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{{Infobox Individual
{{Infobox Individual
|individual name= Professor Yana
|image            = YanaUpset.jpg
|alias= [[The Master]]
|aliases          = The Nice One
|image= [[Image:Professor_Yana.jpg|250px]]
|species          = Human
|race= [[Human]] (disguised [[Time Lord]])
|origin          = [[Silver Devastation]]
|home planet=  
|job              = Scientist
|home era= [[100,000,000,000,000]]
|first mention cs = Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''
|first cs        = Utopia (TV story)
|actor= [[Derek Jacobi]]
|appearances      = {{il|[[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)}}|[[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Alone (audio story)}}}}
}}
|actor      = Derek Jacobi
|clip        = The Master Returns - Utopia - Doctor Who - BBC
}}{{you may|Yana (The Stone House)}}
[[Professor]] '''Yana''' was a [[human]] identity the [[War Master]] created for himself when using a [[Chameleon Arch]] to escape the [[Last Great Time War]].


{{Quote|One more lost soul dreaming of Utopia.|Yana}}
== Creation ==
After the [[War Master]] meddled with the [[Heavenly Paradigm]], completely altering the state of the [[Last Great Time War]] to one that was ultimately more favourable to the [[Dalek Empire|Daleks]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)}}) he then saw the [[Dalek Prime|Dalek Emperor]] take control of the [[Time Lords]]' [[Cruciform]], which frightened him into fleeing from the war. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sound of Drums (TV story)}}) The Master fled to the far end of time and sent [[the Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] away to [[Gallifrey]] without him. He then used a [[Chameleon Arch]] to turn himself into a [[human]] [[baby]], intending to eventually resume control of his body once the Time War had ended. Speaking to his infant body, the Master's consciousness advised him not to cry, telling Yana that one day the people of the universe would need their master. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)}})


'''Professor Yana''' appeared to be a [[Human]] scientist, who was in reality an incarnation of the renegade [[Time Lord]] known as [[the Master]].  
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Physically [[human]], the rejuvenated Yana was found as a "naked child" on the coast of the [[Silver Devastation]] with only an "heirloom" [[Biodata module|fob watch]], which he would carry throughout his life without ever thinking to open it, thanks to a [[perception filter]]. As a result of this perception filter on his own watch, he could never keep time and was always late for things.


==Profile==
Being a version of the Master, Professor Yana was plagued throughout his life by [[the Drumming]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') implanted into the Master's mind as a child ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') by {{Dalton}}. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') However, unlike the Master himself, Yana heard the Drumming in short, overwhelming "spells", rather than a constant, even drumbeat. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
Just as [[John Smith]] had false memories concerning his early life, Yana's might have remembered false memories created when Yana came to existence. It can be said with some degree of certainty that at least 17 years of Yana's memories prior to meeting the Doctor are real, as that is how long he had been with Chantho.


Physically [[Human]], Yana was an orphan found on the coast of the [[Silver Devastation]] with only a fob watch, which in reality held the Time Lord self of [[the Master]]. He could never keep time and was always late for things. He spent his life moving from one refugee ship to another and all his life he heard the sound of drums every waking hour as if they were getting closer.  
=== Career as scientist ===
Yana spent his life moving from one refugee ship to another. He had retained the Master's brilliant intellect and became a scientist; this made him invaluable to the scraps of civilisation remaining in the universe at this late stage of its history, as scientists were in short supply. There had not been a [[university]] in a thousand years by the time of Yana's "childhood", and the title of [[Professor]], which he took on, was described by him as nothing more than an affectation. Over the years, Yana heard stories about how there was [[time travel]] in the old days, but never gave them much credit.


In actuality, as [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] had done, he had subsumed his identity into that of a [[human]] form and locked his actual [[Time Lord]] identity into the fob watch. As the Master later observed, this disguise was so perfect that he forgot who he was, although Yana was plagued by half-remembered fragments of his former life (a fallout of the fob watch) and terrible headaches in which he heard the beat of drums (which had been harassing the Master's mind since he stared directly at the [[Time Vortex]], at [[Gallifrey]]). Yana retained the Master's brilliant intellect and ultimately became responsible for sending the remnants of Humanity to [[Utopia (planet)|Utopia]].  
On one refugee ship, he watched after [[Rafe (Alone)|Rafe]] who had once saved him from being mugged after he was lost after curfew. Rafe then helped him gain equipment for his experiments and to improve communications. He asked to come with Rafe when he went searching for survivors. Arriving on a new refugees ship they shared quarters. He managed to get a laboratory space and taught [[Lori (Alone)|Lori]] and others scientific principles. He started to get worried about Rafe as he was forgetting time, food and acting strangely. He asked [[Garth (Alone)|Garth]] to look into Rafe's memory. Rafe was mugged and injured and Yana became worried about being alone. He gave him his fob watch. He told [[Jaxine (Alone)|Jaxine]] how they came to know each other. He came to see Rafe before he was about to be discharged but Rafe called him a liar. Returning to his work he managed to recieve a signal from his machine before Rafe destroyed it. He talked to Rafe before he was moved to a convict ship. Rafe asked him to save humanity. The watch was returned to him. He then was able to decode the signal, telling him to "Come to [[Utopia (Utopia)|Utopia]]". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Alone (audio story)}})


He eventually became friends with the last of [[Malmooth]] race, scientist [[Chantho]], thought to be the last of her kind. Together, they worked on the [[Utopia Project]] to get the [[human]]s from the [[planet]] [[Malcassairo]] to [[Utopia (planet)|Utopia]].
Yana ultimately became responsible for sending the remnants of humanity from their refuge on [[Malcassairo]] to Utopia. He became friends with another scientist, [[Chantho]], who was thought to be the last of the native [[Malmooth]] race. Together, they worked on the [[Utopia Project]] to convey the surviving humans from the [[planet]] [[Malcassairo]] to [[Utopia (Utopia)|Utopia]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')


Yana met [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] who said phrases curiously familiar to him, phrases such as [[Time Vortex]], [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] and [[regeneration]]. Martha made the Professor suspicious of a watch in his possession, so that, hearing voices in his mind that commanded and entreated him; he activated the device and returned to his true identity.
=== Meeting his end ===
[[File:TheMaster(Yana).jpg|right|thumb|"I am the Master!" ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')]]
Yana met the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Martha Jones]], who spoke phrases curiously familiar to him, phrases such as [[Time Vortex]], "extermination", Time War, Daleks and [[regeneration]]. Martha made the Professor aware of a watch in his possession. Hearing voices in his mind that commanded and entreated him, he opened it and returned to his true identity as the War Master, which effectively destroyed Yana's personality. After being shot by a dying Chantho, the Master regenerated into {{Simm|n=his next incarnation}} shortly thereafter and left behind the form of Yana forever. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')


As the Master, he let down the defences allowing the [[Futurekind]] in and dismantled the components, which allowed the system for the rocket to start up in the first place. Chantho held him at gunpoint. The Master grabbed the loose end of the live electrical cable and first threatened and then fatally attacked her, incidentally killing the last of the Malmooth.
=== Legacy ===
The dying [[Face of Boe]] warned the [[Tenth Doctor]] of the Master's impending return with the last words, ''"You are not alone"'', ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'') which the Doctor eventually realised worked out to the [[acronym]] "YANA". ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')


As the Master grabbed [[the Doctor's hand]], which Jack Harkness had brought to Malcassario, the dying Chantho managed to shoot him before she died herself. The Master stumbled into [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] with the hand, locked the door with a [[deadlock seal]] and [[regenerate|regenerated]].
Looking back at her various "past faces", and although he was not technically speaking a [[regeneration]] of hers, [[Missy]] thought of Yana as "the Nice One", to be contrasted with {{Simm|n="the Bonkers One"}} she became after Yana recovered his Time Lord memories. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Meet Missy! (short story)|Meet Missy!]]'') On her [[Spacebook]] profile, Missy acknowledged the time that she "became a human", which followed her first sixteen [[death]]s; it was after having "stopped being a human" that the Master died for the seventeenth time, and only after the {{Simm|n=eighteenth death}} that the Master became Missy.  ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Girl Power! (short story)|Girl Power!]]'')


:''The name Yana is thought to be an acronym of "'''Y'''ou '''A'''re '''N'''ot '''A'''lone", a reference to the [[Face of Boe]]'s dying words.''
== Personality ==
 
In his human form, Yana was a benign old man who had lost faith in the Utopia project. His spirit was revitalised by the Doctor, and the two shared a mutual admiration. He was also somewhat scatterbrained and slightly lacking in self-confidence, at one point referring to himself as "a stupid old man." Also like the Doctor, Yana could not tell Chantho fancied him much the way Martha fancied the Doctor.  He had a deeply compassionate side wishing to help the last of humanity reach Utopia even planning to stay behind on Malcassairo and activate the rocket. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
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In his human form, Yana was a benign old man who had nevertheless lost some faith in the Utopia project. His spirit was revitalised by the Doctor, and the two shared a mutual admiration. He was also somewhat scatterbrained and slightly lacking in self-confidence, at one point referring to himself as "a stupid old man."
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After his Time Lord essence was restored, the Master reverted to his usual self, sexist, arrogant and ruthless with a cold dignity. All traces of the benevolent and humble Professor Yana were flushed away and replaced with a vindictive sense of humour and a bitter, vicious streak, sharpened by his sense of humiliation at having spent years as a human, a being he sees as degenerate.
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Professor Yana was a human identity the War Master created for himself when using a Chameleon Arch to escape the Last Great Time War.

Creation[[edit] | [edit source]]

After the War Master meddled with the Heavenly Paradigm, completely altering the state of the Last Great Time War to one that was ultimately more favourable to the Daleks, (AUDIO: The Heavenly Paradigm [+]Loading...["The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)"]) he then saw the Dalek Emperor take control of the Time Lords' Cruciform, which frightened him into fleeing from the war. (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"]) The Master fled to the far end of time and sent his TARDIS away to Gallifrey without him. He then used a Chameleon Arch to turn himself into a human baby, intending to eventually resume control of his body once the Time War had ended. Speaking to his infant body, the Master's consciousness advised him not to cry, telling Yana that one day the people of the universe would need their master. (AUDIO: The Heavenly Paradigm [+]Loading...["The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)"])

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Early life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Physically human, the rejuvenated Yana was found as a "naked child" on the coast of the Silver Devastation with only an "heirloom" fob watch, which he would carry throughout his life without ever thinking to open it, thanks to a perception filter. As a result of this perception filter on his own watch, he could never keep time and was always late for things.

Being a version of the Master, Professor Yana was plagued throughout his life by the Drumming (TV: Utopia) implanted into the Master's mind as a child (TV: The Sound of Drums) by Rassilon. (TV: The End of Time) However, unlike the Master himself, Yana heard the Drumming in short, overwhelming "spells", rather than a constant, even drumbeat. (TV: Utopia)

Career as scientist[[edit] | [edit source]]

Yana spent his life moving from one refugee ship to another. He had retained the Master's brilliant intellect and became a scientist; this made him invaluable to the scraps of civilisation remaining in the universe at this late stage of its history, as scientists were in short supply. There had not been a university in a thousand years by the time of Yana's "childhood", and the title of Professor, which he took on, was described by him as nothing more than an affectation. Over the years, Yana heard stories about how there was time travel in the old days, but never gave them much credit.

On one refugee ship, he watched after Rafe who had once saved him from being mugged after he was lost after curfew. Rafe then helped him gain equipment for his experiments and to improve communications. He asked to come with Rafe when he went searching for survivors. Arriving on a new refugees ship they shared quarters. He managed to get a laboratory space and taught Lori and others scientific principles. He started to get worried about Rafe as he was forgetting time, food and acting strangely. He asked Garth to look into Rafe's memory. Rafe was mugged and injured and Yana became worried about being alone. He gave him his fob watch. He told Jaxine how they came to know each other. He came to see Rafe before he was about to be discharged but Rafe called him a liar. Returning to his work he managed to recieve a signal from his machine before Rafe destroyed it. He talked to Rafe before he was moved to a convict ship. Rafe asked him to save humanity. The watch was returned to him. He then was able to decode the signal, telling him to "Come to Utopia". (AUDIO: Alone [+]Loading...["Alone (audio story)"])

Yana ultimately became responsible for sending the remnants of humanity from their refuge on Malcassairo to Utopia. He became friends with another scientist, Chantho, who was thought to be the last of the native Malmooth race. Together, they worked on the Utopia Project to convey the surviving humans from the planet Malcassairo to Utopia. (TV: Utopia)

Meeting his end[[edit] | [edit source]]

"I am the Master!" (TV: Utopia)

Yana met the Tenth Doctor, Jack Harkness and Martha Jones, who spoke phrases curiously familiar to him, phrases such as Time Vortex, "extermination", Time War, Daleks and regeneration. Martha made the Professor aware of a watch in his possession. Hearing voices in his mind that commanded and entreated him, he opened it and returned to his true identity as the War Master, which effectively destroyed Yana's personality. After being shot by a dying Chantho, the Master regenerated into his next incarnation shortly thereafter and left behind the form of Yana forever. (TV: Utopia)

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

The dying Face of Boe warned the Tenth Doctor of the Master's impending return with the last words, "You are not alone", (TV: Gridlock) which the Doctor eventually realised worked out to the acronym "YANA". (TV: Utopia)

Looking back at her various "past faces", and although he was not technically speaking a regeneration of hers, Missy thought of Yana as "the Nice One", to be contrasted with "the Bonkers One" she became after Yana recovered his Time Lord memories. (PROSE: Meet Missy!) On her Spacebook profile, Missy acknowledged the time that she "became a human", which followed her first sixteen deaths; it was after having "stopped being a human" that the Master died for the seventeenth time, and only after the eighteenth death that the Master became Missy. (PROSE: Girl Power!)

Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]

In his human form, Yana was a benign old man who had lost faith in the Utopia project. His spirit was revitalised by the Doctor, and the two shared a mutual admiration. He was also somewhat scatterbrained and slightly lacking in self-confidence, at one point referring to himself as "a stupid old man." Also like the Doctor, Yana could not tell Chantho fancied him much the way Martha fancied the Doctor. He had a deeply compassionate side wishing to help the last of humanity reach Utopia even planning to stay behind on Malcassairo and activate the rocket. (TV: Utopia)

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