Toggle search
Toggle menu
114K
74.1K
24.2K
3.7M
Tardis Wiki
Toggle personal menu
Not logged in
Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits.

Theory:Timeline - The Master

Theory page
More actions
Revision as of 15:25, 27 August 2016 by WJDTwGL (talk | contribs) (please keep the difference between facts from the story and speculation distinct. also, meeting the Doctor out of order isn't something the Master ever cares about)
Index → Timey-wimey detector → Timeline - The Master
Spoilers are strongly policed here.
If this thread's title doesn't specify it's spoilery, don't bring any up.


This page lists appearances of The Master in the order in which he experienced them.

Limiting factors

Events after Doctor Who are difficult to reconcile with each other as they offer contradictory accounts to what happened when the Master escaped the Eye of Harmony.

Series basics

to be added

Timeline

The child who would become the Master is presumably in his first incarnation.
"Koschei" is at the Academy.
The Magistrate lives on Gallifrey - though it's uncertain whether he is really the same Master.

Koschei

The Master is still living on Gallifrey, but is the incarnation first seen in Terror of the Autons.
The Master is already in his incarnation first seen in Terror of the Autons.
The Master is wearing the clothes of the incarnation seen in Terror of the Autons, but targets the Second Doctor, rather than the Third. He is malevolent and the Doctor is travelling with Jamie and not Victoria, so after The Dark Path.

The Master's timeline splits in two here.

1.

Ke Le

The Master is stranded on Earth.

2.

Koschei

The Master doesn't appear, but a Time Lord mentions that he has escaped Shada.
Leads into Terror of the Autons.
The Master is imprisoned.
The Master is imprisoned.
The Master is imprisoned.
The Master moves to Fortress island, leading into The Sea Devils
The Master retrieves his TARDIS from where he hid it in The Face of the Enemy.
The Master intends to go to Skaro and ally with the Daleks, leading into Frontier in Space.
The Doctor has regenerated.
The Master is badly injured, leading into The Deadly Assassin. According to this, the Master is already in his thirteenth incarnation. Note that this contradicts Sympathy for the Devil, where he is able to regenerate after the Doctor's exile, and The Two Masters, where the version of him burnt is probably a different one.

Damien Scott

The Master's future self intervenes in the past, replacing Legacy of the Daleks with a detour in his timeline. The Old Master steals the New Master's body.

Van Houten

The Master is badly injured, leading into The Deadly Assassin.
The Master left Gallifrey straight for Earth looking for the Doctor.
The Master hasn't met Nyssa yet, placing it before The Keeper of Traken. Release order position for original Four/Leela Big Finish audios.
The Master gains the body of Tremas

Tremas

The Master is trying to reconstitute his body after it was broken down when Castrovalva was destroyed.
The Master is scarred because of Planet of Fire.
The Master is still infected with the Cheetah virus from Survival.
The Master is wearing the same costume as in Destiny of the Doctors. He is not affected by the Cheetah virus.

Major Kreer

The Master is affected by the Cheetah virus. It recurred after seemingly being cured in Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark as well, in Ace. The Tzun attempt to give the Master a new regeneration cycle, and his first regeneration cures the cheetah virus.
The Master's supposed new regeneration cycle has not worked, and his body is breaking down.

Mr Seta

The Master's old body has broken down by the Warp Core, turning him into the same form seen in The Keeper of Traken.
The Master is in his Trakenite form, which continues to be infected with the Cheetah virus until TV: Doctor Who. He gains a Deathworm Morphant and steals another body.
The Master is executed by the Daleks because... reasons.
The Doctor has already travelled with Chris and Roz, so this is after Lungbarrow - when he was sent to retrieve the Master's remains. He also has enough power over the Master to (with Death's help) create his life as "John Smith." So Master has been placed here on the assumption that, rather than even trying to return the Master's remains to Gallifrey, he takes advantage of his possession of said remains to give the Master his "John Smith" life. Then, while the Master spends ten years as John Smith, the Doctor has other adventures - which nicely explains why there can be stories set between Lungbarrow and Doctor Who.
This is a body stolen by the Master as a way to survive.

Bruce

The Master falls into the Eye of Harmony during the climax of Doctor Who.
The Master is still trapped inside the Eye of Harmony.
The Master is still trapped inside the Eye of Harmony.

Don Maestro

The "Don Maestro" Master's existence contradicts his other post-Eye of Harmony depictions.
The Master escapes the Eye of Harmony.
Set during the events of Forgotten.
Set directly after Forgotten. At the end, the Master is free and has his grandfather clock TARDIS.
The man with the rosette is clean-shaven, on somewhat friendly terms with the Doctor, and in the post-War universe.

A Street Preacher

This version of events contradicts that of the "Don Maestro" Master.
The Master escapes the Eye of Harmony.
The Master is banished to parts unknown by Kroton. In Nevermore it's mentioned that he's currently out of action.

Harcourt De'ath

The Master was rescued by the Time Lords from "a predicament" - i.e. where Kroton placed him.
The Master is working in direct opposition to the Time Lords.

Time War

The Master is in the body of a small child.

Professor Yana

The Master has just left the Time War. He doesn't have a TARDIS. He regenerates into his "Harold Saxon" incarnation.

Harold Saxon

Set during the final scene of Last of the Time Lords.
The Master is sent to the last day of the Time War.

Missy

Missy claims the Doctor "left [her] for dead."
Missy is aware of the Doctor saving Gallifrey at the end of the Time War. The Doctor speculates that she has a TARDIS, though it does not appear.

Unplaced

Retrieved from "https://tardis.wiki/w/index.php?title=Theory:Timeline_-_The_Master&oldid=2065801"
Contents
Cookies help us deliver our services. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies.
More information