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|series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]]
|range          = Doctor Who Annual 2006
|doctor = Ninth Doctor
|number in range = #6
|companions = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|image          = TMoM.jpg
|enemy = [[Akimus Makassar|Makassar]], the [[Unit (species)|Units]]
|doctor         = Ninth Doctor
|setting = [[Planet (The Masks of Makassar)|Unnamed planet]]
|companions     = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|writer = [[Paul Cornell]]
|enemy           = [[Akimus Makassar|Makassar]], the [[Unit (species)|Units]]
|illustrator = [[Martin Geraghty]]
|setting         = [[Planet (The Masks of Makassar)|Unnamed planet]]
|publication = [[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]
|writer         = Paul Cornell
|prev = Doctor vs Doctor (short story)
|illustrator     = [[Martin Geraghty]]
|next = Mr Nobody (comic story)
|genre          = Science fiction
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|format          = Short story
'''''The Masks of Makassar''''' was the second short story published in the [[Doctor Who Annual 2006|2006 ''Doctor Who'' Annual]].
|release date    = September 2005
|publisher      = Panini UK
|publication     = ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]''
|series          = ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]''
|prev           = Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story){{!}}Meet the Doctor
|next           = Mr Nobody (comic story)
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'''''The Masks of Makassar''''' was the third short story and sixth release exclusively published in the ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'' in [[September (releases)|September]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] by [[Panini UK]] and the [[BBC]]. The short story was written by [[Paul Cornell]] and illustrated by [[Martin Geraghty]].


== Summary ==
== Plot ==
The Doctor is asked to represent an alien planet. But his eternal grief at the loss of the [[Time Lord]]s begins clouding his judgement, and when Rose is put in danger, the Doctor discovers a trap has been set - and he has walked straight into it.
The [[Ninth Doctor]] is asked to represent an alien planet. But his eternal grief at the loss of the [[Time Lord]]s begins clouding his judgement, and when Rose is put in danger, the Doctor discovers a trap has been set - and he has walked straight into it.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Unit (species)|Units]]
* [[Unit (species)|Units]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The visions from Rose's memory include the [[Powell Estate]] and [[Jackie Tyler]].
* The visions from Rose's memory include the [[Powell Estate]] and [[Jackie Tyler]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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''According to Paul Cornell on the commentary for Scream of the Shalka this story would have been used had Richard E Grant’s version of The Doctor gone to series. So he recycled it when asked to write for this annual instead.''  


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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The Masks of Makassar was the third short story and sixth release exclusively published in the Doctor Who Annual 2006 in September 2005 by Panini UK and the BBC. The short story was written by Paul Cornell and illustrated by Martin Geraghty.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Ninth Doctor is asked to represent an alien planet. But his eternal grief at the loss of the Time Lords begins clouding his judgement, and when Rose is put in danger, the Doctor discovers a trap has been set - and he has walked straight into it.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

According to Paul Cornell on the commentary for Scream of the Shalka this story would have been used had Richard E Grant’s version of The Doctor gone to series. So he recycled it when asked to write for this annual instead.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor mentions the Matrix as something the Time Lords used to "keep their minds in after they died".
  • The Doctor is haunted by the destruction of his homeworld, a running theme throughout his ninth incarnation.