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== Timeline ==
== Early life ==
=== Early life ===
{{Main|Theory:Timeline - The Master's early life}}
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''
: At the age of eight, the Master stares into the [[Untempered Schism]], and reacts by being driven mad by what he sees.


:: ''The Masters meets the [[First Doctor]] on his first day at [[Time Lord Academy|the Academy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') They later join [[the Deca]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'')''
== The War Chief ==
:: ''Some accounts imply that the [[War Chief]] was an incarnation of the Master, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]'') although others state that they are separate individuals. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'', ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'')


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]''
:: ''[[The War Lord]] encounters the Time Lord who will become his War Chief in a [[Trastevarian]] jail, after the Time Lord [[regenerate]]s from his injuries. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Save Yourself (short story)|Save Yourself]]'')''
: The Master and the Doctor are bullied by [[Torvic]]. After Torvic is killed, the Master becomes Death's Champion.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Tomb of Valdemar (novel)|Tomb of Valdemar]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''
: The Master and the Doctor travel into [[Gallifrey]]'s past in search of [[Valdemar]].
: The War Chief matches wits with the [[Second Doctor]] when he lands in the [[War Game]]s, until he proposes an alliance with the Doctor to double-cross the War Lords and seize their powers for themselves. When his treachery is discovered, the War Chief is apparently executed.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Harvest of Time (novel)|Harvest of Time]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]''
: The Master and the Doctor work on the Consolidator.  
: Continuing on from ''The War Games'', the War Chief undergoes a faulty regeneration from his execution, manifesting as two bodies fused together. Convincing the remaining War Lords that his treachery was a misunderstanding, the War Chief frees them from their [[time loop]] prison, and takes them to [[Nazi]] [[Germany]], where he becomes an occult advisor to [[Adolf Hitler]], with the intention of replacing him as [[Führer]] with [[Heinrich Himmler]]. When the [[Seventh Doctor]] exposes his plans, the War Chief is caught in an explosion at [[Drachensberg]] [[castle]] and is briefly glimpsed by Ace with a "young, tall, dark and satanically handsome" appearance.


:: ''The Master goes on an Academy research project while the Doctor is expelled from the Academy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'')''
== The Master (Roger Delgado) ==
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Terror of the Autons)}}


* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Flashback (comic story)|Flashback]]''
== The Decayed Master ==
: "[[Magnus (Flashback)|Magnus]]" and "Theta Sigma" have a final falling out.
{{main|Theory:Timeline - Decayed Master}}


:: ''The Master attends a ritual in [[Arcadia (city)|Arcadia]], where he gives [[Susan Foreman]] a communication node disguised as a toy. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Toy (audio story)|The Toy]]'')''
=== The "Tremas" Master ===
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Tremas)}}


=== Fleeing Gallifrey ===
=== The "Bruce" Master ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Renegade (short story)|Birth of a Renegade]]''
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Bruce)}}
: In one account, the Master flees Gallifrey shortly before the Doctor does after failing to start a rebellion against the High Council.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Toy (audio story)|The Toy]]''
=== The Old Master ===
: Immediately after the Doctor and Susan flee Gallifrey, the Master tries to use the communication node to find them.
{{main|Theory:Timeline - Old Master}}


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]''
== The Reborn Master ==
: The Master is still living on Gallifrey and trying to find out why the Doctor has left.
{{main|Theory:Timeline - Reborn Master}}


=== Renegade Time Lord ===
== The "War Child" Master ==
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Destination Wars (audio story)|The Destination Wars]]''
{{main|Theory:Timeline - "War Child" Master}}
: Immediately after he flees Gallifrey, [[the Master's TARDIS]] breaks down and he ends up trapped at the "earliest [[Segment of Time]]" on the planet [[Destination]].


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Psychic Circus (audio story)|The Psychic Circus]]''
== The War Master ==
: The Master encounters the the [[Seventh Doctor]], who notes that the Master is still in his "early days".
{{Main|Theory:Timeline - War Master}}


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Home Guard (audio story)|The Home Guard]]''
== The Saxon Master ==
: The Master is wearing a black Nehru jacket and is wielding a [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]]. After being defeated by the [[Second Doctor]], the Master ends up imprisoned awaiting trial, with the Time Lords due to represent him.
{{Main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Harold Saxon)}}


=== Public enemy ===
== Missy ==
==== Early encounters with the Doctor ====
{{main|Theory:Timeline - Missy}}
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]''
: Having begun calling himself "Koschei", and depicted as being the incarnation from ''Terror of the Autons'', the Master meets the [[Second Doctor]] and, after learning that the Time Lords have been spying on him, gives into his evil temptation, only to end up trapped in a [[black hole]].


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nameless City (short story)|The Nameless City]]''
== The Lumiat ==
: The Master is wearing the clothes of the incarnation from ''Terror of the Autons'', and is targeting the Second Doctor, setting this after ''The Dark Path''.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masterful (audio story)|Masterful]]''
 
: In an aborted timeline, the Lumiat projects herself to Missy to warn her of the dangers of an [[entropy wave]]. She asks Missy to give over her remaining regenerations, but Missy refuses.
==== Early times on Earth ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoners of the Sun]]''
: The Master is freed from [[Shada (prison)|Shada]] by the Time Lords to battle the [[Third Doctor]].
 
:: ''The Master observes the events of [[Season 7]] from the background, and makes contact with journalist [[James Stevens]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'')''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Reconnaissance (short story)|Reconnaissance]]''
: The Master infiltrates [[UNIT HQ]] and interrogates [[Liz Shaw]].
 
==== Becoming a threat ====
* [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''
: The Master goes public with his battle with the Doctor and UNIT by teaming up with the [[Nestene]]s. The Doctor steals his [[dematerialisation circuit]], preventing the Master from leaving Earth in his TARDIS.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Prologue: The Third Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The Third Doctor]]''
: In an [[alternate timeline]] created by [[Rassilon]] and the [[Cybermen]], the Master is caught in a [[Cyber-conversion]] machine.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doorway into Nowhere (short story)|Doorway into Nowhere]]''
: The Master is trapped on Earth, setting this before ''The Mind of Evil'', where he recovers his dematerialisation circuit. 
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]''
: The Master reclaims his dematerialisation circuit during his plot with the [[Keller Machine]], allowing him to leave Earth in his TARDIS.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]''
: The Master has only just got his TARDIS working, settling this shortly after ''The Mind of Evil''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce (short story)|UNIT Christmas Parties:
Christmas Truce]]''
: The Doctor and the Master recall the events of ''Deadly Reunion''.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]''
: After a failed alliance with [[Axos]], the Master is trapped in a [[time loop]] by the Doctor.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]''
: In village of [[Devil's End]], the Master tries to summon the [[Dæmon]] [[Azal]]. When his plan fails, the Master is captured by UNIT.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Bert the Landlord (short story)|Bert the Landlord]]''
: Set during ''The Dæmons: Episode 4''.
 
==== In custody ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Freedom (short story)|Freedom]]''
: Set after the Master's arrest in ''The Dæmons''. The Master is awaiting trial.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Harvest of Time (novel)|Harvest of Time]]''
: Set between ''The Dæmons'' and ''The Sea Devils'', as the Master is still in prison. He is imprisoned at [[Dulston Heath]], a former nuclear power plant.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)|The Man in the Ion Mask]]''
: Set sometime after ''The Dæmons'', and not long before ''The Face of the Enemy'', as the Master is being held in [[Aylesbury Grange Detention Centre]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]''
: The Master is still locked up at [[Aylesbury Grange Detention Centre]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Switching (short story)|The Switching]]''
: After switching bodies with the Doctor, the Master makes arrangements to be moved to another holding facility on the coast after his plan to steal the Doctor's TARDIS fails.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]''
: The Master builds an alliance with the [[Sea Devil]]s to escape from [[Fortress Island]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy (short story)|The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy]]''
: Set after the Doctor visits the Master in his cell during ''The Sea Devils''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''
: Set immediately after ''The Sea Devil'', with the Master retrieving his TARDIS from Devil's End.
 
==== At large again ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Seismologist's Story (short story)|The Seismologist's Story]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who Fights Masterplan "Q" (short story)|Doctor Who Fights Masterplan "Q"]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Touch of the Nurazh (short story)|The Touch of the Nurazh]]''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Spear of Destiny (short story)|The Spear of Destiny]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Heralds of Destruction (comic story)|The Heralds of Destruction]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Listen - The Stars (short story)|Listen - The Stars]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Out of the Green Mist (short story)|Out of the Green Mist]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Time Thief (comic story)|The Time Thief]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Same Face (audio story)|The Same Face]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hidden Talent (short story)|Hidden Talent]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Christmas Inversion (short story)|The Christmas Inversion]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Last of the Gaderene (novel)|Last of the Gaderene]]''
 
==== Distancing himself from UNIT ====
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Character Assassin (comic story)|Character Assassin]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Winning (short story)|Winning]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Glen of Sleeping (comic story)|The Glen of Sleeping]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Duke of Dominoes (short story)|The Duke of Dominoes]]''
: The Master encounters [[Fourth Doctor|a new incarnation of the Doctor]] for the first time.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Night Flight to Nowhere (short story)|Night Flight to Nowhere]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Anything You Can Do (short story)|Anything You Can Do]]''
: Though his identity is vague, authorial intent confirms this as the "Roger Delgado Master".<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/doctorwho/comments/9zqqud/hi_im_dave_rudden_author_of_twelve_angels_weeping/eabfbwx/?context=1</ref> The Master uses the phrase "please attend carefully", setting this after ''The Heralds of Destruction''.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Judas Goatee (comic story)|The Judas Goatee]]''
 
==== Final exploits ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The One Second Hour (short story)|The One Second Hour]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Fogbound (comic story)|Fogbound]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Smash Hit (short story)|Smash Hit]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]''
: Having had enough of Earth, the Master has arranged a meeting on [[Skaro]], leading into ''Frontier in Space''.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]''
: In one account, the Master is severely deformed by his own Tissue Compression Eliminator and left in a moribund state on [[Tersurus]], leading into ''The Deadly Assassin''.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Doorway to Hell (comic story)|Doorway to Hell]]''
: In another account, the Master [[regenerate]]s during an encounter with the [[Twelfth Doctor]] that occurs immediately after ''Frontier in Space''.
 
=== Thirteenth incarnation ===
==== Body decayed ====
:: ''The Thirteenth Master is attacked by {{Macqueen|n=a future incarnation of himself}} on [[Tersurus]], and left in a decaying state. The [[Cult of the Heretic]] then switch the Masters' bodies. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]'')''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vampire of the Mind (audio story)|Vampire of the Mind]]''
: Set during ''The Two Masters'', with the Master in the body of his future incarnation.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]''
: The Master hires the [[Transhuman Sisters of the Unholy Protocol]] and the [[Dragonhunter]]s to kill the "Bald Master". After the [[Seventh Doctor]] switches the Masters back, the "Decayed Master" is put back on his path to ''The Deadly Assassin''.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]''
: The Master allies with [[Goth]] to use the [[Eye of Harmony]] and the [[Sash of Rassilon]] to restore his body, but he is defeated by the [[Fourth Doctor]].
 
==== Targeting Jago and Litefoot ====
:: ''Fleeing from Gallifrey after his plot with Goth is foiled, the Master attempts to follow the Doctor's TARDIS through the [[transduction barrier]], but this results in him being stuck in [[London]] during the [[1890s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masterpiece (audio story)|Masterpiece]]'')''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Museum of Curiosities (audio story)|The Museum of Curiosities]]''
: The Master successfully hypnotises [[Percival Quick|Inspector Quick]].
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jago & Son (audio story)|Jago & Son]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Maurice (audio story)|Maurice]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Woman in White (audio story)|The Woman in White]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masterpiece (audio story)|Masterpiece]]''
: The Master's plot to drain Jago and Litefoot's energies are thwarted by the [[Sixth Doctor]], and he is forced to flee.
 
==== Surviving in the universe ====
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Trail of the White Worm (audio story)|Trail of the White Worm]]''
: Ending leads directly into ''The Oseidon Adventure''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)|The Oseidon Adventure]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Harvest of Time (novel)|Harvest of Time]]''
: The Master is captured by the Sild.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]''
: The Master not yet met [[Nyssa]], setting this before ''The Keeper of Traken''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Evil One (audio story)|The Evil One]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Requiem for the Rocket Men (audio story)|Requiem for the Rocket Men]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death Match (audio story)|Death Match]]''
: Follows on directly from ''Requiem for the Rocket Men''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Special Occasions: 1. The Not-So-Sinister Sponge (short story)|Special Occasions: 1. The Not-So-Sinister Sponge]]''
: The Master's plan to ally himself with the [[Dalek]]s and the [[Cybermen]] is foiled by [[Romana II]].
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Abominable Showmen (comic story)|The Abominable Showmen]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]''
: Follows on directly from ''The Abominable Showmen''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Animal Instinct (audio story)|Animal Instinct]]''
: The Master spends several hundred years in stasis. He has set a trap for the Doctor and is surprised when [[River Song]] turns up instead. He meets River for the first time.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]''
: After failing to become the [[Keeper of Traken]] due to the interference of the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Adric]], and [[Nyssa]], the Master regenerates himself by stealing the body of [[Tremas]].
 
=== In Tremas' body ===
==== Opposing the Fifth Doctor ====
* [[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''
: Set almost immediately after ''The Keeper of Traken''. The Master's thwarted plan to hold the universe at ransom results in the Fourth Doctor [[regenerating]].
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]''
: Set immediately after ''Logopolis'', with the Master trying to trap the [[Fifth Doctor]] in [[Castrovalva]], only to end up trapped in there himself.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy (short story)|The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy]]''
: Set immediately after the Master abducts [[Adric]] during ''Castrovalva: Part One''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Toy (short story)|Toy]]''
: Set during ''Castrovalva: Part Two'', before the Doctor is brought to the city.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Smoke and Mirrors (audio story)|Smoke and Mirrors]]''
: The Master is still trapped in Castrovalva.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]''
: The Master has managed to escape from Castrovalva, but has damaged his TARDIS in the process. He attempts to use the [[Xeraphin]] [[gestalt]] to repair his ship, but is foiled by the Doctor and left trapped on [[Xeriphas]].
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]''
: The Master uses [[Kamelion]], an android he found on Xeriphas, in an attempt to prevent the signing of the ''[[Magna Carta]]'', but is thwarted when the Doctor takes Kamelion from him.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''
: The Master is summoned to Gallifrey by [[Borusa]] to assist the four trapped incarnations of the Doctor, but his help is denied and he attempts to kill the Doctors instead. After being subdued, the Master is sent away by [[Rassilon]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Velvet Dark]]''
: The Master has been stripped of his Trakenite body by the Time Lords for his failure in ''The Five Doctors'', but he is able to regain it by siphoning energy from his past incarnations.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Renegade (short story)|Birth of a Renegade]]''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]''
: After he is shrunk by his own [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]], the Master tries to use the [[Numismaton Gas]] of [[Sarn (planet)|Sarn]] to restore himself, but is apparently disintegrated by the Doctor.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Town Called Eternity (short story)|A Town Called Eternity]]''
: Follows on from ''Planet of Fire'', with the Master using the [[Fountain of Youth]] to restore his burned body.
 
==== Interfering in history ====
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Winter (audio story)|Winter]]''
: Set concurrently with [[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'', with the Master using his link with Kamelion to sabotage the Fifth Doctor's regeneration, only to be thwarted by [[Nyssa]].
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]''
: The Master is still being asked how he survived the events of ''Planet of Fire''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Master Faustus (short story)|Master Faustus]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Crossing the Rubicon (comic story)|Crossing the Rubicon]]''
 
==== Forging alliances ====
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Abominable Showmen (comic story)|The Abominable Showmen]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]''
: Follows on directly from ''The Abominable Showmen''.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]''
: The Master assists the [[Sixth Doctor]] in his trial against [[the Valeyard]].
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lesser Evils (audio story)|Lesser Evils]]''
: Set between ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' and ''Survival''. <ref>http://www.thewhoshelf.com/2020/10/08/lesser-evils-simon-guerrier/</ref> The Master claims to have been exiled on Alexis by the Time Lords, having had his TARDIS impounded.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]''
: The Master recalls the events of ''The Ultimate Foe''.
 
==== Further schemes ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Savers (short story)|The Time Savers]]''
: The Master has been trapped on Earth since his TARDIS' [[time-matter adjustment valve]] was stolen by the Doctor in their previous encounter.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Handful of Stardust (short story)|A Handful of Stardust]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Hollows of Time (audio story)|The Hollows of Time]]''
: The Master encounters the Sixth Doctor and Peri under the guise of "[[Stream (The Hollows of Time)|Professor Stream]]". The Big Finish website lists ''The Hollows of Time'' as a part of their "Master Collection".<ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/collections/v/the-master</ref>
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The End of the Line (audio story)|The End of the Line]]''
: The Master is threatened by the Valeyard into leaving the Doctor alone.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Winning (short story)|Winning]]''
 
==== Alliance with Adam Mitchell ====
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Façades (comic story)|Façades]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Cat and Mouse (comic story)|Cat and Mouse]]''
: The Master wears his cloak from ''Destiny of the Doctors'', but has his youthful appearance and is unaffected by the Cheetah virus.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Choice (comic story)|The Choice]]''
: Follows on from ''Cat and Mouse'', and leads directly into ''Endgame''.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Endgame (POT comic story)|Endgame]]''
 
* [[GAME]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dr. Fifth (novel)|Dr. Fifth]]''
: The Master is wearing his clothes from ''Survival''.
 
==== The Cheetah Planet ====
:: ''The Master arrives on the [[Cheetah World]], and takes control of the [[Cheetah People]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dr. Seventh (novel)|Dr. Seventh]]''
: The Master is wearing his clothes from ''Survival'', and is working with the [[Cheetah People]], but does not appear to be infected with the Cheetah virus.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''
: As a [[Cheetah virus]] begins corrupting his systems, the Master has a final showdown with the [[Seventh Doctor]], which ends with him being trapped on the exploding Cheetah World.
 
==== After Cheetah World ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''
: The Master's last encounter with the Doctor was on [[Cheetah World]]. The stress of that encounter drove the Master insane and inspired him to swallow a [[Deathworm Morphant]] as part of a plot intended to kill the Doctor.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Stop the Pigeon (short story)|Stop the Pigeon]]''
: The Master has escaped Cheetah World, but is still infected with the Cheetah virus.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prime Time (novel)|Prime Time]]''
: The Master is trying to acquire a new body to escape the Cheetah virus, which will kill his Trakenite body within a year's time.
 
:: ''Under unkown circumstances, the Master was able to best the Cheetah virus, and would no longer be inflicted by the disease.''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Omegamorphosis (short story)|Omegamorphosis]]''
: The Master has a black goatee and is trying to steal another body, due to being in his final incarnation.
 
* [[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]''
: The Master is no longer infected with the Cheetah virus, and has a much older appearance, with greying hair. After his plan to trap the seven incarnations of the Doctor in [[the Determinant]] is foiled by [[the Graak]], the Master is captured by an unknown enemy.
 
=== A new regeneration ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]''
: After escaping [[Cheetah World]] with his [[Kitling]], [[Shadow (Kitling)|Shadow]], the Master is transmigrated to Earth, but a release of Artron energy knocks him back thirty-two years in time. Arriving in [[1957]] [[America]], he makes contact with the [[Tzun Confederacy]] and arranges a deal between them. They retrieve [[The Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] from the planet [[Antari Three]], and provide him with a cure for the [[Cheetah virus]], making him a pure Time Lord once again. After his body is repaired, the Master is able to regenerate after being shot by [[Ace]]. Recovering from his regeneration, the Master escapes by leaving a booby-trap for the Doctor in a [[nuclear warhead]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Housewarming (short story)|Housewarming]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''
: The Master steals the [[Loom of Rassilon's Mouse]] to experiment with flesh looming as part of his attempt to create an indestructible clone body from the remains of [[Anthony Rupert Hemmings]].
 
:: ''The Master is eventually reduced to a decayed state once again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]'')''
 
=== Reduced to an old body ===
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]''
: The Master has been stripped of his Trakenite body by the [[Warp Core]], and is reduced back to his decaying form. After the [[Seventh Doctor]] destroys the Warp Core, the Master is flung into time and space.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]''
: After living a peaceful life for ten years, the Master is offered a choice by [[Death (Timewyrm: Revelation)|Death]].
 
=== The Deathworm Morphant ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''
: According to one account, the "Tremas" Master travels to Skaro in order to goad the Daleks into killing him, as part of his plan to steal the Doctor's body using a [[Deathworm Morphant]]. He sends his TARDIS into the [[space-time continuum]] to keep it safe until he can recover it.
 
:: ''According to another account, a different incarnation of the Master was captured by the [[Daleks]] in the [[Valley of the Kings]] to be placed on trial on [[Skaro]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]'')''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]''
: The Master sends a psychic message to the Seventh Doctor before he is executed by the [[Dalek Prelature]], asking him to retrieve his remains and return them to Gallifrey.
 
==== In Bruce's body ====
* [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''
: Having survived his execution on Skaro as a [[Deathworm Morphant]], the Master forces the Doctor's TARDIS to land in [[1999]] [[San Francisco]], where, after the Doctor is critically injured, the Master possesses the body of [[Bruce (Doctor Who)|Bruce]]. Bribing [[Chang Lee]], the Master hunts down the [[Eighth Doctor]] to steal his body and remaining regenerations. During a final fight with the Doctor in his TARDIS, the Master is sucked into the [[Eye of Harmony]].
 
:: ''After falling into the Eye of Harmony, the Eye attempts to convert the Master into pure energy, but he is able to escape into a spare room in the Doctor's TARDIS, which is then jettisoned into the Time Vortex. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (audio story)|The Lifeboat and the Deathboat]]'')''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (audio story)|The Lifeboat and the Deathboat]]''
: The Master has been trapped in the Time Vortex for hundreds of years. He escapes in a stasis capsule.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Abominable Showmen (comic story)|The Abominable Showmen]]''
: The Master is still in possession of Bruce's body.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]''
: Follows on from ''The Abominable Showmen''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]''
: Still in Bruce's body, the Master encounters the Eighth Doctor for the first time since ''Doctor Who''. Missy and the "War Master" plan to wipe his memory and throw him back into the Time Vortex after they give a future version of the "Deathworm Master" a new regeneration cycle.
 
:: ''The Master was eventually drawn back into the Eye of Harmony. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Planet of Dust (audio story)|Planet of Dust]]'')''
 
==== Ghost in the machine ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''
: Directly after ''Doctor Who'', the Master leaves one final trap for the Doctor, in the form of a crystalline structure that erases the Doctor's memories. By this account, the Master remains trapped inside [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], where he will stay for the rest of the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]. ''The Gallifrey Chronicles'' suggests that this Master is an "echo" of the real Master.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]''
: The Master's essence has the appearance of [[The Master (Scream of the Shalka)|the Master]] from [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Deadstone Memorial (novel)|The Deadstone Memorial]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]''
:The Master is still trapped inside the Eye of Harmony.
 
==== Fight for the Glory ====
:: ''As his essence is left wandering the [[Time Vortex]] after passing through the [[Eye of Harmony]], the Master is saved by [[Esterath]] to take part in the fight for [[the Glory]], and is resurrected into the body of a deceased vagrant after Bruce's body decays beyond recovery. The Master's connection to the TARDIS brings him to [[Wormwood]], where he witnesses the Doctor's fight against the [[Threshold]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Glorious Dead (comic story)|The Glorious Dead]]'')''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fallen (comic story)|The Fallen]]''
: The Master observes the Doctor combat [[Donald Stark]].
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Glorious Dead (comic story)|The Glorious Dead]]''
: Forming an alliance with [[Sato Katsura]], the Master turns Earth into a dystopia to anger the Doctor into fighting him for the Glory. After besting the Doctor, the Master learns that the real contest was between Sato and the Doctor's companion, [[Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)|Kroton]]. When Kroton wins, he removes the Master's influence from the TARDIS and place the Master somewhere that he can not escape, implied by later releases to be the Eye of Harmony.
 
==== Escaping the Eye of Harmony ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Forgotten]]''
: The Master escapes the Eye of Harmony by influences the dreams of [[Edward Grainger]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prologue (ST short story)|Prologue]]''
: Set during ''Forgotten''. The Master is prevented from killing the infant Edward, by the Doctor, [[Violet (Prologue)|Violet]] and the adult Edward. His Deathworm Morphant loses its serpentine appearance, and becomes an "unearthly green glow".
 
:: ''The Master escapes by possessing the body of Violet's fiancée, [[Richard (Prologue)|Richard]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Forgotten]]'')''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]''
: Following on from ''Forgotten'', the Master survives by possessing various bodies until he is imprisoned in [[The Vault (The Scales of Injustice)|the UNIT Vault]]. Upon hypnotising UNIT officers [[Ruth Matheson]] and [[Charlie Sato]], the Master retrieves his TARDIS and escapes from the Vault.
 
==== Reaching the end ====
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[I Am The Master (audio story)|I Am The Master]]''
: Set after ''The Keeper of Traken''.<ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-short-trips-i-am-the-master-1565</ref> The Master has his TARDIS and recalls stealing multiple bodies, setting this after ''Mastermind''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Planet of Dust (audio story)|Planet of Dust]]''
: Dying and at the end of his life, the Master recalls his time trapped in the [[Eye of Harmony]] and how he was drawn back in after his escape in Bruce's body, until he found a way to escape permanently, setting this after ''Mastermind''. He is killed by the [[Ravenous]], leading directly into ''Day of the Master''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]''
: The "Deathworm Master" is resurrected by the "Bruce" Master, the "War" Master and Missy, posing as CIA agents, who use CIA technology to grant him a whole new regeneration cycle. He [[regeneration|regenerates]] into a new body, implied to the "Bald" Master.
 
=== A new lease of life ===
==== Early exploits ====
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dominion (audio story)|Dominion]]''
: The Master is working against the Time Lords.
 
:: ''The Master attacks {{Pratt|n=his thirteenth incarnation}} on [[Tersurus]]. The [[Cult of the Heretic]] then switch the Masters' bodies. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]'')''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[And You Will Obey Me (audio story)|And You Will Obey Me]]''
: Set during ''The Two Masters'', with the Master in the body of his "Decayed" incarnation.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]''
: The Masters are restored to normal by the [[Seventh Doctor]], who undoes the damage they have done and sends the Master back to his rightful place in history. The "Bald" Master recalls the events of ''Dominion''.
 
==== The Eminence experiments ====
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time's Horizon (audio story)|Time's Horizon]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eyes of the Master (audio story)|Eyes of the Master]]''
: The Master recalls being in [[San Francisco]] on [[31 December]] [[1999]], setting this after ''Doctor Who''. He was anticipating facing the [[Seventh Doctor]], and is surprised see the [[Eighth Doctor]].
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Death of Hope (audio story)|The Death of Hope]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reviled (audio story)|The Reviled]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masterplan (audio story)|Masterplan]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Rule of the Eminence (audio story)|Rule of the Eminence]]''
 
==== Further schemes ====
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Monster of Montmartre (audio story)|The Monster of Montmartre]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master of the Daleks (audio story)|Master of the Daleks]]''
 
=== In the body of a child ===
:: ''At some point in the [[Last Great Time War]], the Master regenerates into the body of a small child. He also makes a pact with the [[War Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Organ Grinder (comic story)|The Organ Grinder]]'')''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Outrun (comic story)|Outrun]]''
: The Doctor and the Master aren't aware of who coined the term "Exterminhate", setting this before they met the [[Volatix Cabal]].
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Then and the Now (comic story)|The Then and the Now]]''
: The Doctor and the Master land on the [[Overcast]] homeworld.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Organ Grinder (comic story)|The Organ Grinder]]''
: [[Alice Obiefune]] arrives in [[the Master's TARDIS]] from the future. Ending leads into ''Kill God''.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Kill God (comic story)|Kill God]]''
: The Master attempts to flee the War in his future TARDIS, only to realise too late that he is causing a paradox, leading directly into ''Fast Asleep''.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Fast Asleep (comic story)|Fast Asleep]]''
: Being at the centre of the paradox causes the Master to regenerate into the incarnation seen in ''Utopia''.
 
=== The War Master ===
==== Before the War ====
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Call for the Dead (audio story)|Call for the Dead]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Glittering Prize (audio story)|The Glittering Prize]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Persistence of Dreams (audio story)|The Persistence of Dreams]]''
: Recounts the closing events of ''Sins of the Father'', from Martine's perspective.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sins of the Father (audio story)|Sins of the Father]]''
: The Master is using his [[laser screwdriver]], and receives a [[Chameleon Arch]] from [[Narvin]]. The Time War has yet to be formally declared, but tensions are rising between the Time Lords and Daleks.
 
==== Avoiding the Time War ====
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Survivor (audio story)|The Survivor]]''
: The Master collects [[Alice Pritchard]], the first of a part of his genetic experiments.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Coney Island Chameleon (audio story)|The Coney Island Chameleon]]''
: The Master collects [[Giuseppe Sabatini]] as part of his genetic experiments.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Concealed Weapon (audio story)|Concealed Weapon]]''
: Authorial intent places this between ''The Coney Island Chameleon'' and ''The Missing Link''.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/scott_handcock/status/1147798878588211200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgallifreybase.com%2Fgb%2Fthreads%2Fthe-master-tv-and-audio-timeline.174405%2Fpage-37</ref> The Master is collecting genetic material for experiments, to rival the ones being conducted by the Time Lords and the Daleks.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Missing Link (audio story)|The Missing Link]]''
: The Master is hiding from the Time War.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Darkness and Light (audio story)|Darkness and Light]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Code Silver (audio story)|Code Silver]]''
: The Master's TARDIS arrives at [[UNIT HQ]], leading directly into ''Master of Worlds''.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master of Worlds (audio story)|Master of Worlds]]''
: The Master has been hiding from the Time War in another dimension. He aids UNIT in defeating the [[Cybermen]] while planning to steal parts to repair his TARDIS. He leaves intending to return to the Time War.
 
==== Escapades in the Time War ====
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]''
: The Master is working for the CIA, and claims to hail from a time where paradoxes occur "almost daily", implied to be the Time War.
 
==== Final contributions ====
:: ''The Master sets up his plan to steal the Anti-Genesis codes by setting up a mental link with his follower [[Crazlus]], whom he asks to gain a position in the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[He Who Wins (audio story)|He Who Wins]]'')''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[From the Flames (audio story)|From the Flames]]''
: The Master fakes his death to fool the Time Lords, before being revived by Crazlus and stealing the Anti-Genesis codes, leading directly into ''The Master's Dalek Plan''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Master's Dalek Plan (audio story)|The Master's Dalek Plan]]''
: Under the guise of "Master Sorvad", the Master takes control of [[Skaro]] and Dalek history. Ending leads directly into ''Shockwave''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shockwave (TWM audio story)|Shockwave]]''
: Ending leads directly into ''He Who Wins''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[He Who Wins (audio story)|He Who Wins]]''
: The Master recalls the events of ''Day of the Master''. Having conquered the universe, the Master is convinced that his Dalek allies will betray him by {{Kisgart|n=an exiled Master}} from [[Parallel universe (Sympathy for the Devil)|a parallel universe]]. Working with the [[Dalek Time Strategist]], the Master contacts himself shortly after he set up the mental link with Crazlus, whom he has exterminated, reverting the timeline to before ''From the Flames''. In an attempt to escape the Daleks, the Master sets his TARDIS to dematerialise to a random location, though he is separated from it via a transmat beam, leading directly into ''Beneath the Viscoid''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beneath the Viscoid (audio story)|Beneath the Viscoid]]''
: After retrieving [[The Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] from [[Gardezza]], the Master is summoned to [[Gallifrey]].
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Devil You Know (audio story)|The Devil You Know]]''
: Follows on from ''Beneath the Viscoid'', with the Master arriving on Gallifrey, and referring to having gone to "a great deal of trouble" to recover his TARDIS. Once he throws [[Leela]] into the [[Time Vortex]] after a mission to recover vital information that might end the Time War, the Master decides to head for [[Arcking]] based on intelligence from [[Finnian Valentine]], leading directly into ''The Good Master''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Good Master (audio story)|The Good Master]]''
: The Master begins traveling with [[Cole Jarnish]] after meeting him on [[Arcking]].
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sky Man (audio story)|The Sky Man]]''
: The Master had began using Cole in his scheme to end the Time War by allowing Cole to meddle in time as much as possible in order to create more energy from the paradox that he has became.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)|The Heavenly Paradigm]]''
: The Master kills Cole in order to power up the [[Heavenly Paradigm]], a weapon that can end the Time War, only for his use of it to backfire. After watching the [[Dalek Emperor]] take control of the [[Cruciform]], the Master flees from the War and the Time Lords, planning to hide using a [[Chameleon Arch]], leading into ''Utopia''.
 
==== As "Yana" ====
:: ''Hiding at the [[end of the universe]] as a human scientist named "[[Yana]]", the Master finds himself working on the [[Utopia Project]] on [[Malcassairo]] with [[Chantho]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''
: Upon the arrival of the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Martha Jones]], Yana is spurred to open the Chameleon Arch and return to his true identity. The Master is shot by Chantho when he kills her, but he is able to commandeer the Doctor's TARDIS before he regenerates.
 
=== As Harold Saxon ===
==== Clashing with the Tenth Doctor ====
* [[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''
: Regenerating from his "Yana" body, the Master steals the Doctor's TARDIS.
 
:: ''The Master lands in the early [[21st century]] and, under the alias "Harold Saxon", sets up a political career while converting the Doctor's TARDIS into a [[paradox machine]]. By [[2007]], he marries [[Lucy Saxon|Lucy Cole]], and takes her the end of the universe to breach an alliance with the [[Toclafane]]. Serving as [[Minister of Defence]], the Master begins a campaign to become [[Prime Minister]] after the downfall of [[Harriet Jones]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') One of the first acts in his campaign is to order the [[British Army]] to destroy the [[Empress of the Racnoss (The Runaway Bride)|Empress of the Racnoss]]'s [[webstar]] on [[Christmas Day]] [[2007]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Speech Day (short story)|Speech Day]]''
: The Master hypnotises a school into thinking he is a past student.
 
:: ''"Saxon" funds the rejuvenation experiments of [[Richard Lazarus]], and sends a [[Mysterious man (The Lazarus Experiment)|mysterious man]] to meet with [[Francine Jones]], Martha's mother, to turn her against the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'') He then has [[Dexter (42)|an agent]] monitor a conversation between Francine and Martha through the [[superphone]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'')''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Harvest of Time (novel)|Harvest of Time]]''
: The Master is captured by the Sild.
 
:: ''"Saxon" sends [[Torchwood Three]] on a wild-goose chase to the [[Himalayas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''
: With the pieces in place, the Master wins the [[2008]] election, unveils the Toclofane to the public, and entraps the Doctor and Jack as he begins his dominion over the world, with only Martha escaping.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy (short story)|The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story of Martha (short story)|The Story of Martha]]''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]''
: Set one year after ''The Sound of Drums''. Before he can begin his [[New Time Lord Empire]], the Master is thwarted by Martha and the Doctor, and shot by Lucy. He refuses to regenerate and dies.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''
: During [[December]] [[2009]], the Master is resurrected by the [[Disciples of Saxon]], only for Lucy to sabotage the process, at the cost of her own life. After a talk with the Doctor, the Master is captured by [[Joshua Naismith]] to repair the "[[Immortality Gate]]". The Master instead uses the Gate to turn the humans into the "[[Master Race]]", and uses his new resources to bring [[Gallifrey]] out of the [[time lock]] of the Time War. When [[Rassilon]] makes to kill him after restoring the human race, the Master fights him back into the Time War to protect the Doctor.
 
==== After leaving Gallifrey ====
:: ''Back on Gallifrey after it is saved by the thirteen Doctors, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor]]'') the Master forces Rassilon to regenerate, ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent]]'') and is then restored to health by the Time Lords, before leaving Gallifrey once again. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls]]'')''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Abominable Showmen (comic story)|The Abominable Showmen]]''
: The Master still has his blonde hair and stubble. All he is willing to say is "the Drums".
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]''
: Follows on directly from ''The Abominable Showmen''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Winning (short story)|Winning]]''
: The "Saxon" Master is wearing his clothes from ''The End of Time'', but is clean-shaven.
 
:: ''The Master arrives on a [[Mondasian]] [[colony ship (World Enough and Time)|colony ship]], and takes over the city on [[Floor 1056]] until the Mondasians rebel against him. Unable to escape in his TARDIS due to being too close to a [[black hole]], the Master disguises himself as [[Razor (World Enough and Time)|"Mr. Razor"]] and hides amongst the people. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls]]'')''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]''
: The Master meets [[Bill Potts]], and learns about the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and {{Gomez}}, who is his future incarnation. Ending leads directly into ''The Doctor Falls''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]''
: Set after the prologue of ''The Doctor Falls''.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]''
: The Master is fatally injured by Missy, forcing him to regenerate into her, but he seemingly kills her before he makes his way back to his TARDIS.
 
=== Missy ===
:: ''The Master successfully regenerates into a female form. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'')''
 
==== Early escapades ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dismemberment (short story)|Dismemberment]]''
: The Master has only recently regenerated, but has already chosen her new outfit and begun calling herself "the Mistress", though she adopts the name "Missy" near the end of her campaign against the [[Scoundrels Club]].
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bekdel Test (audio story)|The Bekdel Test]]''
: Missy does not have a [[vortex manipulator]] and is instead using [[The Master's TARDIS|her TARDIS]], but she is impressed by River's vortex manipulator and considers getting one of her own. Missy learns that the Doctor survived his assassination at [[Lake Silencio]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lords and Masters (short story)|Lords and Masters]]''
: After spending some time looking for a replacement power source, Missy jettisons the [[Eye of Harmony]] from [[The Master's TARDIS|her TARDIS]] to gain further freedom from the Time Lords once she finds a usable replacement. She is carrying her [[Missy's vortex manipulator|vortex manipulator]], [[sonic umbrella]], and a [[TCE]], and notes that she hasn't used a TCE in "donkey's years".
 
:: ''Under unknown circumstances, Missy becomes separated from her TARDIS, and starts relying on [[Missy's vortex manipulator|her vortex manipulator]] to travel. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated (audio story)|Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated]]'')''
 
==== The Master TARDIS ====
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Spoonful of Mayhem (audio story)|A Spoonful of Mayhem]]''
: Missy is exiled to [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[London]] by the [[Warden (species)|Warden]]s for a future crime of hers. She is using her vortex manipulator and becomes the governess for the Davis family when [[The Master's TARDIS|a grandfather clock]] goes missing from their household, with her receiving the blame for the theft.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated (audio story)|Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated]]''
: Gallifrey has returned, and Missy is without a working TARDIS. She steals a component from [[the Monk's TARDIS]].
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Broken Clock (audio story)|The Broken Clock]]''
: Missy recovers [[The Master's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] she used during the [[Last Great Time War]], but loses her vortex manipulator.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Belly of the Beast (audio story)|The Belly of the Beast]]''
: Missy recovers the [[Master TARDIS]] from inside a dead space creature, and feeds her TARDIS from the Time War to its [[Eye of Harmony]] using the component she stole from [[the Monk's TARDIS]]. She has acquired another vortex manipulator.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lumiat (audio story)|The Lumiat]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lumiat (audio story)|The Lumiat]]''
: Missy has recently acquired the Master TARDIS, setting this shortly after ''The Belly of the Beast''. She encounters [[the Lumiat]] for the first time. Missy decides to start calling herself a Time Lady after stealing the idea from the Lumiat, setting this before ''Death in Heaven''. She decides to go to Earth, leading directly into ''Brimstone and Terror''.  
: The Lumiat foils several of Missy's schemes, leading Missy to believe she is the Doctor. They spend some time travelling together, with the Lumiat trying to act as a good influence on her. However, Missy soon grows bored of the Lumiat and mortally wounds her, abandoning her in the middle of her regeneration.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Brimstone and Terror (audio story)|Brimstone and Terror]]''
== The Spy Master ==
: Missy is reunited with [[Oliver Davis|Oliver]] and [[Lucy Davis]]. Her vortex manipulator is now quantum linked to the Master TARDIS, and she uses the TCE, setting this after ''Lords and Masters''.
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* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Treason and Plot (audio story)|Treason and Plot]]''
: Missy becomes trapped on [[Earth]] in [[1605]] following her escape from Mr. Cosmo, setting this immediately after ''Brimstone and Terror''. Missy is teleported aboard the Monk's space station, leading directly into ''Too Many Masters''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Too Many Masters (audio story)|Too Many Masters]]''
: The Monk attempts to take his revenge on Missy, but they are immediately captured by the Ogrons, who wish to be recompensed for the events of ''Frontier in Space''. They escape in the Monk's TARDIS, with Missy suggesting that this is the beginning of "a horrible friendship".
 
==== 3W scheme ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy (short story)|The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy]]''
: Missy acquires three [[matrix data slice]]s from Lucy Saxon.
 
:: ''Missy creates the [[3W Institute]] in order to create a Cyberman army of the dead as part of her plan to rekindle her friendship with the Doctor. To further her plan, Missy arranges for [[Clara Oswald]] to join the [[Eleventh Doctor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]'') and that they remain together when he regenerates into his [[twelfth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') To finalize her 3W plot, Missy kills Clara's boyfriend, [[Danny Pink]], in a [[car accident]], then returns to the Scoundrels Club to gloat at her successful vengeance. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dismemberment (short story)|Dismemberment]]'')''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]''
: Missy welcomes the [[Half-Face Man]] to the [[Nethersphere]] after his death fighting the Twelfth Doctor.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]''
: Missy greets [[Gretchen Carlisle]] in the Nethersphere after she is killed by [[Dalek antibody|Dalek antibodies]].
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]''
: Missy is seen by PC [[Matthew (The Caretaker)|Matthew]] when he arrives in the Nethersphere after being killed by a [[Skovox Blitzer]].
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]''
: Missy keeps tabs on the Doctor and Clara as they face the [[Boneless]].
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]''
: Missy watches the Earth being protected from a [[solar flare]] by overgrown tress.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]''
: After watching the Doctor from afar, Missy meets the Twelfth Doctor for the first time when he and Clara visit the 3W Institute. She begins her Cyberman invasion and reveals her identity to the Doctor, leading directly into ''Death in Heaven''.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]''
: Missy's plan is thwarted by the Doctor and [[Danny Pink]], and Missy is seemingly killed by a Cyber-converted Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, but in actuality just teleports away using her vortex manipulator.
 
==== Further schemes ====
* [[WC]]: ''[[Who Is The Master? (webcast)|Who Is The Master?]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Teddy Sparkles Must Die! (short story)|Teddy Sparkles Must Die!]]''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]''
: Missy comes out of hiding to reveal that she is still alive to the Doctor and Clara.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]''
: Missy meets [[Davros]] for the first time in the [[Dalek City]].
 
==== After Skaro ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Liar, the Glitch and the War Zone (short story)|The Liar, the Glitch and the War Zone]]''
: Missy has just escaped from the Daleks, setting this immediately after ''The Witch's Familiar''. Missy repairs her TARDIS after it is damaged during a collision with a Gryphon ship.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Abominable Showmen (comic story)|The Abominable Showmen]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]''
: Follows on from ''The Abominable Showmen''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Yes, Missy (short story)|Yes, Missy]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dr. Twelfth (novel)|Dr. Twelfth]]''
: Missy is travelling via vortex manipulator.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Missy Loves Ghostie (comic story)|Missy Loves Ghostie]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Master's Beard (short story)|The Master's Beard]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Horror of Coal Hill (short story)|Doctor Who and the Horror of Coal Hill]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Winning (short story)|Winning]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]''
: Missy is using her vortex manipulator, which is her main means of travel. She recalls River's method of wiping memories, setting this after ''The Bekdel Test''. She primarily uses a Scottish accent, suggesting a setting after ''Deep Breath''.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Missing Habitas Frond (short story)|Missing Habitas Frond]]''
: Missy recalls escaping [[Skaro]] following ''The Witch's Familiar''. The Doctor is currently on [[Darillium]], leaving Missy bored and missing him.
 
==== Imprisoned in the Vault ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Missy on Trial (short story)|Missy on Trial]]''
: Missy is captured by the "Enemies of Life" to stand trial, and is sentenced to be executed, leading directly into ''Extremis''.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]''
: Missy is saved from her execution by the Doctor and [[Nardole]]. She is placed in [[The Vault (The Pilot)|a Quantum Fold Chamber]].
 
:: ''Missy is taken to [[St Luke's University]] in the [[1940]]s to be imprisoned by the Doctor, who hopes to rehabilitate her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'')''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Girl Power! (short story)|Girl Power!]]''
: Missy is being held in the Vault, and is beginning to reform her ways, though still insists on doing good in a sadistic way.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]''
: In [[2017]], Missy realises the Doctor had begun traveling again, and bangs on the Vault doors.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Knock Knock (TV story)|Knock Knock]]''
: The Doctor has dinner with Missy.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]''
: Missy meets [[Bill Potts]] when the Doctor comes to her for advice on how to defeat the [[Monk (species)|Monks]].
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]''
: Nardole releases Missy from the Vault so she can help him return the TARDIS to [[1881]] [[Mars]].
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Eaters of Light (TV story)|The Eaters of Light]]''
: With the Doctor now trusting her more, Missy is asked to do maintenance on the TARDIS.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Pain Management (short story)|Pain Management]]''
: The Doctor allows Missy to accompany him, Bill and Nardole on a trip in the TARDIS. However, when she kills someone's during the trip, the Doctor realises that she's not yet ready to accompany them fulltime.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Great Shopping Bill (comic story)|The Great Shopping Bill]]''
: Nardole says Missy cannot be let outside of the Vault again.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[A Confusion of Angels (comic story)|A Confusion of Angels]]''
 
==== The final test ====
* [[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]''
: Missy is taken to colony ship to test if she can be redeemed, but instead finds herself face-to-face with her "Harold Saxon" incarnation, leading directly into ''The Doctor Falls''.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Road To... (comic story)|The Road To...]]''
: Set during ''World Enough and Time'', when the Doctor, Nardole and Missy are taking the lift to [[Floor 1056]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]''
: Set after the prologue of ''The Doctor Falls''.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]''
: Despite a relapse in personality, Missy decides to join forces with the Doctor after fatally wounding the Master, but is seemingly killed by her past incarnation before she can.
 
=== The Lumiat ===
:: ''As she dies, Missy, tired of being evil, creates an [[Elysian field]] in order to kick start a new regeneration cycle and reconstructs her body into a distillation of all her goodness. This new incarnation takes on the name "the Lumiat" and seeks to do good in the universe, inspired by the Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lumiat (audio story)|The Lumiat]]'')''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lumiat (audio story)|The Lumiat]]''
: The Lumiat foils several of Missy's schemes, leading Missy to believe she is the Doctor. They spend some time travelling together, with the Lumiat trying to act as a good influence on her. However, Missy soon grows bored of the Lumiat and mortally wounds her, before abandoning her in the middle of her regeneration.
 
=== In a male body again ===
:: ''After regenerating into a male body, the Master learns the truth of the [[Timeless Child]] and destroys the [[Time Lord]] civilisation by ravaging Gallifrey. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'')''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]''
: The Master confronts the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Team TARDIS]] during an alliance with [[Daniel Barton]] and the [[Kasaavin]]. Pursuing the Doctor throughout Earth's history, the Master is left stranded and without a TARDIS in [[1943]] [[Paris]], where he is also taken prisoner by the [[Third Reich]].
 
:: ''After being trapped on Earth for 77 years, the Master is exiled to the [[Kasaavin realm]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'')''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor vs the Master (short story)|The Doctor vs the Master]]''
: The Master has made a [[psychic link]] with the Doctor, and is still taunting her with his knowledge of the Timeless Child, setting this before ''Ascension of the Cybermen''. He recalls his time as Missy, even referencing her imprisonment in the Vault.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]''
: The Master catches up with the Doctor at [[the Boundary]] on [[Gallifrey]], leading directly into ''The Timeless Children''.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]''
: After forming an alliance with the Cybermen to create the [[CyberMaster]]s from the bodies of the dead Time Lords, the Master and his [[Cyber-Army]] are apparently destroyed by [[Ko Sharmus]] with a [[Death particle]].


== Other universes ==
== Other universes ==
=== The {{Kisgart|n="Exiled" Master}} ===
=== The [[Unbound Master]] ===
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)|Sympathy for the Devil]]''
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Unbound Master}}
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Library in the Body (audio story)|The Library in the Body]]''


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Emporium At The End (audio story)|The Emporium At The End]]''
== Currently unplaced ==
:: ''These entries are placed here due to being part of ongoing storylines that have yet to offer sufficient enough evidence to be placed in a specific part of this Master's timeline, unless further evidence arises in the stories to come.''


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The True Saviour of the Universe (audio story)|The True Saviour of the Universe]]''
== Awaiting placement ==
:: ''These entries are placed here until a suitable position in the timeline can be determined based on the available evidence.''


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shockwave (TWM audio story)|Shockwave]]''
=== The ''Doctor Who'' Annuals Master ===
: The Master is the last being left alive in his universe, and is trapped for ten thousand years before being rescued by the [[Dalek Time Strategist]] of [[N-Space]], leading directly into ''He Who Wins''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[He Who Wins (audio story)|He Who Wins]]''
: The "Exiled" Master and {{Jacobi|n=the "War" Master}} join forces, and the "Exiled" Master escapes into N-Space.
 
== Currently Unplaced ==
=== "Renegade" incarnation ===
 
=== "UNIT enemy" incarnation ===
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master Thief (audio story)|Master Thief]]''
: The Master loses his memories and personality, but before going unconscious, has just enough time to record a message for his future self. He informs his future self of his identity, but assures himself that regeneration isn't necessary, nor would it solve the problem.
 
=== Thirteenth incarnation ===
 
=== "Tremas" incarnation ===
 
=== "Tzun" incarnation ===
 
=== "John Smith" incarnation ===
 
=== While body-jumping ===
 
=== "Bald" incarnation ===
 
=== "Child" incarnation ===
 
=== "War" incarnation ===
 
=== "Harold Saxon" incarnation ===
 
=== As "Missy" ===
 
=== As "the Lumiat" ===
 
=== "Spy" incarnation ===
 
=== Unclear incarnation ===
==== The ''Doctor Who'' Annuals Master ====
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Creation of Camelot (short story)|The Creation of Camelot]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Creation of Camelot (short story)|The Creation of Camelot]]''
: The Master is in the same body as described in ''The Radio Waves'', and is recognised by the [[Fifth Doctor]].
: The Master is in the same body as described in ''The Radio Waves'', and is recognised by the [[Fifth Doctor]].
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* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Radio Waves (short story)|The Radio Waves]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Radio Waves (short story)|The Radio Waves]]''
: The Master has "pale skin, prominent cheekbones, a neatly-trimmed black goatee, and voluminous hair with a widow peek", and is recognised by the [[Sixth Doctor]].
: The Master has "pale skin, prominent cheekbones, a neatly-trimmed black goatee, and voluminous hair with a widow peek", and is recognised by the [[Sixth Doctor]].
==== Degenerated body ====
== Footnotes ==
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This page lists appearances of The Master in the order in which they experienced them. It relies on much speculation to fit semi-contradictory sources together, and should absolutely not be seen as representative of this wiki's general policy.

Early life[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Master's early life

The War Chief[[edit source]]

Some accounts imply that the War Chief was an incarnation of the Master, (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons, Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon) although others state that they are separate individuals. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties, A Brief History of Time Lords)
The War Lord encounters the Time Lord who will become his War Chief in a Trastevarian jail, after the Time Lord regenerates from his injuries. (PROSE: Save Yourself)
The War Chief matches wits with the Second Doctor when he lands in the War Games, until he proposes an alliance with the Doctor to double-cross the War Lords and seize their powers for themselves. When his treachery is discovered, the War Chief is apparently executed.
Continuing on from The War Games, the War Chief undergoes a faulty regeneration from his execution, manifesting as two bodies fused together. Convincing the remaining War Lords that his treachery was a misunderstanding, the War Chief frees them from their time loop prison, and takes them to Nazi Germany, where he becomes an occult advisor to Adolf Hitler, with the intention of replacing him as Führer with Heinrich Himmler. When the Seventh Doctor exposes his plans, the War Chief is caught in an explosion at Drachensberg castle and is briefly glimpsed by Ace with a "young, tall, dark and satanically handsome" appearance.

The Master (Roger Delgado)[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Master (Terror of the Autons)

The Decayed Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - Decayed Master

The "Tremas" Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Master (Tremas)

The "Bruce" Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Master (Bruce)

The Old Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - Old Master

The Reborn Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - Reborn Master

The "War Child" Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - "War Child" Master

The War Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - War Master

The Saxon Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Master (Harold Saxon)

Missy[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - Missy

The Lumiat[[edit source]]

In an aborted timeline, the Lumiat projects herself to Missy to warn her of the dangers of an entropy wave. She asks Missy to give over her remaining regenerations, but Missy refuses.
The Lumiat foils several of Missy's schemes, leading Missy to believe she is the Doctor. They spend some time travelling together, with the Lumiat trying to act as a good influence on her. However, Missy soon grows bored of the Lumiat and mortally wounds her, abandoning her in the middle of her regeneration.

The Spy Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Master (Spyfall)

Other universes[[edit source]]

The Unbound Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Unbound Master

Currently unplaced[[edit source]]

These entries are placed here due to being part of ongoing storylines that have yet to offer sufficient enough evidence to be placed in a specific part of this Master's timeline, unless further evidence arises in the stories to come.

Awaiting placement[[edit source]]

These entries are placed here until a suitable position in the timeline can be determined based on the available evidence.

The Doctor Who Annuals Master[[edit source]]

The Master is in the same body as described in The Radio Waves, and is recognised by the Fifth Doctor.
The Master has "pale skin, prominent cheekbones, a neatly-trimmed black goatee, and voluminous hair with a widow peek", and is recognised by the Sixth Doctor.