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| {{Infobox Individual
| | #REDIRECT[[The Master (fourteenth incarnation)]] |
| |image = [[file:Suited up.jpg|250px]]
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| |individual name = The Master
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| |alias = [[The Master (Tremas)#Aliases|See list]]
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| |race = [[Gallifreyan]] ([[Time Lord]]) ([[Trakenite]] body)
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| |home planet = [[Gallifrey]]<br>[[Traken]]
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| |appearances = <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' (cameo; introduction)</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Time-Flight]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The King's Demons]]''</li><li>[[RT]]: ''[[Birth of a Renegade]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]''</li><li>[[DWA]]: ''[[The Creation of Camelot]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Fire]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]''</li><li>[[ST]]: ''[[Stop the Pigeon]]''</li><li>[[PDA]]: ''[[Prime Time]]''</li><li>[[NA]]: ''[[First Frontier]]''</li><li>[[VG]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' (archive footage; voice only)</li></ul>
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| |actor = [[Anthony Ainley]]}}
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| {{Masters}}
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| '''[[The Master]]''', near death but still possessing some of the [[Keeper of Traken]]'s powers, merged with the body of Consul [[Tremas]] of the [[Traken Union]] This caused his body and clothing to undergo a slight regeneration, making him more youthful, creating a fourteenth incarnation for himself.
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| In this new body, he continued his crusade to conquer the [[universe]] and kill [[the Doctor]]. In fact, it was his actions that caused the [[Fourth Doctor]] to regenerate. As with his [[The Master (UNIT years)|former incarnation]], he continued to use disguises in acts of subterfuge. This incarnation of the Master faced the Doctor many times, through several of his incarnations but was always bested.
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| ==Biography==
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| ===Origins===
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| [[File:A New Body At Last.jpg|left|150px|thumb|[[The Master (Tersurus)|The Master]] steals the body of [[Tremas]] to renew himself. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'')]]
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| About [[1981]], on the [[planet|Planet]] [[Traken]], the centre of the Traken Union, in his crippled and degenerating form, the Master plotted to take over [[the Source]], the power behind the Union, by becoming the new Keeper of Traken. The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Adric]] arrived in response to the Keeper's request and with Tremas' and his daughter [[Nyssa]]'s help, removed the Master from the Source. [[Luvic]] became the new Keeper. With some of the Keeper's powers lingering, the Master was able to merge with Tremas. In his new form, he looked like Tremas, but younger, and with subtle differences. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
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| ===Exploits===
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| The Master travelled to [[Earth]], where he trapped [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] in a [[gravity bubble]]. He killed [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan ]]'s aunt [[Vanessa]] and a [[police|police constable]] with his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]]. He perverted the [[Block Transfer Computation]]s carried out on the planet [[Logopolis]] and held Logopolis for ransom until its secret was revealed, accidentally causing the causal nexus to unravel and release an unstoppable wave of [[entropy]] that would destroy the [[universe]]. He also stopped their blockade of entropy, allowing it to swallow several galaxies, including the entire Traken Union.
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| Tthe entropy wave presented such a threat that he agreed to work with the Doctor to stop it. They travelled to the [[Pharos Project]] on [[Earth]] to do so. His true plan was revealed however, when he sent a message to the peoples of the universe that he would stop the entropy, but only if they submitted to his rule. While stopping the Master's signal to shut down the [[Charged Vacuum Emboitment|CVE]] that would halt the entropy wave, the Doctor fell off the Pharos Project's [[radio telescope]] and regenerated, allowing the Master to escape. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
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| After [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]]'s regeneration, the Master kidnapped [[Adric]] and held him in a [[hadron web]] to make him a part of [[the Master's TARDIS]]. Using a projection of Adric on board the TARDIS, the Master sent the Doctor hurling towards [[Event One]] to be destroyed, but the Doctor saved the TARDIS through the [[Architectural Configuration]]. The Master used Adric's block transfer computations to create [[Castrovalva]] in the [[Andromeda Galaxy]], where the Doctor would recover from his regeneration. Escaping from the [[recursion]] trap and trying to kill the Doctor, he was attacked by the enraged citizens with the city itself due to collapse. ([[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalava]]'')
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| [[file:The_Master_(Tremas)_Evil.jpg|thumb|left|The Master controlling [[Nyssa]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')]]
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| The Master escaped from Castrovalva to Earth in [[Distant past|140 million BC]], where he disguised himself as the [[magic]]ian [[Kalid]], sparingly using the [[Xeraphin]] gestalt as a power source to create [[Plasmaton]]s. He transported two [[wikipedia:Concorde|Concordes]] to his Citadel via a [[time contour]]. The second contained the Doctor, his TARDIS and companions. He originally planned to use the captured passengers to break into the Sanctum and take control of the Xeraphin, to add to his TARDIS, but then he acquired the Doctor's TARDIS, the Doctor finding him after.{{what}}
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| The Xeraphin contacted Nyssa and let Tegan and her enter the Citadel, where he revealed his true form. Holding the passengers to trade for parts from the Doctor's TARDIS, the second Concorde was returned to its own time and the Master ended up on [[Xeriphas]] with the freed and angry Xeraphin. ([[DW]]: ''[[Time-Flight]]'')
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| There, he found [[Kamelion]], a shape-changing [[android]]. The Master traveled to [[1215]] [[England]] where he disguised himself as the [[French]] knight Sir Giles and used Kamelion to impersonate [[John of England]] to prevent the signing of ''[[Magna Carta]]''. The Doctor stopped this plan. ([[DW]]: ''[[The King's Demons]]'')
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| Directly following the events in 1215 England, the [[High Council]] of the [[Time Lord]]s discovered that the previous incarnations of the Doctor had been taken into the [[Death Zone]] on [[Gallifrey]]. They asked the Master for help and offered him a new cycle of regenerations if he complied. He agreed and was given a copy of the [[Seal of the High Council]] by [[Castellan (Arc of Infinity)|the Castellan]]. The Doctor's [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]] did not believe him, thinking it another plot.
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| He made a temporary alliance with the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] to guide them to the [[Dark Tower]]. [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] knocked him unconscious and [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] bound him. After the Castellan was encased in Rassilon's tomb, [[Rassilon]] sent the Master back to his own time. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'')
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| [[file:The Doctor and Master The Creation of Camelot.jpg|thumb|150px|The Doctor with the Master in King Arthur's court. ([[DWA]]: ''[[The Creation of Camelot]]'')]]
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| The Master arrived in [[Camelot]] just after the coronation of [[King Arthur]]. He became the Merlin after the death of the old one. He planned to make Arthur believe [[Mordred]] was dead so Mordred would grow up to kill Arthur at the battle of Camlan.
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| The Doctor and Tegan arrived, met Arthur and told him about the Master. Arthur had the Merlin come before him to test their truthfulness. When the Master saw the Doctor and Tegan, he told Arthur that he no intention of harming him. He left the court and hurried to his TARDIS, disguised as the turret room of Arthur's castle. The Doctor suggested Arthur create the Knights of the Round so when Mordred came they would be ready. ([[DWA]]: ''[[The Creation of Camelot]]'')
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| Developing a more powerful version of the Tissue Compression Eliminator, he accidentally shrank himself. He used Kamelion as his physical proxy in his own shape. He took [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]]'s TARDIS to the planet [[Sarn]], where he commanded Kamelion from a small box. Sarn had [[nusmaton]] gas, which he hoped could restore him. As the Master stood in a gas vent, the Doctor used the gas to burn him (apparently) to death. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Fire]]'') The Master did not die on Sarn. He went in search the Fountain of Youth to restore himself. ([[ST]]: ''[[A Town Called Eternity]]'')
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| The Master allied with [[the Rani]] (whom he knew as a member of [[the Deca]] on Gallifrey) in [[Killingworth]], an early [[19th century]] English mining village, against the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]]. The Doctor escaped and trapped the Master and the Rani in [[the Rani's TARDIS| her TARDIS]], which the Doctor had sabotaged. (''[[DW]]: [[The Mark of the Rani]]'') The Master separated the Rani's console room from the rest of her TARDIS, leaving her to drift aimlessly through the vortex.
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| Now in [[the Matrix]], the Master observed the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth Doctor's]] trial on [[Space Station Zenobia]]. He considered [[the Valeyard]] a rival and rescued the Doctor rather than have the Valeyard win. He used [[Sabalom Glitz]], always ready to work with anyone for a quick [[grotzit]], as a tool. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'')
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| :''After escaping from the Matrix, the Master was able to regenerate his body because [[the Source]] of [[Traken]] still existed within him. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'')''
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| [[file:The_Master_infected_with_the_Cheetah_Virus.jpg|left|thumb|The Master infected with the Cheetah Virus. ([[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]'')]]The Master went to the [[Cheetah World]], where he took [[mind control|control]] of the [[Cheetah People]] and the [[kitling]]s. He sent them to [[Ace]]'s home in the [[London]] suburb of [[Perivale]], where he went hunting for [[human]] recruits. At the same time, exposure to the planet had caused him to [[Cheetah Virus|change into a Cheetah Person]]. He found a pliable young man called [[Midge]] and used him to escape.
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| The [[Seventh Doctor]] and Ace found him and tried to stop him. The Master killed Midge and [[teleport]]ed the Doctor to the planet, which had begun to break up. The Doctor escaped but the Master remained trapped on the dying world. ([[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]'')
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| One account told of the Master escaping the Cheetah planet with the aid of a Kitling, just as the planet exploded. The explosion of the planet caused the Master to be sent back in time thirty-two years to [[Earth]] in [[1957]].
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| On Earth, the Master interrupted the real first Soviet satellite launch and sent a distress signal to the [[Tzun]] Canton on [[Zeta Reticuli Four]]. He offered to help assimiliate Earth into the [[Tzun Confederacy]]. In return the Master asked for passage off Earth and the use of the Tzun's genetic engineering to cure his [[Cheetah Virus]] infection The Tzun agreed and gave the Master a new body. ([[NA]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'')
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| However, other accounts told of the Master escaping the Cheetah World, still being infected by the [[Cheetah Virus]]. On [[Earth]], he tried to cure the virus by extracting nutrients from dying humans. ([[ST]]: ''[[Stop the Pigeon]]'') The Master next tried to gain a new body from legendary aliens, the [[Fleshsmith]]s. The Master's plan was stopped by the Doctor, who ejected the new body from the Fleshsmith vessel into space. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Prime Time]]'')
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| [[File:The_Master_in_Destiny_of_the_Doctors.png|thumb|The Master laughing over the idea of [[Graak]] trying to save the Doctors. ([[VG]]: [[Destiny of the Doctors]])]]
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| ==Personality==
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| This incarnation of the Master was charismatic, deadly and sophisticated but decidedly more flamboyantly evil, bombastic and futile than his predecessors. He was prone to laughing maniacally and reciting lengthy and verbose speeches accompanied by melodramatic gestures and poses. None the less, this incarnation of the Master was dangerous. He was also fanatically and uselessly devoted to killing the Doctor, setting unworkably elaborate traps for him and his TARDIS. His overplanning was his undoing. The Rani said he would get dizzy if he walked in a straight line. He was tall and thin with black hair and a goatee beard. This incarnation of the Master had a particular fondness for the [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]].
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| ==Aliases==
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| [[file:Portreeve.jpg|thumb|right|The Master in the guise of the Portreeve. ([[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')]]
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| He also tended to adopt disguises and aliases:
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| *The Portreeve ([[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')
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| *Kalid ([[DW]]: ''[[Time-Flight]]'')
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| *Giles d'Estram ([[DW]]: ''[[The King's Demons]]'')
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| *The Merlin ([[DWA]]: ''[[The Creation of Camelot]]'')
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| *A scarecrow ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'')
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| *The Sheriff ([[ST]]: ''[[A Town Called Eternity]]'')
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| :''For more details, see [[Aliases of the Master]].''
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| ==Other information==
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| *A hallucination of this incarnation of the Master appeared to [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] as he lay dying of [[spectrox toxaemia]] in the TARDIS. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'')
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