Police 5: The Master (TV story)

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

	Shaw Taylor
	The Master
	England, 1993
	Kevin Davies
	Kevin Davies
	Kevin Davies
	10 December 1993
	BBC One
	1x6 minute story

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

to be added

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 Zygons, Cybermen and Sontarans are visible on the wall behind Shaw.
• Shaw lists three known "regenerations" of the Master, the nemesis of the Third Doctor, the decayed Master, and the latest Master.

Story notes

• Archive footage is used from many Doctor Who stories, from Terror of the Autons to Survival.
• This featurette has never been made available as a DVD extra due to copyright and clearance problems, and this is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.

Continuity

to be added