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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'''. 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.
{{Doctor Who timelines}}


== Limiting factors ==
== 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]].
{{Main|Theory:Timeline - The Master's early life}}


==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 child who would become the Master is presumably in his first incarnation.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'' (flashback/dream sequence)
:"Koschei" is at the Academy.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]''
:The Magistrate lives on Gallifrey — though it's uncertain whether he is really the same Master.
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Flashback (comic story)|Flashback]]''
:"Magnus" lives on Gallifrey. He's said to carelessly waste regenerations.
It was intended that Magnus be the Master and the War Chief, who were intended to be the same character. ''Divided Loyalties'' identified the two as separate, but the accuracy of the dream flashbacks is questionable.


===War Chief===
* [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'' / [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|Doctor Who and 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.
:The War Chief is a renegade and lives off-Gallifrey. The Time Lords try to execute him, but he just regenerates.


Here, the Master's timeline splits in two.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]''
: 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.


1.
== The Master (Roger Delgado) ==
===KE LE===
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Terror of the Autons)}}
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)|Sympathy for the Devil]]''
:The regenerated War Chief is stranded on Earth and regenerates again into Ke Le.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Library in the Body (audio story)|The Library in the Body]]'' (cameo)
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Emporium at the End (audio story)|The Emporium at the End]]''


2.
== The Decayed Master ==
===Felix Kriegslieter===
{{main|Theory:Timeline - Decayed Master}}
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]''
:The War Chief regenerates into Kriegslieter, who later regenerates into the "Koschei" incarnation.


===Koschei===
=== The "Tremas" Master ===
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Toy (audio story)|The Toy]]''
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Tremas)}}
:The Master is living on Gallifrey, but is the incarnation first seen in ''Terror of the Autons''.
*[[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. He is malevolent and the Doctor is travelling with Jamie and not Victoria, so after ''The Dark Path''.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoners of the Sun (short story)|Prisoners of the Sun]]''
:The Master doesn't appear, but a Time Lord mentions that he has escaped Shada.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Reconnaissance (short story)|Reconnaissance]]''
:Leads into ''Terror of the Autons''.
*[[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Doorway into Nowhere (short story)|Doorway into Nowhere]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]''
*[[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]]: ''[[Harvest of Time (novel)|Harvest of Time]]''
: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]]: ''[[Listen - The Stars (short story)|Listen - the Stars]]''
:Arbitrary placement.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Out of the Green Mist (short story)|Out of the Green Mist]]''
:Arbitrary placement.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Night Flight to Nowhere (short story)|Night Flight to Nowhere]]''
:Arbitrary placement.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]''
:The Master intends to go to Skaro and ally with the Daleks, leading into ''Frontier in Space''.
*[[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]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who Fights Masterplan "Q" (short story)|Doctor Who Fights Masterplan "Q"]]''
*[[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]]''
:The Doctor has regenerated.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]''
:The Master is badly injured, leading into ''The Deadly Assassin''. According to this, the Master is already in his thirteenth incarnation. Note that this contradicts ''Sympathy for the Devil'', where he is able to regenerate after the Doctor's exile, and ''The Two Masters'', where the version of him burnt is probably a different one.


===Damien Scott===
=== The "Bruce" Master ===
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]'' (Old Master flashbacks)
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Bruce)}}
:The Master has avoided being burnt, but encounters his future incarnation, who scars him. The Old Master steals the New Master's body.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vampire of the Mind (audio story)|Vampire of the Mind]]''


===Van Houten===
=== The Old Master ===
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]'' (Old Master)
{{main|Theory:Timeline - Old Master}}
:The Master is badly injured, leading into ''The Deadly Assassin''.
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Museum of Curiosities (audio story)|The Museum of Curiosities]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jago & Son (audio story)|Jago & Son]]'' (cameo)
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Maurice (audio story)|Maurice]]'' (cameo)
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Woman in White (audio story)|The Woman in White]]'' (cameo)
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masterpiece (audio story)|Masterpiece]]''
:The Master left Gallifrey straight for Earth looking for the Doctor.
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]'' (flashback)
:The Master meets his future selves.
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Abominable Showmen (comic story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]''
*[[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]]''
:The Master hasn't met Nyssa yet, placing it before ''The Keeper of Traken''. Release order position for original Four/Leela Big Finish audios.
*[[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]]


===Tremas===
== The Reborn Master ==
*[[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''
{{main|Theory:Timeline - Reborn Master}}
*[[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]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Renegade (short story)|Birth of a Renegade]]''
*[[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 (short story)|A Town Called Eternity]]''
:The Master is scarred because of ''Planet of Fire''.
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Savers (short story)|The Time Savers]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fellowship of Quan (short story)|The Fellowship of Quan]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Radio Waves (short story)|The Radio Waves]]''
*[[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]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]'' (flashback)
:The Master meets his past and future selves.
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Abominable Showmen (comic story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Stop the Pigeon (short story)|Stop the Pigeon]]''
:The Master is still infected with the Cheetah virus from ''Survival''.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Prime Time (novel)|Prime Time]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Facades (comic story)|Facades]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Choice (comic story)|The Choice]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Endgame (POT comic story)|Endgame]]''
:The Master is wearing the same costume as in ''Destiny of the Doctors''. He is not affected by the Cheetah virus.
*[[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]''


===Major Kreer===
== The "War Child" Master ==
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]''
{{main|Theory:Timeline - "War Child" Master}}
:The Master is affected by the Cheetah virus. It recurred after seemingly being cured in ''Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark'' as well, in Ace. The Tzun attempt to give the Master a new regeneration cycle, and his first regeneration cures the cheetah virus.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Housewarming (short story)|Housewarming]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''
:The Master's supposed new regeneration cycle has not worked, and his body is breaking down.


===Mr Seta===
== The War Master ==
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]''
{{Main|Theory:Timeline - War Master}}
:The Master's old body has broken down by the Warp Core, turning him into the same form seen in ''The Keeper of Traken''.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'' (cameo)
:The Master is in his Trakenite form, which continues to be infected with the Cheetah virus until [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''. He gains a Deathworm Morphant and steals another body.
*[[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'' (execution scene)
:The Master is executed by the Daleks because... reasons.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]''
:The Doctor has already travelled with Chris and Roz, so this is after ''Lungbarrow'' - when he was sent to retrieve the Master's remains. He also has enough power over the Master to (with Death's help) create his life as "John Smith." So ''Master'' has been placed here on the assumption that, rather than even trying to return the Master's remains to Gallifrey, he takes advantage of his possession of said remains to give the Master his "John Smith" life. Then, while the Master spends ten years as John Smith, the Doctor has other adventures - which nicely explains why there can be stories set between ''Lungbarrow'' and ''Doctor Who''.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Omegamorphosis (short story)|Omegamorphosis]]''
: This is a body stolen by the Master as a way to survive.<!--Details please, someone? The Master stealing a body doesn't indicate why it's put directly before ''Doctor Who''.-->


=== Bruce ===
== The Saxon Master ==
*[[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'' / [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film]]''
{{Main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Harold Saxon)}}
:*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]'' (flashback)
:*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Abominable Showmen (comic story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''
:*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]''
: Set while the Master is wearing Bruce's outfit.
:*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Glorious Dead (comic story)|The Glorious Dead]]'' (flashback)
: The Master falls into the Eye of Harmony during the climax of ''Doctor Who''.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'' (cameo)
*[[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)
: In all of these cameos, the Master is still trapped inside the Eye of Harmony.


: At this point the Master's timeline takes two contradictory routes.
== Missy ==
{{main|Theory:Timeline - Missy}}


1.
== 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.


===Don Maestro===
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lumiat (audio story)|The Lumiat]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Forgotten (short story)|Forgotten]]''
: 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 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''. At the end, the Master is free and has his grandfather clock TARDIS, contradicting ''Nevermore'' and ''Eyes of the Master''.
===War King===
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'' (cameo) <!--Can someone elaborate on this cameo for those of us who haven't read it?-->
:This takes place during [[The War|the War]], and is definitely written out of history by ''The Ancestor Cell''. This potentially explains why ''Forgotten'' et al. contradict ''The Fallen'' et al.
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[w:c:factionparadox:The Book of the War|The Book of the War]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[w:c:factionparadox:Body Politic (audio story)|Body Politic]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[w:c:factionparadox:Words from Nine Divinities (audio story)|Words from Nine Divinities]]''
:The War King has scarring deliberately retained from his previous incarnation. He is consumed by what was originally his grandfather clock TARDIS.


2.
== The Spy Master ==
===A Street Preacher===
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Master (Spyfall)}}
:This version of events contradicts that of the "Don Maestro" Master.
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fallen (comic story)|The Fallen]]''
:The Master escapes the Eye of Harmony.
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Glorious Dead (comic story)|The Glorious Dead]]''
:The Master is banished to parts unknown by Kroton.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nevermore (audio story)|Nevermore]]''
:The Master doesn't appear, but his "current" state is referred to: he is not in a position to interfere with time.


===Harcourt De'ath===
== Other universes ==
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time's Horizon (audio story)|Time's Horizon]]'' (cameo)
=== The [[Unbound Master]] ===
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eyes of the Master (audio story)|Eyes of the Master]]''
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Unbound Master}}
: The Master was rescued by the Time Lords from "a predicament," which the Doctor is aware of — i.e. where Kroton placed him.
*[[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.
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]'' (New Master flashbacks)
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[And You Will Obey Me (audio story)|And You Will Obey Me]]''
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]'' (New Master)
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]''
: The man with the rosette is clean-shaven, on somewhat friendly terms with the Doctor, and in the post-War universe.


===Time War===<!--does he use an alias in these?-->
== Currently unplaced ==
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Outrun (comic story)|Outrun]]''
:: ''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.''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Organ Grinder (comic story)|The Organ Grinder]]''
:*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Then and the Now (comic story)|The Then and the Now]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Kill God (comic story)|Kill God]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Fast Asleep (comic story)|Fast Asleep]]''
: The Master is in the body of a small child. He regenerates into the "Yana" incarnation of the Master due to a paradox.  


===Professor Yana===
== Awaiting placement ==
*[[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]''
:: ''These entries are placed here until a suitable position in the timeline can be determined based on the available evidence.''
: Features an alternative robotic duplicate Master rather than the Master proper, but he has the voice of the "Professor Yana" Master.
*[[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''
: The Master has just left the Time War. He doesn't have a TARDIS. He regenerates into his "Harold Saxon" incarnation.


===Harold Saxon===
=== The ''Doctor Who'' Annuals Master ===
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Speech Day (short story)|Speech Day]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Creation of Camelot (short story)|The Creation of Camelot]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''
: The Master is in the same body as described in ''The Radio Waves'', and is recognised by the [[Fifth Doctor]].
*[[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]''
:*[[PROSE]]: ''[[Harvest of Time (novel)|Harvest of Time]]'' (captive)
: The Master is captured during the Year That Never Was by the Sild. He is freed and returned to his time.
:*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story of Martha (novel)|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 Master is sent to the last day of the Time War.
:*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]'' (flashback)
:*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Abominable Showmen (comic story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''
:*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]''
:: Set during ''The End of Time'', while the Master is free-roaming.


===Missy===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fellowship of Quan (short story)|The Fellowship of Quan]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath]]'' (cameo)
*[[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek]]'' (cameo)
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'' (cameo)
*[[TV]]: ''[[Flatline]]'' (cameo)
*[[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night]]'' (cameo)
*[[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water]]''
: Missy claims the Doctor "left [her] for dead."
*[[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]''
: Missy is aware of the Doctor saving Gallifrey at the end of the Time War. The Doctor speculates that she has a TARDIS, though it does not appear.
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]''
*[[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]'' (flashback)
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Abominable Showmen (comic story)|The Abominable Showmen]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters (comic story)|The Five Masters]]''


==Unplaced==
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Radio Waves (short story)|The Radio Waves]]''
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The One Second Hour (short story)|The One Second Hour]]''
: 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]].
*[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Spear of Destiny (short story)|The Spear of Destiny]]''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Time Thief (comic story)|The Time Thief]]''
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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.