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Following the [[First Doctor]]'s theft of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and flight from Gallifrey, the Master is interviewed by the ''[[Gallifrey Gazette]]'' to give his opinion on the probable motives of his old classmate's crimes; the Master claims that the Doctor had been very excited in the last month over a phone call from "[[BBC|the BB Corporation]]" and attempts to convince the interviewer that these were surely [[Bed and Breakfast Corps|some of Gallifrey's oldest enemies]] in whose league the Doctor had entered. | Following the [[First Doctor]]'s theft of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and flight from Gallifrey, the Master is interviewed by the ''[[Gallifrey Gazette]]'' to give his opinion on the probable motives of his old classmate's crimes; the Master claims that the Doctor had been very excited in the last month over a phone call from "[[BBC|the BB Corporation]]" and attempts to convince the interviewer that these were surely [[Bed and Breakfast Corps|some of Gallifrey's oldest enemies]] in whose league the Doctor had entered. | ||
=== Is "Koschei" his true name? === | |||
The [[1997 (releases)|1997]] novel ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'' shows the [[Second Doctor]] in one of his first encounters with the Master since leaving [[Gallifrey]]. Throughout the story, the Master is only called by the pseudonym "Koschei". In Russian folklore, Koschei (rus.{{w|Koschei|Коще́й}} or Коще́й Бессме́ртный, "Koschei The Deathless") is a villain who hides his soul in an obscure location under many layers of protection so that he can never die. | |||
Though the Second Doctor does not recognise Koschei by that name in ''The Dark Path'', and the novel even goes so far as to state that the Master has only just begun calling himself Koschei, later stories like ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'' and ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'' reuse the name in ways that suggest it is the true name of the Master. The [[2018 (releases)|2018]] short story ''[[Lords and Masters (short story)|Lords and Masters]]'' casts this theory into doubt, however, as Missy states that her real name contains thirty-two letters. | |||
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