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|The Inventor||when posing as a hero on the planet [[Destination]]||''[[The Destination Wars (audio story)|The Destination Wars]]''|| | |The Inventor||when posing as a hero on the planet [[Destination]]||''[[The Destination Wars (audio story)|The Destination Wars]]''|| | ||
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|Professor [[Carl Thascalos]]||to give [[Jamie McCrimmon]] the [[Necronomicon]], and to gain access to facilities of the [[Newton Institute]]||''[[The Nameless City (short story)|The Nameless City]]''<br />''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''||[[Greek language|Greek]] for ''master'', pointed out by [[Jo Grant]] | |Professor [[Carl Thascalos]]||to give [[Jamie McCrimmon]] the [[Necronomicon]], and to gain access to facilities of the [[Newton Institute]]||''[[The Nameless City (short story)|The Nameless City]]''<br />''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''||[[Greek language|Greek]] for ''master'', pointed out by [[Jo Grant]] | ||
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||Dr. Damien Scott||Whilst working for the [[Dominus Institute]] in the body of {{Macqueen|n=a future incarnation}}.||''[[Vampire of the Mind (audio story)|Vampire of the Mind]]''|| | ||Dr. Damien Scott||Whilst working for the [[Dominus Institute]] in the body of {{Macqueen|n=a future incarnation}}.||''[[Vampire of the Mind (audio story)|Vampire of the Mind]]''|| | ||
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|[[Tremas]]||to deceive [[Nyssa]] on [[Logopolis]] after taking over her father's body||''[[Logopolis]]''||A coincidental anagram of "Master" | |[[Tremas]]||to deceive [[Nyssa]] on [[Logopolis]] after taking over her father's body||''[[Logopolis]]''||A coincidental anagram of "Master" | ||
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||Count Marius Castillo|| ||''[[Housewarming (short story)|Housewarming]]''|| | ||Count Marius Castillo|| ||''[[Housewarming (short story)|Housewarming]]''|| | ||
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|Mr. Seta||Used aboard the starship ''[[Gallery (spaceship)|Gallery]]''||''[[Dust Breeding]]''||Anagram of ''master'' | |Mr. Seta||Used aboard the starship ''[[Gallery (spaceship)|Gallery]]''||''[[Dust Breeding]]''||Anagram of ''master'' | ||
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||{{roberts|n=Bruce}}||occasionally reverted to impersonation of a [[San Francisco|San Franciscan]] paramedic named [[Bruce (Doctor Who)|Bruce]] after he had taken over Bruce's body||''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''|| | ||{{roberts|n=Bruce}}||occasionally reverted to impersonation of a [[San Francisco|San Franciscan]] paramedic named [[Bruce (Doctor Who)|Bruce]] after he had taken over Bruce's body||''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''|| | ||
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||[[The Doctor]]||Whilst masquerading as the Doctor on [[Gardezza]].||''[[Beneath the Viscoid (audio story)|Beneath the Viscoid]]''|| | ||[[The Doctor]]||Whilst masquerading as the Doctor on [[Gardezza]].||''[[Beneath the Viscoid (audio story)|Beneath the Viscoid]]''|| | ||
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|{{simm|n=Harold Saxon}}||used to become [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]||''[[The Sound of Drums]]''||''Mister Saxon'' was a coincidental anagram of ''Master No Six''; Harold is a derivative of [[Old English]] ''Hereweald'' meaning ''Master of the Armies''. The Anglo-Saxons were invading England during the reign of King Arthur. | |{{simm|n=Harold Saxon}}||used to become [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]||''[[The Sound of Drums]]''||''Mister Saxon'' was a coincidental anagram of ''Master No Six''; Harold is a derivative of [[Old English]] ''Hereweald'' meaning ''Master of the Armies''. The Anglo-Saxons were invading England during the reign of King Arthur. | ||
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|{{gomez}}||New name adopted after regenerating into female form||''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]''<br />''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]''||Short for "Mistress", feminine form of "Master". | |{{gomez}}||New name adopted after regenerating into female form||''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]''<br />''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]''||Short for "Mistress", feminine form of "Master". |
Revision as of 15:19, 12 January 2018
Like the Doctor, the renegade Time Lord known as the Master used many aliases. However, while the Doctor used false names on a fairly ad hoc basis to avoid awkward questions, the Master usually adopted them in order to further whatever scheme he was embarked upon at the time.
First incarnation
Alias | When used | Story | Etymology |
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The Inventor | when posing as a hero on the planet Destination | The Destination Wars |
"UNIT enemy" incarnation
Alias | When used | Story | Etymology |
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Professor Carl Thascalos | to give Jamie McCrimmon the Necronomicon, and to gain access to facilities of the Newton Institute | The Nameless City The Time Monster |
Greek for master, pointed out by Jo Grant |
Colonel Masters | to infiltrate Rex Farrel's plastics company | Terror of the Autons | |
Emil Keller | assumed identity of the creator of the Keller Machine | The Mind of Evil | Emil is derived from the Latin word aemulus, meaning rival, and Keller is derived from Old English cwellere, meaning executioner |
Martin Jurgens | while posing as an Adjudicator | Colony in Space |
Anagram of Master Gunnjir (gunnjir is the spear of Odin, head of the Norse pantheon) |
Victor Magister | to insinuate himself socially into the Devil's End community as a vicar, and later the name used when being charged for his crimes | The Dæmons Who Killed Kennedy |
Latin for master |
Jack Harris | to use a stolen Ford Cortina to reach his TARDIS | The Eight Doctors | Name of car's original owner whom the Master had killed |
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | to trick Sergeant Benton, and later the Third Doctor and Jo Grant | The Time Monster The Heralds of Destruction |
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Frey | whilst in Sweden, 141 | The Spear of Destiny | Old Norse for master |
Inspector LeMaitre | to infiltrate a village fete by pretending to be a police inspector from Scotland Yard | Last of the Gaderene | French for the master |
Senator Szef | The Seismologist's Story | Polish for boss, chief | |
McMaster | Doctor Who Fights Masterplan "Q" | ||
Geoffrey Thynne | to infiltrate Kenstone Hall | The Touch of the Nurazh | |
Aloysius Fischer | to infiltrate a UNIT Christmas party | UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce | |
Duke Dominus | to impersonate a 1930s Chicago gangster | The Duke of Dominoes | Dominus from the Latin for lord or master of the house |
Rupert Masters | Claiming to represent the "Masters Corporation" | Night Flight to Nowhere | |
The Commissioner of Sirius IV | Frontier in Space | ||
Estro | while posing as an adviser to Lord Haldoran in an effort to procure a Dalek matter transmuter | Legacy of the Daleks | Esperanto for master |
Professor Dominar | Doorway to Hell | Spanish for dominate |
Degenerated body
Alias | When used | Story | Etymology |
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Dr. Damien Scott | Whilst working for the Dominus Institute in the body of a future incarnation. | Vampire of the Mind | |
General Malgrove | Whilst leading a faction of the Gorlan Empire. | The Two Masters | The Gorlan word for master |
Van Houten | In the 1890s | Maurice | Named after chocolates common in the time period. |
Mr. Dominus | When visiting the Red Tavern in the 1890s | Masterpiece | Dominus from the Latin for lord or master of the house |
Mwalimu | while hiding beneath Colonel Spindleton's manor house in 1979 | Trail of the White Worm | Swahili for master in the sense of teacher |
Interplanetary Police Inspector Efendi | while on Secus | The Evil One | Turkish for "Master" |
"Tremas" incarnation
Alias | When used | Story | Etymology |
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Tremas | to deceive Nyssa on Logopolis after taking over her father's body | Logopolis | A coincidental anagram of "Master" |
The Portreeve | to trap the Fifth Doctor in Castrovalva | Castrovalva | |
Kalid | used to take control of the Xeraphin gestalt | Time-Flight | Kalid derives from the Indian Kalidasa meaning servant of Kali, an Indian goddess of time and change and usually depicted as being dark and violent |
Sir Gilles Estram | to avert the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215. | The King's Demons | Estram is a simple anagram. |
Mr. Tase | The Velvet Dark | ||
Merlin | The Creation of Camelot | ||
The Sheriff | to gain access to the regenerative fountain near Eternity, California. | A Town Called Eternity | |
Professor Masterman | The Time Savers | ||
Branko Gospodar | to access the TITAN Array in order to destroy the Chronovores | The Quantum Archangel | Serbo-Croatian and Slovenian for master |
Keith Potter | The End of the Line | ||
Alan Campbell | Prisoners of Time | ||
Dr. Howard Chithros | Stop the Pigeon | ||
Major Kreer | used when allied with the Tzun in 1950s America. | First Frontier | Continued to use alias after his regeneration |
"Tzun" incarnation
Alias | When used | Story | Etymology |
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Count Marius Castillo | Housewarming |
"John Smith" incarnation
Alias | When used | Story | Etymology |
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Mr. Seta | Used aboard the starship Gallery | Dust Breeding | Anagram of master |
Dr. John Smith | Used while amnesiac on an unnamed colony world | Master |
While body-jumping
Alias | When used | Story | Etymology |
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Bruce | occasionally reverted to impersonation of a San Franciscan paramedic named Bruce after he had taken over Bruce's body | Doctor Who | |
Richard | Forgotten | ||
Don Maestro | Whilst trapped on Earth in the 20th century. | Mastermind | Italian for master in the sense of teacher |
Dook Domini | In 1931 | Mastermind | Named after The Duke of Dominoes, a trump card in an old Wallarian game of chance which beat all other suits. |
Alien Artefact Alpha 1 | While being kept in the Vault. | Mastermind |
"Bald" incarnation
Alias | When used | Story | Etymology |
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Dr. Harcourt De'ath | To practice eye surgery on many patients, in order to literally "have eyes everywhere" | Time's Horizon, Eyes of the Master | Bar the apostrophe, De'ath is spelt the same way as "Death". |
Kappa Chi | Designation as CIA agent. | The Death of Hope | |
Master-Builder | When creating the Dalek Time Controller's new empire. | The Monster of Montmartre | |
The Doctor | Whilst masquerading as a future incarnation of the Doctor. | Dominion | |
Michael Masterson | While living in Hexford in the body of a past incarnation. | And You Will Obey Me |
"Yana" incarnation
Alias | When used | Story | Etymology | |
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The Doctor | Whilst masquerading as the Doctor on Gardezza. | Beneath the Viscoid | ||
Dr. Keller | Whilst on Arcking. | The Good Master | Reusing alias from The Mind of Evil | |
Professor Yana | chameleon arch identity | Utopia | Had no known meaning of its own, but the Face of Boe made up an acronym, "You Are Not Alone". |
"Harold Saxon" incarnation
Alias | When used | Story | Etymology |
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Harold Saxon | used to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | The Sound of Drums | Mister Saxon was a coincidental anagram of Master No Six; Harold is a derivative of Old English Hereweald meaning Master of the Armies. The Anglo-Saxons were invading England during the reign of King Arthur. |
Razor | used while on board a Mondasian colony ship | World Enough and Time | The Old English word for knife is seax, which is what the name Saxon originated from. |
"Missy" incarnatiom
Alias | When used | Story | Etymology |
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Missy | New name adopted after regenerating into female form | Deep Breath Dark Water |
Short for "Mistress", feminine form of "Master". |
Mobile Intelligence Systems Interface | Ruse allowing close contact with and delaying recognition by the Doctor | Dark Water | Backcronym from "Missy" |
Miss Magister | When posing as a teacher | Yes, Missy | Latin for master |
Doctor Who | When practicing being good aboard a Mondasian colony ship | World Enough and Time |
Behind the scenes
- During Anthony Ainley's tenure as the Master, pseudonyms made from anagrams of "Tony Ainley" were often used in the credits — both on-screen and in Radio Times — for the Master's disguises, such as Neil Toynay for the Portreeve in Castrovalva.
- Another, craftier pseudonym was used in Radio Times for The King's Demons, when Sir Gilles was listed as being played by "James Stoker" — an anagram of "Master's Joke".
- In Sympathy for the Devil, Mark Gatiss, who voiced an alternate version of the Master, is credited as "Sam Kisgart".