/Pertwee stories. In the former, the Master, disguised as Police Inspector LeMaitre, assists an alien race called the Gaderene to invade Earth, starting with a small village. In the latter, he attempts to control powerful forces through a cult, but finds himself at the mercy of a godlike alien. Last of the Gaderene is a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Gatiss and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Mark Gatiss (born October 17, 1966) is an English actor and writer. ... Deadly Reunion is a BBC Books original novel written by Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Terrance Dicks (born 1935 in East Ham, London) is an English writer, best known for his work in television and for writing a large number of popular childrens books during the 1970s and 80s. ... Barry Letts Barry Letts is a British actor, television director and producer best known for his work on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

The reason the Master is so emaciated when he appears in The Deadly Assassin is explored in John Peel's novel Legacy of the Daleks, in which he attempts to capture the Doctor's granddaughter Susan Foreman, but is badly burned when she attacks him in self-defence and takes possession of his TARDIS. After Susan escapes, the dying Master is eventually found by Chancellor Goth on the planet Tersurus, which leads directly into the events of The Deadly Assassin. John Peel (born 1954) is a British writer, best known for his books connected to several television series. ... Legacy of the Daleks is an original novel written by John Peel and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Susan Foreman is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This is a list of planets, fictional or otherwise, that are mentioned in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

The Ainley-era Master appears in the novel The Quantum Archangel by Craig Hinton, a direct sequel to The Time Monster. In this novel he poses as a Serbian businessman called Gospodar, prompting the Sixth Doctor to wonder if he's "running out of languages". The Quantum Archangel is a BBC Books original novel written by Craig Hinton and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Craig Hinton (born 1964 in London) is an author most associated with his work for various spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who. ... Hospodar or gospodar is a term of Slavonic origin, meaning lord. The rulers of Wallachia and Moldavia (only occasionally joined) were styled hospodars in Slavic writings from the 15th century to 1866, alongside the title of voivod. ...

First Frontier shows the Master (apparently the Ainley version) finally acquiring a new body, who according to McIntee is based on the cinema persona of Basil Rathbone. This incarnation reappears in Happy Endings by Paul Cornell, Virgin Publishing's celebratory fiftieth Virgin New Adventures novel. After the broadcast of the television movie, some fans suggested that this is the incarnation briefly played by Gordon Tipple in the prologue, eventually succumbing once again to the cheetah virus in the first Eighth Doctor novel The Eight Doctors. Basil Rathbone (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967), Military Cross, was a British actor most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and of suave villains in such swashbuckler films as The Mark of Zorro, Captain Blood, and The Adventures of Robin Hood. ... Happy Endings is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This article is about the British writer. ... The Virgin New Adventures (often referred to simply as NAs within fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. ... The Eight Doctors is a BBC Books original novel written by Terrance Dicks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Prior to the end of the Virgin Missing Adventures series, the Delgado version of The Master appeared in the novel Who Killed Kennedy which, while published by Virgin, was not considered part of the Missing Adventures series. The Virgin Missing Adventures (often referred to simply as MAs in fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. ... Who Killed Kennedy is an original novel written by David Bishop and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

The short story Stop The Pigeon, and the Past Doctor Adventure Prime Time, both by Robert Perry and Mike Tucker and probably set before First Frontier, feature the Ainley Master looking for a cure for the Cheetah virus. The Past Doctor Adventures (sometimes known by the abbreviation PDA or PDAs) are a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. ... Prime Time is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Robert Perry (born South Wales) is the co-author of a variety of spin-offs relating to the television series Doctor Who. ... Mike Tucker (born South Wales) is a special effects expert working for BBC Television, and also the author of a variety of spin-offs relating to the television series Doctor Who. ...

Gallifrey and the Time Lords are destroyed in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel The Ancestor Cell, but in The Adventuress of Henrietta Street a mysterious stranger wearing a rosette appears who could have been the Master, somehow surviving the cataclysm. Gallifrey's destruction here is not related to its subsequent destruction just prior to the new series (see Time Lord - Recent history). In Lance Parkin's The Gallifrey Chronicles, a surviving Time Lord named Marnal appears, and it is implied in dialogue that he may have been the Master's father. In the same novel (and earlier, in Sometime Never...), the Doctor talks with a malign entity within the TARDIS's Eye of Harmony, which could have been the Roberts Master, throwing the true identity of the Man with the Rosette into doubt. However, the entity within the Eye refers to itself as an "echo", thus leaving scope for the real Master to be elsewhere. (In his Doctor Who chronology book AHistory, Parkin suggests that Lawrence Miles intended the Man with the Rosette to be the Master, even if it was not explicitly stated.) The Eight Doctors was the first novel in the Eighth Doctor Adventures range. ... The Ancestor Cell is a novel by Peter Anghelides and Stephen Cole, based on the science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Adventuress of Henrietta Street is a BBC Books original novel written by Lawrence Miles and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Rosettes are small, circular devices that are presented with a medal. ... This article is about the Time Lords from Doctor Who. ... Lance Parkin is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular Doctor Who (and spin-offs including the Virgin New Adventures and Faction Paradox) and Emmerdale. ... The Gallifrey Chronicles is the title of two books related to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Sometime Never. ... Lawrence Miles (born 1972 in Middlesex) is a science-fiction author best known for his work on original Doctor Who novels (both for the Virgin New Adventures and BBC Books series) and the subsequent spin-off Faction Paradox. ...

The Master is seen to escape the Eye of Harmony in the short story Forgotten by Joseph Lidster, published in Short Trips: The Centenarian. The story ends with him left in 1906 in possession of a human male's body. Joseph Lidster is an English Science Fiction writer, best known for his work on Doctor Who spin-offs such as the Big Finish production lines. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Another version of the Master appears in The Infinity Doctors (also by Parkin), where he is known as the Magistrate and is, once again, the Doctor's friend, although when this takes place in continuity is unclear. Parkin, however, has stated^{[citation needed]} that the novel can fit into continuity and that its incarnation of the Master is based on Richard E. Grant. The Infinity Doctors is a BBC Books original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Richard E. Grant depicted as the unofficial Ninth Doctor. ...

During the Faction Paradox arc that runs through the Eighth Doctor Adventures, a character known as the War King is featured which is implied to be a future incarnation of the Master. The character is also referenced in The Book of the War, published by Mad Norwegian Press when the Faction Paradox stories spun-off into their own continuity. Faction Paradox is a fictional time travelling voodoo cult/rebel group/organized crime syndicate created by Lawrence Miles. ... Faction Paradox is the fictional time travelling voodoo cult/rebel group/organized crime syndicate created by Lawrence Miles. ...

Comic strips

The Master returns in a new body and guise, that of a street preacher, in the previously mentioned Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) comic strip story The Fallen, although the Doctor does not recognise him. The Master reveals himself a few stories later, in The Glorious Dead (DWM 287-296). The Master had survived the events of the television movie by encountering a cosmic being named Esterath in the time vortex. Esterath controls the Glory, the focal point of the Omniversal spectrum which underlies all existence. The Master's scheme to take control of the Glory fails, and he is banished to parts unknown (see Kroton). Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Kroton is a fictional character who appeared in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

This incarnation of the Master resembles a middle-aged black human. (Only one Time Lord in the television series was ever played by a black actor, although a black Time Lord also appears in the spin-off novel The Shadows of Avalon by Paul Cornell, and Time Lord founder Rassilon is portrayed in several audio plays by black actor Don Warrington.) This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Shadows of Avalon is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This article is about the British writer. ... Rassilon is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Don Warrington is an actor, originally from Trinidad and Tobago where he was born in 1952, who has been a familiar face on British television and stage for thirty years. ...

In Character Assassin (DWM 311), the Delgado Master visits the Land of Fiction and steals part of the technology behind it, wiping out several nineteenth century fictional villains as he goes. He can also be seen in the following comic strips set during the Pertwee era: The Mind Robber is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in five weekly parts from September 14 to October 12, 1968. ...

• "The Glen of Sleeping" by Gerry Haylock and Dick O'Neill (TV Action 107-111)
• "Fogbound" by Frank Langford (Doctor Who Holiday Special 1973)
• "The Time Thief" by Steve Livesey (Doctor Who Annual 1974)
• "The Man in the Ion Mask" by Brian Williamson and Dan Abnett (Doctor Who Magazine Winter Special 1991)

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Audio plays

The Master appears in the Big Finish Productions audio play, Dust Breeding, where Geoffrey Beevers reprised the role. The story reveals that, at some point after Survival, The Master's Trakenite body is damaged and he becomes a walking corpse again, using the alias Mr Seta, another anagram of Master. Dust Breeding is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor who has appeared in many different television roles. ... Survival is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from November 22 to December 6, 1989. ...

In the later Master, it is revealed that while the Seventh Doctor is Time's Champion, the Master is Death's. This is a result of an incident in their youth, where the Doctor gave his childhood friend over to Death (personified as a woman) rather than become its slave himself, creating the Master. The Master forgives the Doctor for this, understanding that he did not foresee the consequences, but the end of the play implies that the Master will once again become Death's servant. Master is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Seventh Doctor is a fictional character, the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ...

An out-of-continuity Master is heard in the Big Finish audio play Sympathy for the Devil, voiced by "Sam Kisgart" (an anagram of Mark Gatiss). In this alternate version of events, the Third Doctor does not arrive for his exile on Earth until 1997 and the Master has been trapped on the planet while a series of extraterrestrial disasters occurred over the decades without the Doctor's help to stop them. Sympathy for the Devil is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... For the game, see Anagrams. ... Mark Gatiss (born October 17, 1966) is an English actor and writer. ... The Third Doctor is the name given to the third incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ...

Others

Animated Master in Scream of the Shalka

Eric Saward included the Anthony Ainley version in his short story, Birth of a Renegade, in the Doctor Who 25th Anniversary Special one-off magazine, published by Radio Times (and in the United States by Starlog Press in 1983. The Master was also played by Jonathan Pryce in the Comic Relief skit Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death. In 2003, an android version of the character (resembling the Delgado Master and voiced by Derek Jacobi) appeared in the animated webcast, Scream of the Shalka. He also appears, with the "Shalka Doctor" (Richard E. Grant in the webcast), in a follow-up short story by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright, The Feast of the Stone. This Master is created by the Doctor and is apparently once again his friend — albeit a slightly sinister one. Exactly why the Doctor created an android duplicate of the Master is not revealed, but it is suggested that the Doctor somehow extended the Master's own life by doing so. The android is also able to pilot the Doctor's TARDIS, but is physically unable to leave the ship, perhaps as a safeguard. It can also be switched off. Image File history File links Shalka_Master. ... Image File history File links Shalka_Master. ... Scream of the Shalka was a flash-animated serial based on the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... Eric Saward (pronounced SAY-ward) was born in December 1944 and became a script writer and script editor for the BBC, resigning from the latter post on the TV programme Doctor Who in 1986. ... Current Radio Times logo Radio Times is the BBCs weekly television and radio programme listings magazine. ... Starlog is a science-fiction film magazine published by Starlog Group Inc. ... Jonathan Pryce (born June 1, 1947) is a Welsh film, television, and stage actor who has starred in such Hollywood films include Brazil, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tomorrow Never Dies and The New World. ... For the origin of the term, see comic relief. ... Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor and Julia Sawalha as Emma. ... Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE (IPA: ) (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor and director, knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... Scream of the Shalka was a flash-animated serial based on the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... The Shalka Doctor (or the REG Doctor) is the name given to the character that appeared as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the flash-animated serial Scream of the Shalka in 2003 and the later short story The Feast of the Stone which were based on the British... Richard E. Grant depicted as the unofficial Ninth Doctor. ... Cavan Scott is a British writer of science fiction audio plays, best known for his collaborations with Mark Wright. ... Mark Wright is a British writer of audio plays, best known for his collaborations with Cavan Scott. ...

Further appearances

Audio dramas

• The Killing Stone (BBV Audio, read by Richard Franklin)

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Other

• Destiny of the Doctors (Computer game; played by Ainley; his last performance as The Master)

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See also

• Meddling Monk
• The War Chief
• Omega
• Morbius
• The Rani
• The Valeyard
• Davros
• Professor Moriarty
• Svengali
• Doctor Mabuse

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Footnotes

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External links

• "The Feast of the Stone" - short story featuring the Shalka Master on the BBCi website.
• The Canon Keeper's Guide to Doctor Who — "The Master's Travels" - a speculative chronology of the Master's appearances in television, novels and audio plays (scroll down)
• International Hero Profiles - a profile of the Master and his various identities
• A BBC viral website created to promote the election campaign