Theory:Timeline - The Master

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This page lists appearances of The Master in the order in which he experienced them. It relies on much speculation to fit semi-contradictory sources together, and should absolutely not be seen as representative of this wiki's general policy.

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

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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.
"Magnus" lives on Gallifrey. He's said to carelessly waste regenerations.

War Chief

The War Chief is a renegade and lives off-Gallifrey.

Felix Kriegslieter

Kriegslieter regenerates into the "Koschei" incarnation.

Koschei

The Master is 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 and regenerates.

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 meets his future selves.
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 meets his past and future selves.
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

Set while the Master is wearing Bruce's outfit.
The Master falls into the Eye of Harmony during the climax of Doctor Who.
In all of these cameos, the Master is still trapped inside the Eye of Harmony.
At this point the Master's timeline takes two contradictory routes.

1.

Don Maestro

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, contradicting Nevermore and Eyes of the Master.

War King

This takes place during the War, and is definitely written out of history by The Ancestor Cell. This potentially explains why Forgotten et al. contradict The Fallen et al.
The War King has scarring deliberately retained from his previous incarnation. He is consumed by what was originally his grandfather clock TARDIS.

2.

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.
The Master doesn't appear, but his "current" state is referred to: he is not in a position to interfere with time.

Harcourt De'ath

The Master was rescued by the Time Lords from "a predicament," which the Doctor is aware of — i.e. where Kroton placed him.
The Master is working in direct opposition to the Time Lords.
The man with the rosette is clean-shaven, on somewhat friendly terms with the Doctor, and in the post-War universe.

Time War

The Master is in the body of a small child. He regenerates into the "Yana" incarnation of the Master due to a paradox.

Professor Yana

Features an alternative robotic duplicate Master rather than the Master proper, but he has the voice of the "Professor Yana" Master.
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.
Set during The End of Time, while the Master is free-roaming.

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

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