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|writer           = John Dorney
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|director         = [[Jamie Anderson]]
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|producer          = [[David Richardson]]
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|music             = [[Jamie Robertson]]
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|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
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|release date   = [[13 June (releases)|13 June]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
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|release date     = 13 June 2016
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-78178-887-5
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two hundred and thirteenth story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and two incarnations of [[the Master]], as played by [[Geoffrey Beevers]] and [[Alex Macqueen]]. It was the third and final part of a "Multi-Master" trilogy.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two hundred and thirteenth story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[John Dorney]] and featured Sylvester McCoy as the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Geoffrey Beevers]] as the [[Decayed Master]] and [[Alex Macqueen]] as {{Macqueen|n=the New Master}}.
 
It was the third and final part of a "Multi-Master" trilogy and suggested a new explanation of how the Decayed Master acquired such a state.  


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
The future is dying. All over the universe, gaps are beginning to appear. From the space lanes terrorised by the rag-tag remnants of the once-mighty [[Rocket Men]], to the empire of the [[Gorlan]]s, stricken by a terrible civil war. Gaps in space/time, portents of the end of everything.
The future is dying. All over the [[universe]], gaps are beginning to appear. From the space lanes terrorised by the rag-tag remnants of the once-mighty [[Rocket Men]], to the empire of the [[Gorlan]]s, stricken by a terrible civil war. Gaps in space/time, portents of the end of everything.


Only three beings might prevent it. [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]], a renegade [[Time Lord]] from [[Gallifrey]]. {{Pratt|c}}, another renegade Time Lord from Gallifrey. And {{Macqueen|n=another Master}}, yet another renegade Time Lord from Gallifrey.
Only three beings might prevent it. [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]], a renegade [[Time Lord]] from [[Gallifrey]]. [[Decayed Master|The Master]], another renegade Time Lord from Gallifrey. And [[Reborn Master|another Master]], yet another renegade Time Lord from Gallifrey.


One Doctor. Two Masters. What could possibly go wrong?
One Doctor. Two Masters. What could possibly go wrong?
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* {{Pratt|n=The Old Master}} - [[Geoffrey Beevers]]
* [[Decayed Master|The Old Master]] - [[Geoffrey Beevers]]
* {{Macqueen|n=The New Master}} - [[Alex Macqueen]]  
* {{Macqueen|n=The New Master}} - [[Alex Macqueen]]
* [[Jemima (The Two Masters)|Jemima]] - [[Lauren Crace]]  
* [[Jemima (The Two Masters)|Jemima]] - [[Lauren Crace]]
* [[Blore]]/[[Baron Jarvill]] - [[Russ Bain]]  
* [[Blore]] / [[Baron Jarvill]] - [[Russ Bain]]
* [[Tazeena]]/[[Bauza]]/[[Mum (The Two Masters)|Mum]] - [[Esther Hall]]
* [[Tazmeena]] / [[Bauza]] / [[Mum (The Two Masters)|Mum]] - [[Esther Hall]]
* [[Sebastian (The Two Masters)|Sebastian]] - [[James Garnon]]  
* [[Sebastian (The Two Masters)|Sebastian]] - [[James Garnon]]
* [[Sarlon]]/[[Time Lord (The Two Masters)|Time Lord]] - [[Neil Edmond]]  
* [[Sarlon]] / [[Time Lord (The Two Masters)|Time Lord]] - [[Neil Edmond]]
 
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
* Director - [[Jamie Anderson]]
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music - [[Jamie Robertson]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
* Sound Design - [[Martin Montague]]
* Writer - [[John Dorney]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[Rocket Men]] killed [[Jemima (The Two Masters)|Jemima]]'s family and kidnapped her.
* The Master describes the Rocket Men as "a pathetic ragtag group of no-hopers with delusions of power on a cosmic scale".
* The Master refers to Jemima as the Doctor's "[[monkey]]".
* The Master refers to Jemima as the Doctor's "[[monkey]]".
* Blank patches of [[no-time]] appear throughout all of recorded [[history]], and [[TARDIS]]es need to "project" over them.
* Blank patches of [[no-time]] appear throughout all of recorded [[history]], and [[TARDIS]]es need to "project" over them.
* The new Master claims that the Doctor flatters himself by thinking of him as being the [[James Moriarty|Moriarty]] to the Master's [[Sherlock Holmes|Holmes]] when he provides merely "adequate opposition worthy of very little attention".
* The "Bald" Master claims that the Doctor flatters himself by thinking of him as being the [[James Moriarty|Moriarty]] to the Master's [[Sherlock Holmes|Holmes]] when he provides merely "adequate opposition worthy of very little attention".
* The [[Gorlan]] are a [[silicate]] based lifeform.
* The [[Gorlan]] are a [[silicate]]-based lifeform.
* There were billions of casualties in the [[Gorlan Civil War]].
* There were billions of casualties in the [[Gorlan Civil War]].
* The decayed Master uses the pseudonym "[[Aliases of the Master|General Malgrove]]". "Malgrove" is the Gorlan word for "master".
* The Decayed Master uses the pseudonym "[[The Master's aliases|General Malgrove]]". "Malgrove" is the Gorlan word for "master".
* The new Master claims that the entire fleet of the [[Unholy Protocol]] could not stop him.
* The "Bald" Master claims that the entire fleet of the [[Transhuman Sisters of the Unholy Protocol|Unholy Protocol]] could not stop him.
* The new Master describes the [[Fifth Doctor]] as "the drippy blonde one" who "wanders around like nobody's who's ever played [[cricket]] ever" while the decayed Master describes the [[Sixth Doctor]] as "the carnival clown".
* The "Bald" Master describes the [[Fifth Doctor]] as "the drippy blonde one" who "wanders around dressed like nobody's who's ever played [[cricket]] ever", while the Decayed Master describes the [[Sixth Doctor]] as "the carnival clown".
* The Doctor describes the {{Ainley|n=the incarnation of the Master}} who stole [[Tremas]]' body as having a taste for melodrama.
* The Doctor describes the [[Tremas Master|incarnation of the Master]] who stole [[Tremas]]' body as having a taste for melodrama.
* The Doctor objects to allowing the two Masters to meet, stating that it is forbidden by both the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect]] and the [[Laws of Time]].
* The Doctor objects to allowing the two Masters to meet, stating that it is forbidden by both the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect]] and the [[Laws of Time]].
* The decayed Master, in the new Master's body, doesn't recognise the Seventh Doctor.
* The [[Cult of the Heretic]] worships a [[renegade Time Lord]] known as [[the Heretic]].
* The Doctor realises that the two Masters have switched as the decayed Master is usually a very serious sort while the other Master is more frivolous and willing to enjoy himself, the Doctor realising that the two incarnations acting like the other when he has a chance to hear them both in action.
* During his "decayed" incarnation, the Master experienced pain which was almost unendurable.
* The [[Cult of the Heretic]] worship a [[renegade Time Lord]] known as [[the Heretic]].
* The Doctor refers to the [[Grandfather Paradox]].
* The Doctor refers to the [[Grandfather Paradox]].
* The decayed Master tells that his future self that he has always wanted to kill one of the Doctor's [[companion]]s.
* The Decayed Master tells the "Bald" Master that he has always wanted to kill one of the Doctor's [[companion]]s.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was recorded on [[8 December (production)|8]] and [[9 December (production)|9 December]] [[2015 (production)|2015]] at [[the Soundhouse]].
* Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story received the audio short story ''[[The Monkey House (audio story)|The Monkey House]]''.
* Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story received the audio short story ''[[The Monkey House (audio story)|The Monkey House]]''.
* Part One of the story uses a pre-title sequence, a format used occasionally by Big Finish and the television series in the 1980s.
* Part One of the story uses a pre-title sequence, a format used occasionally by Big Finish and the television series in the 1980s.
* This is the first multi-Master story in performed ''Doctor Who''.
* This is the first multi-Master story in performed ''Doctor Who''.
* The Decayed Master argues that he would make a more suitable ruler, as the "Bald" Master looks far too much like a "low-ranking civil servant" to leave anyone quaking in their boots. This may be in reference to [[Alex Macqueen]]'s role in the British political satire {{wi|The Thick of It}}, in which Macqueen portrays a politician whose authority is regularly mocked and undermined.
* This is director [[Jamie Anderson]]'s favourite ''Doctor Who'' audio he has ever worked on, although ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'' came a close second.
* This story's account of how the Decayed Master acquired his appearance contradicts the account suggested in the [[1998 (releases)|1998]] novel ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'', where the [[The Master (Terror of the Autons)|"UNIT era" Master]] is depicted as being burnt after [[Susan Foreman]] shot him with his own [[Tissue Compression Eliminator|TCE]].
** The account of this audio story was later contradicted by the [[2020 (releases)|2020]] short story ''[[The Dead Travel Fast (short story)|The Dead Travel Fast]]'', where the Decayed Master refers to a regeneration seen in ''[[Doorway to Hell (comic story)|Doorway to Hell]]'' comic as a "failed one".


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor refers to his previous encounters with the Rocket Men. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rocket Men (audio story)|The Rocket Men]]'', ''[[Return of the Rocket Men (audio story)|Return of the Rocket Men]]'', ''[[Requiem for the Rocket Men (audio story)|Requiem for the Rocket Men]]'')
* The Doctor refers to his previous encounters with the Rocket Men. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rocket Men (audio story)|The Rocket Men]]'', ''[[Return of the Rocket Men (audio story)|Return of the Rocket Men]]'', ''[[Requiem for the Rocket Men (audio story)|Requiem for the Rocket Men]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that he destroyed the Rocket Men's [[The Asteroid|asteroid]] during his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Requiem for the Rocket Men (audio story)|Requiem for the Rocket Men]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that he destroyed the Rocket Men's [[The Asteroid|asteroid]] during his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Requiem for the Rocket Men (audio story)|Requiem for the Rocket Men]]'')
* The new Master recalls his encounter with the Rocket Men on the Asteroid. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Requiem for the Rocket Men (audio story)|Requiem for the Rocket Men]]'')
* The Rocket Men force those they capture into joining them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Requiem for the Rocket Men (audio story)|Requiem for the Rocket Men]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that he and the Master were once friends. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'', et. al)
* The "Bald" Master recalls his encounter with the Rocket Men on the Asteroid. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Requiem for the Rocket Men (audio story)|Requiem for the Rocket Men]]'')
* The Master's [[The Master's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is once again in the form of a [[grandfather clock]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[And You Will Obey Me (audio story)|And You Will Obey Me]]'')
* [[The Master's TARDIS]] is once again in the form of a [[grandfather clock]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[And You Will Obey Me (audio story)|And You Will Obey Me]]'')
* The Master refers to his imprisonment by [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'')
* The Master refers to his imprisonment by [[UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'')
* The Doctor cannot remember his encounters with the Master in [[Hexford]] in [[2016]] during his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[And You Will Obey Me (audio story)|And You Will Obey Me]]'') or at the prison with the [[Carmentine Mind Leach]] during his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]] also in 2016 ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vampire of the Mind (audio story)|Vampire of the Mind]]''), which he attributes to reality collapsing around the Masters.
* The Doctor cannot remember his encounters with the Master in [[Hexford]] in [[2016]] during his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[And You Will Obey Me (audio story)|And You Will Obey Me]]'') or at the prison with the [[Carmentine mind leech]] during his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]] also in 2016, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vampire of the Mind (audio story)|Vampire of the Mind]]'') which he attributes to reality collapsing around the Masters.
* The Doctor has previously met the new Master. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[UNIT: Dominion (audio story)|UNIT: Dominion]]'')
* The Doctor has previously met the "Bald" Master. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dominion (audio story)|Dominion]]'')
* The new Master advises the Doctor to use the [[Hostile Action Displacement System]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'')
* The "Bald" Master advises the Doctor to use the [[Hostile Action Displacement System]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that he has met [[Harry Houdini]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Smoke and Mirrors (audio story)|Smoke and Mirrors]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that he has met [[Harry Houdini]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Smoke and Mirrors (audio story)|Smoke and Mirrors]], [[Harry Houdini's War (audio story)|Harry Houdini's]]'' [[Harry Houdini's War (audio story)|''War'']])
* The Doctor refers to his visit to [[Little Hodcombe]] in [[1984]] during his fifth incarnation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'')
* The Doctor refers to his visit to [[Little Hodcombe]] in [[1984]] during his fifth incarnation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'')
* The new Master recalls his attempt to steal the Fifth Doctor's body. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[And You Will Obey Me (audio story)|And You Will Obey Me]]'')
* The "Bald" Master recalls his attempt to steal the Fifth Doctor's body. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[And You Will Obey Me (audio story)|And You Will Obey Me]]'')
* The new Master refers to the fact that he has broken into the Time Lord base on [[Tersurus]] before. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[UNIT: Dominion (audio story)|UNIT: Dominion]]'')
* The "Bald" Master refers to the fact that he has broken into the Time Lord base on [[Tersurus]] before. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dominion (audio story)|Dominion]]'')
* The decayed Master tells his future self that he has recently begun using [[staser]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* The Decayed Master tells the "Bald" Master that he has recently begun using [[staser]]s rather than the [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* The new Master discusses his earlier alliance with [[Lord Chancellor]] [[Goth]] on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* The "Bald" Master discusses his earlier alliance with [[Lord Chancellor]] [[Goth]] on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* The two versions of the Master initiate [[telepathic contact]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
* The two versions of the Master initiate [[telepathic contact]] to transfer information. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
* The Cult of the Heretic sent the [[Dragon Hunter]]s and the [[Transhuman Sisters]] to kill the new Master in Hexford in 2016. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[And You Will Obey Me (audio story)|And You Will Obey Me]]'')
* The Cult of the Heretic sent the [[Dragonhunter]]s and the [[Transhuman Sisters of the Unholy Protocol|Transhuman Sisters]] to kill the new Master in Hexford in 2016. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[And You Will Obey Me (audio story)|And You Will Obey Me]]'')
* After exchanging body with his future self, the decayed Master comments on his "new voice". ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
* After exchanging body with his future self, the Decayed Master comments on his "new voice". ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
* The Heretic was either killed by the Time Lords or imprisoned on [[Shada (prison)|Shada]] after plotting to regenerate the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'')
* The Heretic was either killed by the Time Lords or imprisoned on [[Shada]] after plotting to regenerate the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'')
* The new Master refers to his other incarnations as "{{Ainley|n=Mr Velveteen}}" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'') and "{{Roberts|n=the snake}}". ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]'')
* The "Bald" Master refers to his other incarnations as "{{Ainley|n=Mr Velveteen}}" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'') and "{{Roberts|n=the snake}}". ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]'')
* The Doctor tells the Masters that he does not always get along with his other selves. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'')
* The Doctor tells the Masters that he does not always get along with his other selves. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'')
* The Doctor comments that the universe is sick and needs a Doctor, much like {{simm|n=Harold Saxon}} during his victory speech in [[2008]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'').
* The Doctor comments that the universe is sick and needs a Doctor, much like [[Harold Saxon]] during his victory speech in [[2008]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
* During the first confrontation between the two Masters, the new Master is responsible for the decayed Master being reduced to his current state; this appears to contradict [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'', where the Master's condition is caused by Susan destroying a [[Matter transmuter]] in his TARDIS with his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]]. However, since the novel only depicts the Master being thrown from his TARDIS and being later discovered by Chancellor [[Goth]], rather than explicitly stating that he is reduced to his crippled state by the blast, the two can be reconciled with the assumption that the younger Master survived Susan's attack and subsequently found another TARDIS to begin his raid on the Terserus compound, leading to his future self's attack.
* The Doctor would later reboot the universe again during his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
* The Doctor would later reboot the universe again during his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
* In a flashback the Decayed Master had recently regenerated. ([[COMIC]]: [[Doorway to Hell (comic story)|Doorway To Hell]])


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The Two Masters was the two hundred and thirteenth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by John Dorney and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Geoffrey Beevers as the Decayed Master and Alex Macqueen as the New Master.

It was the third and final part of a "Multi-Master" trilogy and suggested a new explanation of how the Decayed Master acquired such a state.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The future is dying. All over the universe, gaps are beginning to appear. From the space lanes terrorised by the rag-tag remnants of the once-mighty Rocket Men, to the empire of the Gorlans, stricken by a terrible civil war. Gaps in space/time, portents of the end of everything.

Only three beings might prevent it. The Doctor, a renegade Time Lord from Gallifrey. The Master, another renegade Time Lord from Gallifrey. And another Master, yet another renegade Time Lord from Gallifrey.

One Doctor. Two Masters. What could possibly go wrong?

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  • This story was recorded on 8 and 9 December 2015 at the Soundhouse.
  • Subscribers whose subscriptions included this story received the audio short story The Monkey House.
  • Part One of the story uses a pre-title sequence, a format used occasionally by Big Finish and the television series in the 1980s.
  • This is the first multi-Master story in performed Doctor Who.
  • The Decayed Master argues that he would make a more suitable ruler, as the "Bald" Master looks far too much like a "low-ranking civil servant" to leave anyone quaking in their boots. This may be in reference to Alex Macqueen's role in the British political satire The Thick of It, in which Macqueen portrays a politician whose authority is regularly mocked and undermined.
  • This is director Jamie Anderson's favourite Doctor Who audio he has ever worked on, although Cold Fusion came a close second.
  • This story's account of how the Decayed Master acquired his appearance contradicts the account suggested in the 1998 novel Legacy of the Daleks, where the "UNIT era" Master is depicted as being burnt after Susan Foreman shot him with his own TCE.
    • The account of this audio story was later contradicted by the 2020 short story The Dead Travel Fast, where the Decayed Master refers to a regeneration seen in Doorway to Hell comic as a "failed one".

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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