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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* A behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of the spoof denotes this Master as "the Seventeenth Master". In the special itself he is not referred to as anything other than the Master. | * A behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of the spoof denotes this Master as "the Seventeenth Master". In the special itself, he is not referred to as anything other than the Master. | ||
* This Master | * This Master was designed as a pastiche of [[Roger Delgado]]'s portrayal of the Master during the [[Third Doctor]]'s era. | ||
* When initially pitching ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', Steven Moffat deliberately linked his story treatment to the gap between "the Roger Delgado-faced Master running away at the end of ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'' and Peter Pratt's cowled and rotted-faced incarnation turning up in ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]''." This was eventually abandoned, with the Master instead walking off into the distance with the freshly regenerated Doctor. | * When initially pitching ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', Steven Moffat deliberately linked his story treatment to the gap between "the Roger Delgado-faced Master running away at the end of ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'' and Peter Pratt's cowled and rotted-faced incarnation turning up in ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]''." This was eventually abandoned, with the Master instead walking off into the distance with the freshly regenerated Doctor. | ||
* Jonathan Pryce has laughingly referred to this role as spoiling his chances to ever play the real Master.<ref>https://www.avclub.com/jonathan-pryce-on-working-with-glenn-close-playing-bon-1828476996</ref> | * Jonathan Pryce has laughingly referred to this role as spoiling his chances to ever play the real Master.<ref>https://www.avclub.com/jonathan-pryce-on-working-with-glenn-close-playing-bon-1828476996</ref> | ||