Police 5: The Master (TV story)

Police 5: The Master
Main character(s):	Shaw Taylor
Main enemy:	The Master
Main setting:	England, 1993
Key crew
Writer:	Kevin Davies
Director:	Kevin Davies
Producer:	Kevin Davies
Release details
Premiere broadcast:	10 December 1993
Premiere network:	BBC One
Format:	1x6 minute story

Police 5: The Master was a short crime file about "master criminal" the Master. The story was a DWU edition of Police 5.

It was broadcast for the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who and was also broadcast before a repeat airing of Planet of the Daleks episode five.

Synopsis

Shaw Taylor warns the viewers to be on the lookout for a dangerous criminal known as the Master.

Plot

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Cast

• Shaw Taylor - himself

Archive footage

• The Master - Anthony Ainley
• The Master - Roger Delgado
• The Master - Peter Pratt
• Borusa - John Arnatt
• Azal - Stephen Thorne
• The Doctor - Jon Pertwee
• Jo Grant - Katy Manning
• The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy

Crew

• Writer - Kevin Davies
• Director - Kevin Davies
• Producer - Kevin Davies

References

• Wanted posters for Cybermen and Sontarans are seen.
• According to Shaw Taylor, the Master is 700 years old. However, unlike the Doctor, no exact age for the Master was ever given in any of the character's on-screen appearances.

Continuity

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Story notes

• Archive footage is used from many Doctor Who stories including Terror of the Autons and Survival.

External links

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