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== Behind the scenes ==

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''[[The Doctor Who Role Playing Game]]'' by [[FASA]], which admits to taking liberties with the source material in its opening pages, gives a rundown of the Master's first thirteen [[incarnation]]s in "[[The Master (reference book)|The Master]]" supplement book, which was similar to (but not entirely consistent with) the in-universe biography given for [[the Master]] in FASA's own ''[[CIA File Extracts (novel)|CIA File Extracts]]''.  

According to the book, the Master could control the form of his incarnations, and frequently used the same face. In a constant, [[beard]]ed [[aristocrat]] form, the Master worked as a [[researcher]] on [[Gallifrey]] until his fifth incarnation, aged [[The Master's age|over 700-years-old]], attempted to lead a [[rebellion]] on Gallifrey, with [[the War Chief]] among his followers, which ended in failure with the Master himself being gravely [[wound]]ed, forcing him to flee and regenerate. The now [[renegade Time Lord]] decided to completely abandon his familiar form with his sixth incarnation assuming a shorter, heavier and younger but still apparently middle-aged "average" appearance, wearing his [[brown]] [[hair]] short with [[bang]]s hanging straight across a high [[forehead]] above a broad [[face]], with only his piercing [[eye]]s remaining much as before. Adopting the hooded robes worn by [[religious]] orders during [[Earth]]'s [[11th century]], this incarnation became known as [[First Monk|the Monk]]. He regenerated after an accident with [[the Monk's TARDIS]] freed him from Earth, his new incarnation being identical to the last. When the Master's activities as the Monk became known, he chose a new [[disguise]] when a crisis triggered his next regeneration, assuming {{Delgado|n=a more familiar bearded appearance}} in his next five incarnations.