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|main character = [[Shaw Taylor]]
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|enemy         = [[The Master]]
|main character     = [[Shaw Taylor (in-universe)|Shaw Taylor]]
|setting       = [[England]], [[1993]]
|enemy             = [[The Master]]
|writer         = [[Kevin Davies]]
|setting           = [[England]], [[1993]]
|director      = [[Kevin Davies]]
|writer             = Kevin Davies
|producer       = [[Kevin Davies]]
|director          = [[Ralph Montagu]], [[Caroline Wright]]
|broadcast date = [[10 December (releases)|10 December]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]]
|producer          = [[Caroline Wright]]
|network       = [[BBC One]]
|executive producer = [[John Whiston]]
|format         = 1x6 minute story
|broadcast date     = 10 December 1993
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'''''Police 5: The Master''''' was a short crime file about "master criminal" the Master. The story was a DWU edition of ''Police 5''.  
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'''''Police 5: The Master''''' (also sometimes referred to as '''''Crime File - The Master''''') was a short [[Crime File - The Master|crime file]] about "master criminal" [[the Master]]. It was broadcast for the 30th anniversary year of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' .


It was broadcast for the 30th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and was also broadcast before a repeat airing of ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'' episode five.
The story was a DWU edition of [[Shaw Taylor]]'s long-running five-minute ITV crime prevention series ''[[Police 5 (series)|Police 5]]'' (1962-1990).
 
It aired on [[BBC One]] alongside a repeat airing of ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'' episode five, as part of a series of featurettes called ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks (featurettes)|Doctor Who and the Daleks]]''.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
[[Shaw Taylor]] warns the viewers to be on the lookout for a dangerous criminal known as [[the Master]].
Shaw Taylor warns viewers to be on the lookout for a dangerous individual known as the Master.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Shaw Taylor]] - [[Shaw Taylor|himself]]
* [[Shaw Taylor]] - [[Shaw Taylor (in-universe)|himself]]


==== Archive footage ====
==== Archive footage ====
* [[The Master]] - [[Anthony Ainley]]  
* [[The Master]] - [[Anthony Ainley]]
* [[The Master]] - [[Roger Delgado]]  
* [[The Master]] - [[Roger Delgado]]
* [[The Master]] - [[Peter Pratt]]
* [[The Master]] - [[Peter Pratt]]
* [[Borusa]] - [[John Arnatt]]
* [[Borusa]] - [[John Arnatt]]
* [[Azal]] - [[Stephen Thorne]]  
* [[Azal]] - [[Stephen Thorne]]
* [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Jon Pertwee]]  
* [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Jon Pertwee]]
* [[Jo Grant]] - [[Katy Manning]]
* [[Jo Grant]] - [[Katy Manning]]
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]  
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]


== Crew ==
== Crew ==
* [[Writer]] - [[Kevin Davies]]
* [[Writer]] - [[Kevin Davies]]
* [[Director]] - [[Kevin Davies]]
* [[Director (crew)|Director]] - Ralph Montagu and Caroline Wright
* [[Producer]] - [[Kevin Davies]]
* [[Producer]] - Caroline Wright
* [[Executive producer]] - John Whiston


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Wanted posters for [[Zygon]]s, [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] and [[Sontaran]]s are visible on the wall behind [[Shaw Taylor|Shaw]].
* [[Wanted poster]]s for [[Zygon]]s, [[CyberNeomorph|Neomorph]] [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and the [[Sontaran]] [[Jingo Linx]] are visible on the wall behind Shaw Taylor.
* According to [[Shaw Taylor]], [[the Master]] is 700 years old. However, unlike the Doctor, no exact age for the Master was ever given in any of the character's appearances in any medium.
* Shaw Taylor lists three known "[[regeneration]]s" of the Master: {{Delgado|n=the nemesis}} of the [[Third Doctor]], the {{Pratt|n=decayed Master}}, and {{Ainley|n=the latest Master}}.
 
* The Master is mentioned by Shaw Taylor as being [[The Master's age|700 years old]], although no age was ever given for the character in any of his on-screen appearances.
== Continuity ==
''to be added''


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* Archive footage is used from many ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories from''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'' to ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''.
* This featurette uses archive footage is from many ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories, from ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'' to ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''.
* ''Police 5: The Master'' has never been made available as a [[DVD]] or Blu-ray extra due to copyright and clearance problems, and this is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.
* Along with ''[[The Man from MI.5 (TV story)|The Man from MI.5]]'', ''[[Glorious Goodwood (audio story)|Glorious Goodwood]]'', ''[[The Crusade (home video)|The Crusade]]'', ''[[Making Cocoa (home video)|Making Cocoa]]'' and ''[[The Stealers from Saiph (audio story)|The Stealers from Saiph]]'', this is one of six DWU productions to feature no surviving cast members.


== External links ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


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Police 5: The Master (also sometimes referred to as Crime File - The Master) was a short crime file about "master criminal" the Master. It was broadcast for the 30th anniversary year of Doctor Who .

The story was a DWU edition of Shaw Taylor's long-running five-minute ITV crime prevention series Police 5 (1962-1990).

It aired on BBC One alongside a repeat airing of Planet of the Daleks episode five, as part of a series of featurettes called Doctor Who and the Daleks.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Shaw Taylor warns viewers to be on the lookout for a dangerous individual known as the Master.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Archive footage[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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