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I didn't want to get involved in this discussion, but it seems like we're on the cusp of setting a risky precedent here: unlike the [[Saxon Master]], whose identity as [[Harold Saxon]] is referenced in every single one of his appearances, "inventor" is a discarded alias; in his subsequent appearances he's only called "the Master". The same thought process that leads us to [[Inventor Master]] would also lead us to absurdities like [[Keller Master]] or [[The UnBruce]]. | |||
So unfortunately I have to bring up the fact that the publisher has clearly given him a name: [[First Master]]. | |||
{{quote|David Richardson explains: “I knew I wanted our scripts to be very authentic to season one of Doctor Who, and that meant having two stories that were sci-fi, and two that were historical. Guy Adams and Andrew Smith pitched ideas that were irresistible – a story about the samurai, and a tale set during the 19th century blizzard in New York: I proposed we introduce the First Master too.”|[[Vortex (magazine)|Vortex]] 106|https://www.bigfinish.com/Vortex/doc/106}} | |||
{{quote|And on Saturday, with more Master-ly news, we interviewed James Dreyfus, who plays the first Master in The First Doctor Adventures.|The Big Finish Roundup|https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/the-big-finish-roundup1}} | |||
{{quote|"and with news that Dreyfus’ First Master will be in upcoming Big Finish releases, I can’t wait to hear him again..."|Official release announcement for ''The First Doctor Adventures 1''|https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/the-first-doctor-adventures-and-big-finishmas-11}} | |||
(I recall that there were more statements on Twitter, but understandably Big Finish has scrubbed all mention of Dreyfus from its account.) | |||
Despite there being clear evidence that the [[First Doctor]] is neither the Doctor's first incarnation nor the first incarnation to call himself the Doctor, we've always deferred to the BBC's official branding in calling Hartnell's incarnation [[First Doctor]]. In cases where no official name has been given, it makes sense to weigh our own invented options, but this just isn't one of those cases. At minimum, the null hypothesis in this discussion should clearly be [[First Master]]. – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 15:53, 6 March 2023 (UTC) | |||