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| | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
| | |featuring = Nicola Bryant (in-universe) | ||
|enemy = {{Ainley|c}} | |featuring2 = Mike Read | ||
|enemy = {{Ainley|c}} | |||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 3 January 1985 | ||
|network = | |network = BBC One | ||
|series = ''Saturday Superstore'' | |series = ''[[Saturday Superstore (series)|Saturday Superstore]]'' | ||
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'''''A Call from the Master''''' was a story that was broadcast on ''[[Saturday Superstore]]'' in [[1985 (releases)|1985]], to tie-in with ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]''. It featured an in-character cameo | {{TV stub}} | ||
'''''A Call from the Master''''' was a story that was broadcast on the children's phone-in show ''[[Saturday Superstore (series)|Saturday Superstore]]'' in [[1985 (releases)|1985]], to tie-in with ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]''. It featured an in-character voice-over cameo by [[Anthony Ainley]] as {{Ainley}}. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
[[ | The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant (The Trial)|Nicola Bryant]] are answering questions from callers during a phone-in on ''Saturday Superstore'', until {{Ainley|n=a familiar voice}} suddenly comes on the line... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | On ''[[Saturday Superstore]]'', [[Nicola Bryant (A Call from the Master)|Nicola Bryant]] from [[Wrexham]] calls in to ask "the other" [[Nicola Bryant (The Trial)|Nicola Bryant]] about why she chose to be an actress. After the call concludes, presenter [[Mike Read]] alerts them that an individual known as {{Ainley|n=the Master}} is on the line. | ||
The caller is indeed the Doctor's Time Lord arch-enemy, who proclaims that "[he] is the Master, and you will obey [him]", but the [[Sixth Doctor]] is taken aback as [[Fifth Doctor|he]], or rather, we, [[Planet of Fire (TV story)|had previously watched the Master die]]. The Master tells him that he would "come from the depths of [[hell]]" to haunt the Doctor, and he replies succinctly that the Master can't, as he's dead. | |||
The Master laughs, but Nicola reaffirms that she saw him die — the Master casts doubts on this, however. He then challenges the Doctor to settle things once and for all, to finally decide their [[feud]]. The Doctor accepts the challenge, but the Master only laughs and hangs up. Mike mentions that the Master didn't say where he was calling from while, on the desk in front of him, a small robot named SieveHead shakes his head. "I bet he reversed the charges!" exclaims the Doctor. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[ | * [[Sixth Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | ||
* [[Nicola Bryant]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | * [[Nicola Bryant (The Trial)|Nicola Bryant]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] | ||
* {{Ainley|c}} - [[Anthony Ainley]] | * {{Ainley|c}} - [[Anthony Ainley]] ''(voice only)'' | ||
* [[Mike Read]] - | * [[Mike Read]] - Himself | ||
* [[Nicola Bryant ( | * [[Nicola Bryant (A Call from the Master)|Nicola Bryant]] - Herself | ||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
''to be added'' | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* While they are in-costume as their characters, | * While they are in-costume as their characters, they both act in-character and not at the same time; Colin Baker is addressed as the Doctor, but also acts like Colin Baker. Similarly, Nicola is referred to as "the other Nicola" but appears to have the memories of both Peri and herself. In contrast, Anthony Ainley's voice-over cameo is entirely in-character as the Master. | ||
* A colour head-and-shoulders photograph of the Master appears when he comes on the line, with the on-screen caption <small>2: THE MASTER</small> — indicating the Master is on line 2. | |||
* This story was made to tie-in with {{Ainley}}'s return in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'', almost a month later. | * This story was made to tie-in with {{Ainley}}'s return in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'', almost a month later. | ||
{{Master stories}} | |||
{{Tremas Master stories}} | |||
{{DWU Doctor Who stories}} | |||
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[[Category:Parodic comedy sketches from non-DWU series]] | [[Category:Parodic comedy sketches from non-DWU series]] | ||
[[Category:1985 television stories]] | [[Category:1985 television stories]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:47, 12 August 2024
A Call from the Master was a story that was broadcast on the children's phone-in show Saturday Superstore in 1985, to tie-in with The Mark of the Rani. It featured an in-character voice-over cameo by Anthony Ainley as the Tremas Master.
Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant are answering questions from callers during a phone-in on Saturday Superstore, until a familiar voice suddenly comes on the line...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
On Saturday Superstore, Nicola Bryant from Wrexham calls in to ask "the other" Nicola Bryant about why she chose to be an actress. After the call concludes, presenter Mike Read alerts them that an individual known as the Master is on the line.
The caller is indeed the Doctor's Time Lord arch-enemy, who proclaims that "[he] is the Master, and you will obey [him]", but the Sixth Doctor is taken aback as he, or rather, we, had previously watched the Master die. The Master tells him that he would "come from the depths of hell" to haunt the Doctor, and he replies succinctly that the Master can't, as he's dead.
The Master laughs, but Nicola reaffirms that she saw him die — the Master casts doubts on this, however. He then challenges the Doctor to settle things once and for all, to finally decide their feud. The Doctor accepts the challenge, but the Master only laughs and hangs up. Mike mentions that the Master didn't say where he was calling from while, on the desk in front of him, a small robot named SieveHead shakes his head. "I bet he reversed the charges!" exclaims the Doctor.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
- Nicola Bryant - Nicola Bryant
- The Tremas Master - Anthony Ainley (voice only)
- Mike Read - Himself
- Nicola Bryant - Herself
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- While they are in-costume as their characters, they both act in-character and not at the same time; Colin Baker is addressed as the Doctor, but also acts like Colin Baker. Similarly, Nicola is referred to as "the other Nicola" but appears to have the memories of both Peri and herself. In contrast, Anthony Ainley's voice-over cameo is entirely in-character as the Master.
- A colour head-and-shoulders photograph of the Master appears when he comes on the line, with the on-screen caption 2: THE MASTER — indicating the Master is on line 2.
- This story was made to tie-in with the Tremas Master's return in TV: The Mark of the Rani, almost a month later.
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