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== Variations on 'the Master' == | == Variations on 'the Master' == | ||
=== The Master === | === The Master === | ||
''The Master'' effectively discarded his former name. He and the Doctor referred to each other by their titles as a matter of course. While earlier in his life he was heard saying that he was "known as" the Master, by the time of his final confrontation with the Doctor's [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]], [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|he]] considered "The Master" his name ([[ | ''The Master'' effectively discarded his former name. He and the Doctor referred to each other by their titles as a matter of course. While earlier in his life he was heard saying that he was "known as" the Master, by the time of his final confrontation with the Doctor's [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]], [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|he]] considered "The Master" his name ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''). | ||
=== [[UNIT]] era aliases === | === [[UNIT]] era aliases === | ||
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==== Colonel Masters ==== | ==== Colonel Masters ==== | ||
Used when infiltrating [[Rex Farrel]]'s plastics company. ([[ | Used when infiltrating [[Rex Farrel]]'s plastics company. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'') | ||
==== Reverend Magister ==== | ==== Reverend Magister ==== | ||
Used when infiltrating [[Devil's End]]. ''Magister'' is Latin for ''Master''. ([[ | Used when infiltrating [[Devil's End]]. ''Magister'' is Latin for ''Master''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'') | ||
==== Professor Thascalos ==== | ==== Professor Thascalos ==== | ||
Used when infiltrating the [[Newton Institute]]. ''Thascalos'' is Greek for ''Master''. ([[ | Used when infiltrating the [[Newton Institute]]. ''Thascalos'' is Greek for ''Master''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'') | ||
==== 'Duke' Dominus ==== | ==== 'Duke' Dominus ==== | ||
Used when impersonating a gangster in [[1930s]] [[Chicago]]. ''Dominus'' is also Latin for ''Master''. ([[ | Used when impersonating a gangster in [[1930s]] [[Chicago]]. ''Dominus'' is also Latin for ''Master''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Duke of Dominoes]]'') | ||
==== Dr Emil Keller ==== | ==== Dr Emil Keller ==== | ||
Used in [[the Master (UNIT years)|one incarnation]] when assuming the identity of the creator of the [[Keller Machine]]. ''Emil'' is derived from the Latin word ''aemulus'', meaning ''rival'', and ''Keller'' is derived from Old English ''cwellere'', meaning ''executioner''. ([[ | Used in [[the Master (UNIT years)|one incarnation]] when assuming the identity of the creator of the [[Keller Machine]]. ''Emil'' is derived from the Latin word ''aemulus'', meaning ''rival'', and ''Keller'' is derived from Old English ''cwellere'', meaning ''executioner''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil]]'') | ||
==== The Adjudicator (Martin Jurgens) ==== | ==== The Adjudicator (Martin Jurgens) ==== | ||
Used when posing as an [[Adjudicator]]. ([[ | Used when posing as an [[Adjudicator]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'') | ||
==== Mwalimu ==== | ==== Mwalimu ==== | ||
Used while hiding beneath [[Colonel Spindleton]]'s manor house in 1979. It is Swahili for 'Teacher' or 'Master'.([[ | Used while hiding beneath [[Colonel Spindleton]]'s manor house in 1979. It is Swahili for 'Teacher' or 'Master'.([[AUDIO]]:''[[Trail of the White Worm]]'') | ||
==== Estro ==== | ==== Estro ==== | ||
Used while posing as an adviser to [[Lord Haldoran]] follwing the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]] on [[2299]] [[Earth]], in an effort to procure a Dalek [[matter-transmuter]]. ''Estro'' is [[Esperanto]] for ''Master''. ([[ | Used while posing as an adviser to [[Lord Haldoran]] follwing the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]] on [[2299]] [[Earth]], in an effort to procure a Dalek [[matter-transmuter]]. ''Estro'' is [[Esperanto]] for ''Master''. ([[PROSE]] ''[[Legacy of the Daleks]]''). | ||
=== Gospodar === | === Gospodar === | ||
Used when attempting to access the [[TITAN Array]] in order to destroy the [[Chronovore]]s. ''Gospodar'' is [[Serbian]] for ''Master''. ([[ | Used when attempting to access the [[TITAN Array]] in order to destroy the [[Chronovore]]s. ''Gospodar'' is [[Serbian]] for ''Master''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | ||
=== Mr. Seta === | === Mr. Seta === | ||
Used aboard the starship ''[[Gallery]]''. It was another anagram of ''Master''. ([[ | Used aboard the starship ''[[Gallery]]''. It was another anagram of ''Master''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dust Breeding]]'') | ||
=== [[Melkur]] === | === [[Melkur]] === | ||
An alias taken on by [[The Master (UNIT years)|the decaying Master]] while hiding inside his TARDIS, just prior to his taking over [[Tremas]] and becoming [[The Master (Tremas)|a new incarnation]] ([[ | An alias taken on by [[The Master (UNIT years)|the decaying Master]] while hiding inside his TARDIS, just prior to his taking over [[Tremas]] and becoming [[The Master (Tremas)|a new incarnation]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]''). | ||
=== The Portreeve === | === The Portreeve === | ||
Used by [[The Master (Tremas)|the Tremas incarnation]] when attempting to trap the [[Fifth Doctor]] in [[Castrovalva]]. ([[ | Used by [[The Master (Tremas)|the Tremas incarnation]] when attempting to trap the [[Fifth Doctor]] in [[Castrovalva]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'') | ||
=== Kalid === | === Kalid === | ||
Used by [[The Master (Tremas)|the Tremas incarnation]] while attempting to take control of the [[Xeraphin]] [[gestalt]]. As Kalid, he affected the identity of a vaguely [[Arabian]] sorcerer. ''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. ([[ | Used by [[The Master (Tremas)|the Tremas incarnation]] while attempting to take control of the [[Xeraphin]] [[gestalt]]. As Kalid, he affected the identity of a vaguely [[Arabian]] sorcerer. ''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. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight]]'') | ||
=== Sir Gilles Estram === | === Sir Gilles Estram === | ||
Used by [[the Master (Tremas)|this same incarnation]] when attempting to avert the signing of the [[Magna Carta]]. ''Estram'' was an anagram of ''Master''. ([[ | Used by [[the Master (Tremas)|this same incarnation]] when attempting to avert the signing of the [[Magna Carta]]. ''Estram'' was an anagram of ''Master''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The King's Demons]]'') | ||
=== The Sheriff === | === The Sheriff === | ||
Used by [[The Master (Tremas)|this incarnation]] trying to gain access to the [[regenerative fountain]] near [[Eternity (town)|Eternity]]. ([[ | Used by [[The Master (Tremas)|this incarnation]] trying to gain access to the [[regenerative fountain]] near [[Eternity (town)|Eternity]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Town Called Eternity]]'') | ||
=== Major Kreer === | === Major Kreer === | ||
Used when allied with the [[Tzun]] in [[1950s]] [[America]]. ([[ | Used when allied with the [[Tzun]] in [[1950s]] [[America]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'') | ||
=== Doctor John Smith === | === Doctor John Smith === | ||
Used while living as an amnesiac on an un-named colony world. The Doctor also frequently used this alias. ([[ | Used while living as an amnesiac on an un-named colony world. The Doctor also frequently used this alias. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'') | ||
=== [[Bruce (Doctor Who)|Bruce]] === | === [[Bruce (Doctor Who)|Bruce]] === | ||
The name of the paramedic whose body the Master possessed in [[San Francisco]] in [[1999]]. The Master assumed his identity on a number of occasions during this affair. ([[ | The name of the paramedic whose body the Master possessed in [[San Francisco]] in [[1999]]. The Master assumed his identity on a number of occasions during this affair. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'') | ||
=== [[Professor Yana]] === | === [[Professor Yana]] === | ||
: ''Main article: [[Yana]]'' | : ''Main article: [[Yana]]'' | ||
Used after he had transformed himself into a [[human]] by means of a [[Chameleon Arch]]. ([[ | Used after he had transformed himself into a [[human]] by means of a [[Chameleon Arch]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') The Doctor's discovery of the Master's survival after the [[Last Great Time War]] had been foreshadowed by an encounter with the [[Face of Boe]], who has uttered "You are not alone" as his dying words. ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock]]'') The Doctor later learned YANA was an acronym for this. Yana was shot by [[Chantho]] and [[Regeneration|regenerated]] into... | ||
=== [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|Harold Saxon]] === | === [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|Harold Saxon]] === | ||
: ''Main article: [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|Harold Saxon]]'' | : ''Main article: [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|Harold Saxon]]'' | ||
A [[human]] alias adopted by [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|the new incarnation]] of the Master, in which form he had himself elected as [[British]] [[Prime Minister]] ([[ | A [[human]] alias adopted by [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|the new incarnation]] of the Master, in which form he had himself elected as [[British]] [[Prime Minister]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]''/''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''). However, by the time of his final confrontation with the Doctor's [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]], the Master had distanced himself from the Saxon alias and was once again calling himself, simply, the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | ||
:'''Mister Saxon' is an anagram of 'Master No Six' and [[John Simm]], who played this incarnation of the Master, was the sixth major incarnation of the character. '' | :'''Mister Saxon' is an anagram of 'Master No Six' and [[John Simm]], who played this incarnation of the Master, was the sixth major incarnation of the character. '' | ||
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== Behind the Scenes == | == Behind the Scenes == | ||
* During [[Anthony Ainley]]'s tenure as the Master, [[pseudonym]]s 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 [[ | * During [[Anthony Ainley]]'s tenure as the Master, [[pseudonym]]s 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 [[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva]]''. | ||
* Another craftier pseudonym was used in ''Radio Times'' for [[ | * Another craftier pseudonym was used in ''Radio Times'' for [[TV]]: ''[[The King's Demons]]'', when Sir Gilles was listed as being played by 'James Stoker' — an anagram of 'Master's Joke'. | ||
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Like the Doctor, the renegade Time Lord known as the Master (who, according to some sources, was once known as Koschei) used many aliases in the course of his career. 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 currently embarked upon.
Variations on 'the Master'
The Master
The Master effectively discarded his former name. He and the Doctor referred to each other by their titles as a matter of course. While earlier in his life he was heard saying that he was "known as" the Master, by the time of his final confrontation with the Doctor's tenth incarnation, he considered "The Master" his name (TV: The End of Time).
UNIT era aliases
During a period when the Master came into frequent and regular contact with Earth's United Nations Intelligence Taskforce and the Doctor's third incarnation, he used aliases, many of which were plays of the name "Master".
Colonel Masters
Used when infiltrating Rex Farrel's plastics company. (TV: Terror of the Autons)
Reverend Magister
Used when infiltrating Devil's End. Magister is Latin for Master. (TV: The Dæmons)
Professor Thascalos
Used when infiltrating the Newton Institute. Thascalos is Greek for Master. (TV: The Time Monster)
'Duke' Dominus
Used when impersonating a gangster in 1930s Chicago. Dominus is also Latin for Master. (PROSE: The Duke of Dominoes)
Dr Emil Keller
Used in one incarnation when assuming the identity of the creator of the Keller Machine. Emil is derived from the Latin word aemulus, meaning rival, and Keller is derived from Old English cwellere, meaning executioner. (TV: The Mind of Evil)
The Adjudicator (Martin Jurgens)
Used when posing as an Adjudicator. (TV: Colony in Space)
Mwalimu
Used while hiding beneath Colonel Spindleton's manor house in 1979. It is Swahili for 'Teacher' or 'Master'.(AUDIO:Trail of the White Worm)
Estro
Used while posing as an adviser to Lord Haldoran follwing the 22nd century Dalek invasion on 2299 Earth, in an effort to procure a Dalek matter-transmuter. Estro is Esperanto for Master. (PROSE Legacy of the Daleks).
Gospodar
Used when attempting to access the TITAN Array in order to destroy the Chronovores. Gospodar is Serbian for Master. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel)
Mr. Seta
Used aboard the starship Gallery. It was another anagram of Master. (AUDIO: Dust Breeding)
Melkur
An alias taken on by the decaying Master while hiding inside his TARDIS, just prior to his taking over Tremas and becoming a new incarnation (TV: The Keeper of Traken).
The Portreeve
Used by the Tremas incarnation when attempting to trap the Fifth Doctor in Castrovalva. (TV: Castrovalva)
Kalid
Used by the Tremas incarnation while attempting to take control of the Xeraphin gestalt. As Kalid, he affected the identity of a vaguely Arabian sorcerer. 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. (TV: Time-Flight)
Sir Gilles Estram
Used by this same incarnation when attempting to avert the signing of the Magna Carta. Estram was an anagram of Master. (TV: The King's Demons)
The Sheriff
Used by this incarnation trying to gain access to the regenerative fountain near Eternity. (PROSE: A Town Called Eternity)
Major Kreer
Used when allied with the Tzun in 1950s America. (PROSE: First Frontier)
Doctor John Smith
Used while living as an amnesiac on an un-named colony world. The Doctor also frequently used this alias. (AUDIO: Master)
Bruce
The name of the paramedic whose body the Master possessed in San Francisco in 1999. The Master assumed his identity on a number of occasions during this affair. (TV: Doctor Who)
Professor Yana
- Main article: Yana
Used after he had transformed himself into a human by means of a Chameleon Arch. (TV: Utopia) The Doctor's discovery of the Master's survival after the Last Great Time War had been foreshadowed by an encounter with the Face of Boe, who has uttered "You are not alone" as his dying words. (TV: Gridlock) The Doctor later learned YANA was an acronym for this. Yana was shot by Chantho and regenerated into...
Harold Saxon
- Main article: Harold Saxon
A human alias adopted by the new incarnation of the Master, in which form he had himself elected as British Prime Minister (TV: The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords). However, by the time of his final confrontation with the Doctor's tenth incarnation, the Master had distanced himself from the Saxon alias and was once again calling himself, simply, the Master. (TV: The End of Time)
- 'Mister Saxon' is an anagram of 'Master No Six' and John Simm, who played this incarnation of the Master, was the sixth major incarnation of the character.
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 TV: Castrovalva.
- Another craftier pseudonym was used in Radio Times for TV: The King's Demons, when Sir Gilles was listed as being played by 'James Stoker' — an anagram of 'Master's Joke'.
