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{{Infobox Story
|image = TMoM.jpg
|range          = Doctor Who Annual 2006
|series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]]
|number in range = 5
|doctor = Ninth Doctor
|image           = TMoM.jpg
|companions = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|doctor         = Ninth Doctor
|enemy = [[Akimus Makassar|Makassar]], the [[Unit (species)|Units]]
|companions     = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|setting = [[Planet (The Masks of Makassar)|Unnamed planet]]
|enemy           = [[Akimus Makassar|Makassar]], the [[Unit (species)|Units]]
|writer = [[Paul Cornell]]
|setting         = [[Planet (The Masks of Makassar)|Unnamed planet]]
|illustrator = [[Martin Geraghty]]
|writer         = [[Paul Cornell]]
|publication = [[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]
|illustrator     = [[Martin Geraghty]]
|prev = Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)
|genre          = Science fiction
|next = Mr Nobody (comic story)
|format          = Short story
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|publication     = ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]''
'''''The Masks of Makassar''''' was the third prose story published in the [[Doctor Who Annual 2006|2006 ''Doctor Who'' Annual]].
|series          = ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'' fiction
|prev           = Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story){{!}}Meet the Doctor
|next           = Mr Nobody (comic story)
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'''''The Masks of Makassar''''' was the third short story and fifth work of fiction exclusively published in the ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'' in [[September (releases)|September]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] by [[Panini UK]] and the [[BBC]]. The short story was written by [[Paul Cornell]] and illustrated by [[Martin Geraghty]].


== Summary ==
== Plot ==
The Doctor is asked to represent an alien planet. But his eternal grief at the loss of the [[Time Lord]]s begins clouding his judgement, and when Rose is put in danger, the Doctor discovers a trap has been set - and he has walked straight into it.
The [[Ninth Doctor]] is asked to represent an alien planet. But his eternal grief at the loss of the [[Time Lord]]s begins clouding his judgement, and when Rose is put in danger, the Doctor discovers a trap has been set - and he has walked straight into it.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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The Masks of Makassar was the third short story and fifth work of fiction exclusively published in the Doctor Who Annual 2006 in September 2005 by Panini UK and the BBC. The short story was written by Paul Cornell and illustrated by Martin Geraghty.

Plot

The Ninth Doctor is asked to represent an alien planet. But his eternal grief at the loss of the Time Lords begins clouding his judgement, and when Rose is put in danger, the Doctor discovers a trap has been set - and he has walked straight into it.

Characters

References

Notes

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Continuity

  • The Doctor mentions the Matrix as something the Time Lords used to "keep their minds in after they died".
  • The Doctor is haunted by the destruction of his homeworld, a running theme throughout his ninth incarnation.