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{{Infobox Person | |||
|role = [[The Master]], [[Alex Grainger]] | |||
|job title = Actor | |||
|story = [[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'' / ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'', ''[[Sleeper (TV story)|Sleeper]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' | |||
|time = 2007-2010 | |||
|imdb = 2406959 | |||
|birth date = [[12 May (people)|12 May]] [[1998 (people)|1998]] | |||
|death date = [[9 July (people)|9 July]] [[2018 (people)|2018]] | |||
}}'''William Hughes '''([[12 May (people)|12 May]] [[1998 (people)|1998]]-[[9 July (people)|9 July]] [[2018 (people)|2018]] in [[Corfu]], [[Greece]]<ref name="Walesonline">{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/20-year-old-killed-himself-16801168|title=A 20-year-old killed himself on a lads holiday to Greece and his family still don't understand why|accessdate=2020-02-07|author=Bethan Thomas|date of source=2018-08-25|website name= |publisher=WalesOnline|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20200207090459/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/20-year-old-killed-himself-16801168|archivedate=2020-02-07|quote=William died at the age of 20 on July 9, 2018, in Corfu, Greece.}}</ref><ref name="TH">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TobyHadoke/status/1017657088292597760|title=Toby Hadoke on Twitter|accessdate=2020-02-07|author=Toby Hadoke|authorlink=[[Toby Hadoke]]|date of source=2018-07-13|website name=Twitter|archiveurl=http://archive.is/ZrEZj|archivedate=2020-02-07|quote=I’ve had a message from a relative of his saying that this young man is the same William Hughes who played the Young Master in The Sound of Drums.}}</ref>) played [[the Master]] as an eight-year-old in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'' and ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'' (footage of this performance was later included in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''). | |||
''' | Although Hughes was not credited in these stories, Question 13 in the ''Ultimate Doctor Who Fan Quiz: The Master Edition''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/SH2THCqxJnWf0HF6PhLh09/the-ultimate-doctor-who-fan-quiz-the-master-edition|title=''Ultimate Doctor Who Fan Quiz: The Master Edition'' {{!}} BBC|date of source=|website name=BBC|accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref> asked: "Who is the youngest actor to have played the Master?" and the correct answer was: "William Hughes is the youngest actor to have played the Master." (The questions for the quiz were proposed by fans, but it was BBC who made the final selection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/7ba61c6b-bf0a-43f6-a564-a0c07c51b53c|title=Send us your questions for The Ultimate Doctor Who Fan Quiz! {{!}} BBC|date of source=26 May 2016|website name=BBC|accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref>) | ||
Hughes also played [[Alex Grainger]] in the ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' television story ''[[Sleeper (TV story)|Sleeper]]''. | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:13, 9 March 2023
William Hughes (12 May 1998-9 July 2018 in Corfu, Greece[1][2]) played the Master as an eight-year-old in the Doctor Who television stories The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords (footage of this performance was later included in the Doctor Who story The End of Time).
Although Hughes was not credited in these stories, Question 13 in the Ultimate Doctor Who Fan Quiz: The Master Edition[3] asked: "Who is the youngest actor to have played the Master?" and the correct answer was: "William Hughes is the youngest actor to have played the Master." (The questions for the quiz were proposed by fans, but it was BBC who made the final selection.[4])
Hughes also played Alex Grainger in the Torchwood television story Sleeper.
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Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Bethan Thomas (2018-08-25). A 20-year-old killed himself on a lads holiday to Greece and his family still don't understand why. WalesOnline. Archived from the original on 2020-02-07. Retrieved on 2020-02-07. “William died at the age of 20 on July 9, 2018, in Corfu, Greece.”
- ↑ Toby Hadoke (2018-07-13). Toby Hadoke on Twitter. Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-02-07. Retrieved on 2020-02-07. “I’ve had a message from a relative of his saying that this young man is the same William Hughes who played the Young Master in The Sound of Drums.”
- ↑ Ultimate Doctor Who Fan Quiz: The Master Edition | BBC. BBC. Retrieved on 26 July 2016.
- ↑ Send us your questions for The Ultimate Doctor Who Fan Quiz! | BBC. BBC (26 May 2016). Retrieved on 26 July 2016.
