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|main character    = {{Gomez}}
|main character    = [[Missy]]
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|publisher        = BBC Children's Books
|publisher        = BBC Children's Books
|release date      = [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|anthology        = Doctor Who The Official Annual 2016
|publication      = ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2016]]''
|release date      = 1 October 2015
|series            = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]]
|series            = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]]
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'''''Meet Missy!''''' was a short story published in ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2016]]''. It was written in the first person from {{Gomez}}'s perspective and saw the Master summarising their own life story.
'''''Meet Missy!''''' was a short story published in ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2016]]''. It was written in the first person from [[Missy]]'s perspective and saw the Master summarising their own life story.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
{{Gomez}} tells her life story — from the day she first met [[the Doctor]] to her escape from the [[Dalek City]] on the reborn post-[[Last Great Time War|War]] [[Skaro]]!
[[Missy]] tells her life story — from the day she first met [[the Doctor]] to her escape from the [[Dalek City]] on the reborn post-[[Last Great Time War|War]] [[Skaro]]!


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Clara Oswald]]
* [[Clara Oswald]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
*{{Gomez}} refers to [[Clara Oswald]] as her latest [[minion]], whom she describes as "scarier" than past allies of hers, including the [[Nestene Consciousness|Nestenes]], the [[Dalek]]s and "her [[Cyberman|Cyberdears]]".
* [[Missy]] refers to [[Clara Oswald]] as her latest [[minion]], whom she describes as "scarier" than past allies of hers, including the [[Nestene Consciousness|Nestenes]], the [[Dalek]]s and her "[[Cyberman|Cyberdears]]".
*According to Missy, she and [[the Doctor]] stared into the [[Untempered Schism]] together as "little boys"; he was fine while the Master-to-be "went completely gaga", albeit finding the experience pleasurable.
* According to Missy, she and [[the Doctor]] stared into the [[Untempered Schism]] together as "little boys"; he was fine while the Master-to-be "went completely gaga", albeit finding the experience pleasurable.
*Missy notes that she has spent "the last few [[1000 (number)|thousand]] [[year]]s" trying to "obliterate" the Doctor.
* Missy notes that she has spent "the last few [[1000 (number)|thousand]] [[year]]s" trying to "obliterate" the Doctor.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
*This story was the first to suggest that {{Pratt|n= the "decayed" Master}} as seen in [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'' was not simply the result of the Master's last incarnation having hanged on to a thread of life despite injury or extremely old age, but rather the result of the Master's thirteenth incarnation attempting one more regeneration despite being at the end of his [[regeneration cycle]] — resulting in "his face falling off". This idea would later be picked up on by [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor vs the Master (short story)|The Doctor vs the Master]]''.
* This story was the first to suggest that the [[Decayed Master]], first seen in [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'' was not simply the result of them continuing to survive after an injury or reaching an extremely old age, but rather the result of the Master's thirteenth incarnation attempting one more regeneration despite being at the end of his [[regeneration cycle]] — resulting in "his face falling off". This idea would later be picked up on by the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor vs the Master (short story)|The Doctor vs the Master]]''.
*{{Gomez}} is shown to only remember {{Ainley|n= the Ainley incarnation of the Master}}'s contact with the [[Cheetah virus]] very vaguely. This is an apparent reference to the variety of conflicting accounts of how the Master's struggle with the virus played out after the events of ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''.
* [[Missy]] is shown to only remember {{Ainley|n=the "Tremas" Master}}'s contact with the [[Cheetah virus]] very vaguely. This is an apparent reference to the variety of conflicting accounts of how the Master's struggle with the virus played out after the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Missy summarises her activities in several incarnations: "the Beardy One", who had to "hang around" [[Earth]]] "all the time" because [[the Doctor]] was [[Exile on Earth|exiled there]]; ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', etc.) "the Yucky One", who was the product of the Master attempting to regenerate one more time despite being at the end of his [[regeneration cycle]]; ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor vs the Master (short story)|The Doctor vs the Master]]'') "the Sneaky One", who was fond of disguises and may or may not have once turned into a cat; ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') "the Snaky One", who escaped {{Tipple|n= execution on Skaro}} by turning into a [[snake]] and stealing a new body; ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') [[Yana|"the Nice One"]], a kindly human scientist who was unaware of his true nature; ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') "the Bonkers One" who once got himself elected [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') and later replaced every [[human]] on Earth with a version of himself; ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') and finally, Missy herself, "the Best One", who describes herself as being "back in the Doctor's life" and notes that in her opinion, "he loves [her], really". ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'')
* Missy summarises her activities in several incarnations;
* The Master has a "vague memory" of turning into a [[cat]] once when they were "the Sneaky One". ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')
** "{{Delgado|n=The Beardy One}}", who had to "hang around" [[Earth]] "all the time" because [[the Doctor]] was [[Exile on Earth|exiled]] there. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
* Missy notes that her [[minion]]s have included [[Auton]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'') "her [[Cyberman|Cyberdears]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'') and [[Clara Oswald]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')
** "[[Decayed Master|The Yucky One]]", who was the product of the Master attempting to regenerate one more time despite being at the end of his [[regeneration cycle]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor vs the Master (short story)|The Doctor vs the Master]]'')
** "{{Ainley|n=The Sneaky One}}", who was fond of disguises and may or may not have once "[[Cheetah virus|turned into a cat]]"; ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')
** "{{Roberts|n=The Snaky One}}", who escaped his execution on [[Skaro]] by turning into a [[Deathworm Morphant|snake]] and stealing a new body. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
** "[[War Master|The Nice One]]", a [[Yana|kindly human scientist]] who was unaware of his true nature. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
** "{{Simm|n=The Bonkers One}}" who once got himself elected [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') and later replaced every [[human]] on Earth with a version of himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
** "The Best One", [[Missy]] herself, who describes herself as being "back in the Doctor's life" and notes that in her opinion, "he loves [her], really". ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'')
* Missy notes that her [[minion]]s have included [[Auton]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'') her "[[Cyberman|Cyberdears]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'') and [[Clara Oswald]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')
* Missy remembers staring in the [[Untempered Schism]] as "a little boy" and going "completely gaga". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
* Missy remembers staring in the [[Untempered Schism]] as "a little boy" and going "completely gaga". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
* She insists that ''she'' is the Doctor's [[archenemy]], not [[Davros]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'')
* She insists that she is the Doctor's [[archenemy]], and that [[Davros]] is not. She had also expressed this sentiment when the [[Twelfth Doctor]] indeed regarded Davros as his "archenemy". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'')


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Meet Missy! was a short story published in Doctor Who The Official Annual 2016. It was written in the first person from Missy's perspective and saw the Master summarising their own life story.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Missy tells her life story — from the day she first met the Doctor to her escape from the Dalek City on the reborn post-War Skaro!

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Missy refers to Clara Oswald as her latest minion, whom she describes as "scarier" than past allies of hers, including the Nestenes, the Daleks and her "Cyberdears".
  • According to Missy, she and the Doctor stared into the Untempered Schism together as "little boys"; he was fine while the Master-to-be "went completely gaga", albeit finding the experience pleasurable.
  • Missy notes that she has spent "the last few thousand years" trying to "obliterate" the Doctor.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was the first to suggest that the Decayed Master, first seen in TV: The Deadly Assassin was not simply the result of them continuing to survive after an injury or reaching an extremely old age, but rather the result of the Master's thirteenth incarnation attempting one more regeneration despite being at the end of his regeneration cycle — resulting in "his face falling off". This idea would later be picked up on by the Thirteenth Doctor in PROSE: The Doctor vs the Master.
  • Missy is shown to only remember the "Tremas" Master's contact with the Cheetah virus very vaguely. This is an apparent reference to the variety of conflicting accounts of how the Master's struggle with the virus played out after the events of TV: Survival.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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According to one account, the Master had the appearance of Roger Delgado while on Gallifrey. According to another, he had Anthony Ainley's likeness. According to another one, the one with James Dreyfus's appearance was the incarnation who ran away from Gallifrey.

Divided Loyalties, A Brief History of Time Lords and The Legions of Death feature, or otherwise acknowledge, the War Chief, but in the process contradicted the notion put forward by other stories that he was an incarnation of the Master.

One account suggests that the incarnation portrayed by Roger Delgado may be the same as the one portrayed by Peter Pratt while some others distinguish them.

According to one account, the incarnation portrayed by Gordon Tipple is the one portrayed by Anthony Ainley, while some others state that the Ainley one was already lost by then.

While fighting to extend his life at the end of his regeneration cycle, many bodies were possessed by the Beevers incarnation, but all kept somehow reverting to his real being until he finally regenerated into the MacQueen one. Hence, these sections cannot be strictly chronological
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