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'''''The Final Game''''' was an unproduced serial intended to end [[Season 11]]. It would have revealed that [[the Doctor]] and [[the Master]] were actually brothers, explaining why the Master never sought to actually kill the Doctor. Ihe story would have ended with {{Delgado}} sacrificing his life for the [[Third Doctor]], followed by his [[regeneration]]. However, the episode was never produced due to the death of [[Roger Delgado]], so ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'' replaced this story as the final episode for [[Jon Pertwee]] (Third Doctor).
'''''The Final Game''''' was an unproduced serial intended to end [[Season 11]]. It would have revealed that [[the Doctor]] and [[the Master]] were actually brothers, explaining why the Master never sought to actually kill the Doctor. Ihe story would have ended with {{Delgado}} sacrificing his life for the [[Third Doctor]], followed by his [[regeneration]]. However, the episode was never produced due to the death of [[Roger Delgado]], so ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'' replaced this story as the final episode for [[Jon Pertwee]].
 
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
Several elements from this episode have been recycled throughout the years.  The Master did eventually directly cause the [[Fourth Doctor]] to [[regenerate]] in ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', and was the indirect cause of the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s regeneration in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''.  The possible fraternal relationship between the Master and the Doctor was teased in ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' and then firmly dismissed in ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''.  
* Several elements from this episode have been recycled throughout the years:
** The part where the Master is responsible for the Doctor's death/regeneration is shown in ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' when {{Ainley}} was responsible for the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s regeneration into the [[Fifth Doctor]].
** The part where the Master being the Doctor's evil side is referenced in ''[[Planet of Fire]]'' in dialogue between the Master and the Fifth Doctor.
** The part where the two [[Time Lord]]s are thought to be brothers occurred in ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'' when [[Martha Jones]] thought the [[Tenth Doctor]] and {{Simm}} were brothers.
** The part where they're thought to be two aspects of the same Time Lord would be reused in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' with the Tenth Doctor and the Master wondering what they'd be like without each other and the Master sacrificing himself to save the Tenth Doctor from [[Rassilon]].
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The Final Game was an unproduced serial intended to end Season 11. It would have revealed that the Doctor and the Master were actually brothers, explaining why the Master never sought to actually kill the Doctor. Ihe story would have ended with the Master sacrificing his life for the Third Doctor, followed by his regeneration. However, the episode was never produced due to the death of Roger Delgado, so Planet of the Spiders replaced this story as the final episode for Jon Pertwee.

Legacy

Several elements from this episode have been recycled throughout the years. The Master did eventually directly cause the Fourth Doctor to regenerate in Logopolis, and was the indirect cause of the Tenth Doctor's regeneration in The End of Time. The possible fraternal relationship between the Master and the Doctor was teased in Smith and Jones and then firmly dismissed in The Sound of Drums.

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