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== Public enemy ==
== The War Chief ==
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:: ''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]]'')


== Thirteenth incarnation ==
:: ''[[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]]'')''
=== 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]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''
: Set during ''The Two Masters'', with the Master in the body of his future incarnation.
: 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.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]''
: 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''.
: 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.


* [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]''
== The Master (Roger Delgado) ==
: 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]].
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=== 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 ===
== The Decayed Master ==
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Façades (comic story)|Façades]]''
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* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Cat and Mouse (comic story)|Cat and Mouse]]''
=== The "Tremas" Master ===
: The Master wears his cloak from ''Destiny of the Doctors'', but has his youthful appearance and is unaffected by the Cheetah virus.
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* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Choice (comic story)|The Choice]]''
=== The "Bruce" Master ===
: Follows on from ''Cat and Mouse'', and leads directly into ''Endgame''.
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* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Endgame (POT comic story)|Endgame]]''
=== The Old Master ===
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* [[GAME]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror]]''
== The Reborn Master ==
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* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dr. Fifth (novel)|Dr. Fifth]]''
== The "War Child" Master ==
: The Master is wearing his clothes from ''Survival''.
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=== 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 is still infected with the Cheetah virus and loses control under stress.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prime Time (novel)|Prime Time]]''
: The Master has control of the virus, but is trying to acquire a new body as the virus will kill his Trakenite body within a year's time. The Doctor last met him in ''Stop the Pigeon''.
 
:: ''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.
 
== Restored by the Tzun ==
* [[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]].
 
== Deathworm morphant body-hopping ==
=== Swallowing 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 ==
== The War Master ==
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== As "Harold Saxon" ==
== The Saxon Master ==
Main article: [[Theory:Timeline - The Master (Harold Saxon)]]
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== Missy ==
== Missy ==
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== The Lumiat ==
== 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]]: ''[[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.


* [[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.
: 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.
 
== 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]]''
== The Spy Master ==
: 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]].
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Spyfall)}}


== 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]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The True Saviour of the Universe (audio story)|The True Saviour of the Universe]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shockwave (TWM audio story)|Shockwave]]''
: 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 ==
=== Thirteenth incarnation ===
 
=== "Tremas" incarnation ===


=== "Tzun" incarnation ===
== 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.''


=== "John Smith" incarnation ===
== Awaiting placement ==
:: ''These entries are placed here until a suitable position in the timeline can be determined based on the available evidence.''


=== While body-jumping ===
=== The ''Doctor Who'' Annuals Master ===
 
=== "Bald" incarnation ===
 
=== "Child" incarnation ===
 
=== "Harold Saxon" incarnation ===
 
=== 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.