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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
=== | ===The ghost in the machine=== | ||
The Master, after an attempt to steal the Doctor's remaining regenerations, fell through the Eye of Harmony and bounced throughout the time vortex. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') Having passed through the [[Eye of Harmony]] inside | The Master, after an attempt to steal the Doctor's remaining regenerations, fell through the Eye of Harmony and bounced throughout the time vortex. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') Having passed through the [[Eye of Harmony]] inside [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], the Master's essence remained; trapped as an echo within. During his imprisonment he could converse with [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]], attempting to tempt the Doctor to take actions that he would not otherwise take. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | ||
Though he had no corporeal form, he manifested himself through screens and mirrors, though the Eighth Doctor was unsure of the identity of 'the ghost in the machine.' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Deadstone Memorial (novel)|The Deadstone Memorial]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | Though he had no corporeal form, he manifested himself through screens and mirrors, though the Eighth Doctor was unsure of the identity of 'the ghost in the machine.' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Deadstone Memorial (novel)|The Deadstone Memorial]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | ||
=== | ===Last chance for salvation=== | ||
At | At some point, the Master and the Doctor had crossed paths. During this encounter, the Master aided the Doctor in repelling an alien race that had invaded [[Gallifrey]]. In the wake of this encounter, the Master was left damaged and without a suitable body. ([[INFO]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') | ||
In return for his aid, the Doctor offered to transfer the Master's mental resources into an [[android]] body, the appearance of which he could personally select. The Master accepted, though he would later remark this was a foolish choice. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') While this body granted him corporeal form, he was limited to the confines of the Doctor's TARDIS as his android body was purposely designed to never be able to leave the ship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Feast of the Stone (short story)|The Feast of the Stone]]'') | In return for his aid, the Doctor offered to transfer the Master's mental resources into an [[android]] body, the appearance of which he could personally select. The Master accepted, though he would later remark this was a foolish choice. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') While this body granted him corporeal form, he was limited to the confines of the Doctor's TARDIS as his android body was purposely designed to never be able to leave the ship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Feast of the Stone (short story)|The Feast of the Stone]]'') | ||
In his new home, the Master served as the TARDIS Defence System. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') | In his new home, the Master served as the TARDIS Defence System. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') Now, bound to travel with the Doctor, the pair was sent to work for the Doctor's unseen superiors to solve the dangerous problems that plagued the universe. ([[INFO]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') | ||
Only months before meeting Alison, the Doctor had hosted a party in the TARDIS control room and his face fell into a soup tureen, as the catches that kept it attached to the complex machinery that lied beneath were loose. The Master, embarrassed, had to fish his face plate out with a pair of silver tongs. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') | |||
===Travelling with the Doctor and Alison=== | ===Travelling with the Doctor and Alison=== | ||
[[File:Shalka at console master.jpg|left|thumb|The Master hanging over the TARDIS console. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'')]] | [[File:Shalka at console master.jpg|left|thumb|The Master hanging over the TARDIS console with grim hesitation. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'')]] | ||
He assisted the Doctor and [[Alison Cheney]] in fighting the [[Shalka]]. When the conflict was over, the Master convinced Alison to travel with them in the TARDIS as a companion. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') | He assisted the Doctor and [[Alison Cheney]] in fighting the [[Shalka]]. When the conflict was over, the Master convinced Alison to travel with them in the TARDIS as a companion. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') | ||
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==Psychological profile== | ==Psychological profile== | ||
The "Android Master" retained his charm and wit, together with his [[hypnotic]] abilities. He attempted to hypnotise [[Alison Cheney]], but was interrupted by the Doctor. | The "Android Master" retained his charm and wit, together with his [[hypnotic]] abilities. Remaining loyal only to himself, the Master would lie about his motivations and join with whomever could offer him an advantage to his current situation. He attempted to hypnotise [[Alison Cheney]], but was interrupted by the Doctor. | ||
The Master and the Doctor, forced to cohabitate in a way that ran counter to much of their shared experienced, shared an antagonistic relationship. He would feign annoyance at the Doctor's various 'human' traits and was resentful of the nature by which he lived, even commenting that death would have been a better fate for him than listening to the Doctor "being right all the time". ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') | |||
Despite this, the Master clearly cared for the Doctor. When the Doctor returned from his presumed death at the hands of the Shalka, the Master's face lit up with delight. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') Likewise, he was aware of the Doctor's loneliness, and talked Alison into becoming his companion, despite admitting to disliking her. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') | |||
While he had chosen the look of his body and the voice that it produced, the Master did not enjoy reminders of his current nature as "...a mind contained inside a program; a program contained within a machine." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') | |||
== Appearance == | == Appearance == | ||
[[File:Shalka master android face.jpg|thumb|280x280px|The Master's cybernetic nature as revealed by the Doctor. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'')]]The Master's android body resembled a mature man with a pale complexion. His face was | [[File:Shalka master android face.jpg|thumb|280x280px|The Master's cybernetic nature as revealed by the Doctor. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'')]]The Master's android body resembled a mature man with a pale complexion. His face was wise, whimsical, with dark and hardened eyes that expressed a deal of pain, and a neat, black, goatee flecked with streaks of white. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'') | ||
Behind the flesh-like material he was constructed of lied a silver android with golden lenses below the eyes and a speaker below his mouth, which could be revealed at the press of a button. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') | |||
=== Clothing === | === Clothing === | ||
He wore an ebony black | He wore an ebony black suit whose gold buttons fastened at the collar, with dark trousers. Occasionally, he took to wear black gloves. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'')<br /> | ||
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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||