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This page lists '''appearances of [[The Master]] in the order in which they experienced them'''. It relies on much speculation to fit semi-contradictory sources together, and should ''absolutely not'' be seen as representative of this wiki's general policy.


This page lists '''appearances of [[The Master]] in the order in which he experienced them'''.
{{Doctor Who timelines}}


== Limiting factors ==
== Early life ==
What happened to the Master after ''Survival'' are hard to reconcile as there are three opposing accounts as to what happened.
{{Main|Theory:Timeline - The Master's early life}}
Events after ''Doctor Who'' are difficult to reconcile with each other as they offer contradictory accounts to what happened when the Master escaped the [[Eye of Harmony]].


==Series basics==
== The War Chief ==
''to be added''
:: ''Some accounts imply that the [[War Chief]] was an incarnation of the Master, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]'') although others state that they are separate individuals. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'', ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'')


==Timeline==
:: ''[[The War Lord]] encounters the Time Lord who will become his War Chief in a [[Trastevarian]] jail, after the Time Lord [[regenerate]]s from his injuries. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Save Yourself (short story)|Save Yourself]]'')''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'' (flashback)
:The Master gazes into the Time Vortex.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'' (flashback)
:The Master is at the Academy.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Toy (audio story)|The Toy]]''
:The Master is still living on Gallifrey.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]''
:The Master is already in his incarnation first seen in ''Terror of the Autons''.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nameless City (short story)|The Nameless City]]''
:The Master is wearing the clothes of the incarnation seen in ''Terror of the Autons'', but targets the Second Doctor, rather than the Third.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Reconnaissance (short story)|Reconnaissance]]''
:Leads into ''Terror of the Autons''.
*[[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]''
:The Master is imprisoned
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Freedom (short story)|Freedom]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)|The Man in the Ion Mask]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]''
:The Master is imprisoned.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Switching (short story)|The Switching]]''
:The Master moves to Fortress island, leading into ''[[The Sea Devils]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''
:The Master retrieves his TARDIS from where he hid it in ''The Face of the Enemy''.
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]''
:The Master intends to go to Skaro and ally with the Daleks.
*[[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Hidden Talent (short story)|Hidden Talent]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Seismologist's Story (short story)|The Seismologist's Story]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Fogbound (comic story)|Fogbound]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Smash Hit (short story)|Smash Hit]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Character Assassin (comic story)|Character Assassin]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Glen of Sleeping (comic story)|The Glen of Sleeping]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Last of the Gaderene (novel)|Last of the Gaderene]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Duke of Dominoes (short story)|The Duke of Dominoes]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]''
:The Master is badly injured by a Dalek superweapon and leads directly into ''The Deadly Assassin''.
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Trail of the White Worm (audio story)|Trail of the White Worm]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)|The Oseidon Adventure]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End]]''
:Leela knows who the Master is, placing it after ''The Oseidon Adventure'', but the Master hasn't met Nyssa yet, placing it before ''The Keeper of Traken''.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Evil One (audio story)|The Evil One]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Requiem for the Rocket Men (audio story)|Requiem for the Rocket Men]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death Match (audio story)|Death Match]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]''
: The Master gains the body of [[Tremas]]
*[[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Smoke and Mirrors (audio story)|Smoke and Mirrors]]''
: The Master is trying to reconstitute his body after it was broken down when Castrovalva was destroyed.
*[[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Creation of Camelot (short story)|The Creation of Camelot]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]''  
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[A Town Called Eternity]]''
:The Master is scarred after the events of ''Planet of Fire''.
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The End of the Line (audio story)|The End of the Line]]''
: [[The Valeyard]] tells the Master to stay away from the Doctor.
*[[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''


The Master's timeline takes three conflicting routes after ''Survival'' and before ''Doctor Who''.
* [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''
: The War Chief matches wits with the [[Second Doctor]] when he lands in the [[War Game]]s, until he proposes an alliance with the Doctor to double-cross the War Lords and seize their powers for themselves. When his treachery is discovered, the War Chief is apparently executed.


1.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]''
: Continuing on from ''The War Games'', the War Chief undergoes a faulty regeneration from his execution, manifesting as two bodies fused together. Convincing the remaining War Lords that his treachery was a misunderstanding, the War Chief frees them from their [[time loop]] prison, and takes them to [[Nazi]] [[Germany]], where he becomes an occult advisor to [[Adolf Hitler]], with the intention of replacing him as [[Führer]] with [[Heinrich Himmler]]. When the [[Seventh Doctor]] exposes his plans, the War Chief is caught in an explosion at [[Drachensberg]] [[castle]] and is briefly glimpsed by Ace with a "young, tall, dark and satanically handsome" appearance.
:Set immediately after [[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''. The Master apparently becomes a "full" Time Lord after making a deal with the Tzun, who make him a new body.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Housewarming (short story)|Housewarming]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''
:The Master's body is said to be breaking down.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]''
:The Master's previous body has broken down, turning him into the same form seen in ''The Keeper of Traken''.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]''


2.
== The Master (Roger Delgado) ==
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Stop the Pigeon (short story)|Stop the Pigeon]]''
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Terror of the Autons)}}
:The Master is still infected with the Cheetah virus.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Prime Time (novel)|Prime Time]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Prisoners of Time (comic story)|Prisoners of Time]]''
:The Master is wearing the same costume as in ''Destiny of the Doctors''.
*[[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]''
:The Master's previous body has broken down, turning him into the same form seen in ''The Keeper of Traken''.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]''


3.
== The Decayed Master ==
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Stop the Pigeon (short story)|Stop the Pigeon]]''
{{main|Theory:Timeline - Decayed Master}}
:The Master is still infected with the Cheetah virus.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Prime Time (novel)|Prime Time]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'' (cameo)
:The Master stays infected with the Cheetah virus until [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''.


*[[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'' / [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film]]''
=== The "Tremas" Master ===
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'' (cameo)
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Tremas)}}
:Set just after ''Doctor Who'' whilst the Master is trapped inside the Eye of Harmony.
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fallen (comic story)|The Fallen]]''
:The Master falls into the Time Vortex immediately after ''Doctor Who''.
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Glorious Dead (comic story)|The Glorious Dead]]''
:The Master is presumably sent back to the Eye of Harmony.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'' (cameo)
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Deadstone Memorial (novel)|The Deadstone Memorial]]'' (cameo)
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'' (cameo)
:The Master is still trapped inside the Eye of Harmony.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Forgotten (short story)|Forgotten]]''
:The Master escapes the Eye of Harmony.
:*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Prologue (short story)|Prologue]]''
:Set during the events of ''Forgotten''.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]''
:Set directly after ''Forgotten''.
''Eyes of the Master'' establishes that the Master is given a new set of regenerations by the Time Lords in exchange for his help.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time's Horizon (audio story)|Time's Horizon]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eyes of the Master (audio story)|Eyes of the Master]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Death of Hope (audio story)|The Death of Hope]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reviled (audio story)|The Reviled]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masterplan (audio story)|Masterplan]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Rule of the Eminence (audio story)|Rule of the Eminence]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Monster of Montmartre (audio story)|The Monster of Montmartre]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master of the Daleks (audio story)|Master of the Daleks]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[UNIT: Dominion (audio story)|UNIT: Dominion]]''
:The Master is working in direct opposition to the Time Lords.
*[[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''
:The Master regenerates into the form dubbed "Harold Saxon".
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Speech Day (short story)|Speech Day]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''
: The Master conquers the [[Earth]] with the [[Toclafane]].
*[[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]''
: Set a year after ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''. The year is subsequently reversed, and the Master is killed and burned. A hand picks up the Master's ring.
:*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story of Martha]]''
:Set during the final scene of ''Last of the Time Lords''.
*[[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''
: The [[Disciples of Saxon]] restore the Master to life using the ring from ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]''. The Master vanishes after Gallifrey is sent back into the [[Last Great Time War]].
:According to ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'' and ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'', after the Doctor left him behind in ''The End of Time'', the Master somehow escaped the universe Gallifrey was placed in in ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' and regenerated into a female form, who goes by "Missy".
*[[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[Flatline]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]''


==Unplaced==
=== The "Bruce" Master ===
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'' (cameo)
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Bruce)}}
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Astronomer's Apprentice (short story)|The Astronomer's Apprentice]]
 
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Doorway into Nowhere (short story)|Doorway into Nowhere]]''
=== The Old Master ===
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Listen - The Stars (short story)|Listen - the Stars]]''
{{main|Theory:Timeline - Old Master}}
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Out of the Green Mist (short story)|Out of the Green Mist]]''
 
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Night Flight to Nowhere (short story)|Night Flight to Nowhere]]''
== The Reborn Master ==
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Savers (short story)|The Time Savers]]''
{{main|Theory:Timeline - Reborn Master}}
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fellowship of Quan (short story)|The Fellowship of Quan]]''
 
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Radio Waves (short story)|The Radio Waves]]''
== The "War Child" Master ==
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who Fights Masterplan "Q" (short story)|Doctor Who Fights Masterplan "Q"]]''
{{main|Theory:Timeline - "War Child" Master}}
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The One Second Hour (short story)|The One Second Hour]]''
 
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Renegade (short story)|Birth of a Renegade]]''
== The War Master ==
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Spear of Destiny (short story)|The Spear of Destiny]]''
{{Main|Theory:Timeline - War Master}}
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Harvest of Time (novel)|Harvest of Time]]''
 
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Time Thief (comic story)|The Time Thief]]''
== The Saxon Master ==
[[category:timey-wimey detector|timey-wimey detector]]
{{Main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Harold Saxon)}}
 
== Missy ==
{{main|Theory:Timeline - Missy}}
 
== The Lumiat ==
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masterful (audio story)|Masterful]]''
: In an aborted timeline, the Lumiat projects herself to Missy to warn her of the dangers of an [[entropy wave]]. She asks Missy to give over her remaining regenerations, but Missy refuses.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lumiat (audio story)|The Lumiat]]''
: The Lumiat foils several of Missy's schemes, leading Missy to believe she is the Doctor. They spend some time travelling together, with the Lumiat trying to act as a good influence on her. However, Missy soon grows bored of the Lumiat and mortally wounds her, abandoning her in the middle of her regeneration.
 
== The Spy Master ==
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Spyfall)}}
 
== Other universes ==
=== The [[Unbound Master]] ===
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Unbound Master}}
 
== Currently unplaced ==
:: ''These entries are placed here due to being part of ongoing storylines that have yet to offer sufficient enough evidence to be placed in a specific part of this Master's timeline, unless further evidence arises in the stories to come.''
 
== Awaiting placement ==
:: ''These entries are placed here until a suitable position in the timeline can be determined based on the available evidence.''
 
=== The ''Doctor Who'' Annuals Master ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Creation of Camelot (short story)|The Creation of Camelot]]''
: The Master is in the same body as described in ''The Radio Waves'', and is recognised by the [[Fifth Doctor]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fellowship of Quan (short story)|The Fellowship of Quan]]''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Radio Waves (short story)|The Radio Waves]]''
: The Master has "pale skin, prominent cheekbones, a neatly-trimmed black goatee, and voluminous hair with a widow peek", and is recognised by the [[Sixth Doctor]].

Latest revision as of 07:17, 18 March 2023

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This page lists appearances of The Master in the order in which they experienced them. It relies on much speculation to fit semi-contradictory sources together, and should absolutely not be seen as representative of this wiki's general policy.

Early life[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Master's early life

The War Chief[[edit source]]

Some accounts imply that the War Chief was an incarnation of the Master, (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons, Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon) although others state that they are separate individuals. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties, A Brief History of Time Lords)
The War Lord encounters the Time Lord who will become his War Chief in a Trastevarian jail, after the Time Lord regenerates from his injuries. (PROSE: Save Yourself)
The War Chief matches wits with the Second Doctor when he lands in the War Games, until he proposes an alliance with the Doctor to double-cross the War Lords and seize their powers for themselves. When his treachery is discovered, the War Chief is apparently executed.
Continuing on from The War Games, the War Chief undergoes a faulty regeneration from his execution, manifesting as two bodies fused together. Convincing the remaining War Lords that his treachery was a misunderstanding, the War Chief frees them from their time loop prison, and takes them to Nazi Germany, where he becomes an occult advisor to Adolf Hitler, with the intention of replacing him as Führer with Heinrich Himmler. When the Seventh Doctor exposes his plans, the War Chief is caught in an explosion at Drachensberg castle and is briefly glimpsed by Ace with a "young, tall, dark and satanically handsome" appearance.

The Master (Roger Delgado)[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Master (Terror of the Autons)

The Decayed Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - Decayed Master

The "Tremas" Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Master (Tremas)

The "Bruce" Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Master (Bruce)

The Old Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - Old Master

The Reborn Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - Reborn Master

The "War Child" Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - "War Child" Master

The War Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - War Master

The Saxon Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Master (Harold Saxon)

Missy[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - Missy

The Lumiat[[edit source]]

In an aborted timeline, the Lumiat projects herself to Missy to warn her of the dangers of an entropy wave. She asks Missy to give over her remaining regenerations, but Missy refuses.
The Lumiat foils several of Missy's schemes, leading Missy to believe she is the Doctor. They spend some time travelling together, with the Lumiat trying to act as a good influence on her. However, Missy soon grows bored of the Lumiat and mortally wounds her, abandoning her in the middle of her regeneration.

The Spy Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Master (Spyfall)

Other universes[[edit source]]

The Unbound Master[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Unbound Master

Currently unplaced[[edit source]]

These entries are placed here due to being part of ongoing storylines that have yet to offer sufficient enough evidence to be placed in a specific part of this Master's timeline, unless further evidence arises in the stories to come.

Awaiting placement[[edit source]]

These entries are placed here until a suitable position in the timeline can be determined based on the available evidence.

The Doctor Who Annuals Master[[edit source]]

The Master is in the same body as described in The Radio Waves, and is recognised by the Fifth Doctor.
The Master has "pale skin, prominent cheekbones, a neatly-trimmed black goatee, and voluminous hair with a widow peek", and is recognised by the Sixth Doctor.
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