The Master (Terror of the Autons)
In a physically degenerated condition and with no more regenerations left, The Master attempted to find an energy source to restore himself.
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In this last incarnation, had triggered Susan Foreman triggered an explosion when the Master attempted to kidnap her. He exhausted his regneration cycle recovering from the injuries sustained in the explosion on the planet Tersurus (EDA: Legacy of the Daleks).
Here, the Time Lord Chancellor Goth found the Master, in a wasted condition. The Master had by this time reached the end of his regeneration cycle and had turned into an animate though rotting corpse. The Master, with the collaboration of Goth, lured the Doctor to Gallifrey by sending him a vision of the death of the Lord President of the High Council of Time Lords. The Doctor ended up on trial for the President's murder. Secretly, the Master had access to the Matrix. The Master had guessed the secret of the Eye of Harmony and various artifacts left behind by Rassilon. He realised that the Eye of Harmony, a black hole, resided beneath the Panopticon and, realizing that it had immense power, believed he could use the Sash of Rassilon to protect himself from the raw power of the Eye and the destruction that unleashing it would cause. He thought that it could channel that energy to renew himself. The Doctor defeated the Master in physical combat. The Master appeared to have fallen into a crevice created by a localized earthquake. In fact, he had gained access to his TARDIS and escaped. (DW: The Deadly Assassin)
The Master repaired to the planet Traken in the Traken Union in the Melkur, actually a TARDIS. He set about a plan to steal the Source to restore himself. To this end, over a period of years, he won over Kassia, wife to Tremas and mother of Nyssa. Defeated once more by the Doctor and Adric, he took over the body of Tremas. (DW: The Keeper of Traken)
- For an account of the Master's activities in Tremas' body, see separate article.
