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'''Sir Derek Jacobi''' is a British actor, knighted in [[1994]] for his services to theatre.
{{Infobox Person
|image        = Derek Jacobi.jpg
|birth date  = [[22 October (people)|22 October]] [[1938 (people)|1938]]
|role        = [[War Master]]
|job title    = [[Actor]]
|story        = [[#Credits|See Credits Section]]
|time        = 2003, 2007, 2009, 2017-present
|non dwu      =
|imdb        = 0001394
|clip        = Derek Jacobi Full Q&A Oxford Union
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'''Sir Derek Jacobi, CBE''' (born [[22 October (people)|22 October]] [[1938 (people)|1938]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1054384443626901506 Twitter]</ref>) voiced [[The Master (Scream of the Shalka)|an alternative Master]] in the animated webcast ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' before returning as a version of [[War Master|the Master]] (billed as "Professor Yana") in the televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''. He reprised his role as the Master at [[Big Finish]], in ''[[The War Master (audio series)|The War Master]]''.


He has performed in three different media for ''Doctor Who''.  Undoubtedly most associated with the character of [[the Master]], he played two different incarnations of that [[Time Lord]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Utopia]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka]]'')  He also portrayed [[Martin Bennister]], an aging would-be television writer whose life was apparently ruined by his inability to sell a series called ''Doctor Who''. ([[DWU]]: ''[[Deadline]]'')
Jacobi also voiced [[Martin Bannister]] and [[Doctor Who (Deadline)|Doctor Who]] in the ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' audio drama ''[[Deadline (audio story)|Deadline]]''.


According to an interview he gave for ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', being on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' was a lifelong goal of his, as was playing a part on ''[[Coronation Street]]''.  
He was one of many names put forward for the part of the [[Eighth Doctor]].<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/tvm.html</ref> Jacobi finally did get to play the Eighth Doctor when he and the Master swapped bodies in the audio anthology ''[[Hearts of Darkness (audio anthology)|Hearts of Darkness]]''.


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He was also considered for the role of Captain [[Rorvik]] in ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]''. ([[TCH 33]])


== Career ==
According to an interview he gave for ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', being on ''Doctor Who'' was a long term goal of his, ever since the 1960s, as was playing a part on ''[[Coronation Street]]''. He has also played the [[Caesar|Roman Emperor]] [[Claudius]] in ''[[I, Claudius]]'' and Ellis Peters' medieval-detective Brother Cadfael on ITV Television in the 1990s (interestingly, in season 1 the other main character of the series was played by [[Sean Pertwee]], son of [[Jon Pertwee]]). Cadfael's role has also been played on radio by [[Philip Madoc]] and [[Glyn Houston]]. He also voiced Ivor Operatski in the children's TV series ''Angelina Ballerina'' alongside [[Finty Williams]].


[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors|Jacobi, Derek]]
[[Philip Purser-Hallard]] said he pictured Derek Jacobi as Claudius whilst writing ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]''. He also pictured Jacobi as [[Alan Turing]], which he said made writing parts where the two were together rather odd.<ref>[http://www.infinitarian.com/otcotsbook3.html OF THE CITY OF THE SAVED... NOTES: BOOK THREE]</ref>
[[Category:Actors who portrayed the Master|Jacobi, Derek]]
 
[[Category:LGBT cast|Jacobi, Derek]]
He appeared in the BAFTA award-winning series ''Last Tango in Halifax,'' alongside [[Anne Reid]], [[Sarah Lancashire]], [[Nicola Walker]] and [[Tony Gardner]].
 
== Personal life ==
He is the partner of [[Richard Clifford]],<ref>https://www.queerty.com/derek-jacobis-mom-thought-gay-phase-tell-richard-clifford-partner-43-years-20210222</ref><ref>https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoner-s-diary-honours-even-not-for-sir-derek-jacobi-and-his-esquire-a3485586.html</ref> who co-starred with Derek in Big Finish's audio anthology ''[[Anti-Genesis (audio anthology)|Anti-Genesis]]''.
 
== Credits ==
As the [[War Master]]
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' - [[War Master|Professor Yana]]
 
=== Webcasts ===
==== The War Master ====
* ''[[The Legend of... the Master? (webcast)|The Legend of... the Master?]]'' - [[Eighth Doctor|"War Master"]] (uncredited)
 
=== Audio ===
==== Special Releases ====
* ''[[Masterful (audio story)|Masterful]]''
 
==== Ravenous ====
* ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]''
 
==== The War Master ====
* ''[[Only the Good (audio anthology)|Only the Good]]''
** ''[[Beneath the Viscoid (audio story)|Beneath the Viscoid]]''
** ''[[The Good Master (audio story)|The Good Master]]''
** ''[[The Sky Man (audio story)|The Sky Man]]''
** ''[[The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)|The Heavenly Paradigm]]''
* ''[[The Master of Callous (audio anthology)|The Master of Callous]]''
** ''[[Call for the Dead (audio story)|Call for the Dead]]''
** ''[[The Glittering Prize (audio story)|The Glittering Prize]]''
** ''[[The Persistence of Dreams (audio story)|The Persistence of Dreams]]''
** ''[[Sins of the Father (audio story)|Sins of the Father]]''
* ''[[Rage of the Time Lords (audio anthology)|Rage of the Time Lords]]''
** ''[[The Survivor (audio story)|The Survivor]]''
** ''[[The Coney Island Chameleon (audio story)|The Coney Island Chameleon]]''
** ''[[The Missing Link (audio story)|The Missing Link]]''
** ''[[Darkness and Light (audio story)|Darkness and Light]]''
* ''[[Anti-Genesis (audio anthology)|Anti-Genesis]]''
** ''[[From the Flames (audio story)|From the Falmes]]''
** ''[[The Master's Dalek Plan (audio story)|The Master's Dalek Plan]]''
** ''[[Shockwave (TWM audio story)|Shockwave]]''
** ''[[He Who Wins (audio story)|He Who Wines]]''
* ''[[Hearts of Darkness (audio anthology)|Hearts of Darkness]]''
** ''[[The Edge of Redemption (audio story)|The Edge of Redemption]]'' - [[Eighth Doctor|"The Master"]]
** ''[[The Scaramancer (audio story)|The Scaramancer]]'' - [[Eighth Doctor|"The Master"]]
** ''[[The Castle of Kurnos 5 (audio story)|The Castle of Kurnos 5]]''
** ''[[The Cognition Shift (audio story)|The Cognition Shift]]''
* ''[[Killing Time (audio anthology)|Killing Time]]''
** ''[[The Sincerest Form of Flattery (audio story)|The Sincerest Form of Flattery]]''
** ''[[A Quiet Night In (audio story)|A Quiet Night In]]''
** ''[[The Orphan (audio story)|The Orphan]]''
** ''[[Unfinished Business (audio story)|Unfinished Business]]''
* ''[[Self-Defence (audio anthology)|Self-Defence]]''
** ''[[The Forest of Penitence (audio story)|The Forest of Penitence]]''
** ''[[The Players (audio story)|The Players]]''
** ''[[Boundaries (audio story)|Boundaries]]''
** ''[[The Last Line (audio story)|The Last Line]]''
* ''[[Escape from Reality (audio anthology)|Escape from Reality]]''
** ''[[The Wrath of Medusa (audio story)|The Wrath of Medusa]]''
** ''[[The Shadow Master (audio story)|The Shadow Master]]''
** ''[[The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor (audio story)|The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor]]''
** ''[[The Master of Dorian Gray (audio story)|The Master of Dorian Gray]]''
* ''[[Solitary Confinement (audio anthology)|Solitary Confinement]]''
** ''[[The Walls of Absence (audio story)|The Walls of Absence]]''
** ''[[The Long Despair (audio story)|The Long Despair]]''
** ''[[The Life and Loves of Mr Alexander Bennett (audio story)|The Life and Loves of Mr Alexander Bennett]]''
** ''[[The Kicker (audio story)|The Kicker]]''
* ''[[Rogue Encounters (audio anthology)|Rogue Encounters]]''
** ''[[Runtime (audio story)|Runtime]]''
** ''[[Manhunt (WM audio story)|Manhunt]]''
** ''[[The Sublime Porte (audio story)|The Sublime Porte]]''
** ''[[Alone (audio story)|Alone]]'' - also [[War Master|Professor Yana]]
 
==== Gallifrey: Time War ====
* ''[[The Devil You Know (audio story)|The Devil You Know]]''
 
==== UNIT: The New Series ====
* ''[[Master of Worlds (audio story)|Master of Worlds]]''
 
==== The Diary of River Song ====
* ''[[Concealed Weapon (audio story)|Concealed Weapon]]''
 
Other Roles
=== Webcasts ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' - [[The Master (Scream of the Shalka)|The Master]]
 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Unbound ====
* ''[[Deadline (audio story)|Deadline]]'' - [[Martin Bannister]] / [[The Doctor (TV Action!)|Doctor Who]]
 
==== The War Master ====
* ''[[The Castle of Kurnos 5 (audio story)|The Castle of Kurnos 5]]'' - [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* ''[[The Cognition Shift (audio story)|The Cognition Shift]]'' - The Doctor
 
=== Audiobook Readings ===
==== Target Novelisations ====
* ''[[The Mind Robber (novelisation)|The Mind Robber]]''
 
==== Tales of Terror ====
* ''[[The Monster in the Woods (short story)|The Monster in the Woods]]''
* ''[[Baby Sleepy Face (short story)|Baby Sleepy Face]]''
 
== External links ==
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* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=46744 Derek Jacobi] at the Internet Broadway Database
 
== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:Big Finish Doctor Who Unbound voice actors]]
[[Category:The War Master voice actors]]
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[[Category:Big Finish Gallifrey voice actors]]
[[Category:BBC Audio audiobook readers]]
[[Category:Emmy Award winners]]
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[[Category:Tony Award winners]]
[[Category:Laurence Olivier Award winners]]
[[Category:Screen Actors Guild Award winners]]
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[[Category:UNIT: The New Series voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish regular cast]]
[[Category:The Diary of River Song voice actors]]
[[Category:Ravenous voice actors]]
[[Category:Actors who have voiced for the Doctor]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed the Eighth Doctor]]
[[Category:Special Releases voice actors]]
[[Category:Dark Gallifrey voice actors]]

Latest revision as of 12:21, 24 August 2024

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Sir Derek Jacobi, CBE (born 22 October 1938[1]) voiced an alternative Master in the animated webcast Scream of the Shalka before returning as a version of the Master (billed as "Professor Yana") in the televised Doctor Who episode Utopia. He reprised his role as the Master at Big Finish, in The War Master.

Jacobi also voiced Martin Bannister and Doctor Who in the Doctor Who Unbound audio drama Deadline.

He was one of many names put forward for the part of the Eighth Doctor.[2] Jacobi finally did get to play the Eighth Doctor when he and the Master swapped bodies in the audio anthology Hearts of Darkness.

He was also considered for the role of Captain Rorvik in Warriors' Gate. (TCH 33)

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

According to an interview he gave for Doctor Who Confidential, being on Doctor Who was a long term goal of his, ever since the 1960s, as was playing a part on Coronation Street. He has also played the Roman Emperor Claudius in I, Claudius and Ellis Peters' medieval-detective Brother Cadfael on ITV Television in the 1990s (interestingly, in season 1 the other main character of the series was played by Sean Pertwee, son of Jon Pertwee). Cadfael's role has also been played on radio by Philip Madoc and Glyn Houston. He also voiced Ivor Operatski in the children's TV series Angelina Ballerina alongside Finty Williams.

Philip Purser-Hallard said he pictured Derek Jacobi as Claudius whilst writing Of the City of the Saved.... He also pictured Jacobi as Alan Turing, which he said made writing parts where the two were together rather odd.[3]

He appeared in the BAFTA award-winning series Last Tango in Halifax, alongside Anne Reid, Sarah Lancashire, Nicola Walker and Tony Gardner.

Personal life[[edit] | [edit source]]

He is the partner of Richard Clifford,[4][5] who co-starred with Derek in Big Finish's audio anthology Anti-Genesis.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

As the War Master

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

The War Master[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ravenous[[edit] | [edit source]]

The War Master[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallifrey: Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]

UNIT: The New Series[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Diary of River Song[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other Roles

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Unbound[[edit] | [edit source]]

The War Master[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook Readings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tales of Terror[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Twitter
  2. ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/tvm.html
  3. ↑ OF THE CITY OF THE SAVED... NOTES: BOOK THREE
  4. ↑ https://www.queerty.com/derek-jacobis-mom-thought-gay-phase-tell-richard-clifford-partner-43-years-20210222
  5. ↑ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoner-s-diary-honours-even-not-for-sir-derek-jacobi-and-his-esquire-a3485586.html
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