Like the Doctor, the renegade Time Lord known as the Master used many aliases. However, while the Doctor used false names on a fairly ad hoc basis to avoid awkward questions, the Master usually adopted them in order to further whatever scheme they were embarked upon at the time.
"The Master" was itself an alias. He chose this name, as the First Doctor did his, while attending the Academy. (TV: The Sound of Drums; AUDIO: The Destination Wars)
"UNIT enemy" incarnation
| Alias
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When used
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Story
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Etymology
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| Koschei |
An old name the Master used while at Time Lord Academy, he resumed using it again sometime after he left Gallifrey |
Divided Loyalties
The Dark Path |
In Russian folklore, Koschei hides his soul in an obscure location under many layers of protection so that he can never die.
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| Professor Carl Thascalos |
to give Jamie McCrimmon the Necronomicon, and to gain access to facilities of the Newton Institute |
The Nameless City
The Time Monster |
Greek for master, pointed out by Jo Grant
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| Colonel Masters |
to infiltrate Rex Farrel's plastics company |
Terror of the Autons |
His typical alias with an s on the end
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| Emil Keller |
assumed identity of the creator of the Keller Machine |
The Mind of Evil |
Emil is derived from the Latin word aemulus, meaning rival, and Keller is derived from Old English cwellere, meaning executioner
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| Martin Jurgens |
Martin Jurgens is the Adjudicator whose credentials the Master stole. |
Colony in Space |
A coincidental anagram of Master Gunnjir (gunnjir is the spear of Odin, head of the Norse pantheon)
"Martin Jurgen" in the novelisation
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| Victor Magister |
to insinuate himself socially into the Devil's End community as a vicar, and later the name used when being charged for his crimes |
The Dæmons
Who Killed Kennedy |
Latin for master
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| Conran |
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The Man in the Ion Mask |
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| Prisoner M |
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Harvest of Time |
The first letter of his typical alias
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| Jack Harris |
to use a stolen Ford Cortina to reach his TARDIS |
The Eight Doctors |
Name of car's original owner whom the Master had killed
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| Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart |
to trick Sergeant Benton, and later the Third Doctor and Jo Grant |
The Time Monster
The Heralds of Destruction |
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| Frey |
whilst in Sweden, 141 |
The Spear of Destiny |
Old Norse for master
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| General Mayhew |
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The Heralds of Destruction |
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| Inspector LeMaitre |
to infiltrate a village fete by pretending to be a police inspector from Scotland Yard |
Inspector !Last of the Gaderene |
French for the master
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| Dook Domini |
In the 1930s |
The Duke of Dominoes |
Named after The Duke of Dominoes, a trump card in an old Wallarian game of chance which beat all other suits.
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| Senator Szef |
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The Seismologist's Story |
Polish for boss, chief
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| McMaster |
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Doctor Who Fights Masterplan "Q" |
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| Geoffrey Thynne |
to infiltrate Kenstone Hall |
The Touch of the Nurazh |
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| Aloysius Fischer |
to infiltrate a UNIT Christmas party |
UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce |
Dr. Aloysius Fischer was the person the Master assumed the identity of, though he assures the Doctor that Fischer is still alive. Aloysius is originally derived from the German name Chlodovech, meaning famous in war.
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| The Raffolite Ambassador |
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The Same Face |
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| Duke Dominus |
to impersonate a 1930s Chicago gangster |
The Duke of Dominoes |
Dominus from the Latin for lord or master of the house
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| Rupert Masters |
Claiming to represent the "Masters Corporation" |
Night Flight to Nowhere |
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| The Doctor |
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Anything You Can Do |
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| The Commissioner of Sirius IV |
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Frontier in Space |
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| Estro |
while posing as an adviser to Lord Haldoran in an effort to procure a Dalek matter transmuter |
Legacy of the Daleks |
Esperanto for master
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| Professor Dominar |
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Doorway to Hell |
Spanish for dominate
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Degenerated body
"Tremas" incarnation
"Tzun" incarnation
| Alias
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When used
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Story
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Etymology
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| Count Marius Castillo |
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Housewarming |
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"John Smith" incarnation
| Alias
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When used
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Story
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Etymology
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| Mr. Seta |
Used aboard the starship Gallery |
Dust Breeding |
Anagram of master
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| Dr. John Smith |
Used while amnesiac on an unnamed colony world |
Master |
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While body-jumping
"Bald" incarnation
"War" incarnation
"Harold Saxon" incarnation
"Missy" incarnation
"Spy" incarnation
| Alias
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When used
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Story
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Etymology
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| O |
Assumed identity of an MI6 member who he had shrunk with the Tissue Compression Eliminator. |
Spyfall |
While posing as "O", the Master claimed he was named as such as a joke; whenever "O" met with C, C would exclaim "Oh, God!" After revealing himself, however, he explained that he chose the name for satisfaction, anticipating correctly that the Thirteenth Doctor would exclaim "Oh..." as he dropped the act.
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Behind the scenes
- During Anthony Ainley's tenure as the Master, pseudonyms made from anagrams of "Tony Ainley" were often used in the credits — both on-screen and in Radio Times — for the Master's disguises, such as Neil Toynay for the Portreeve in Castrovalva.
- Another, craftier pseudonym was used in Radio Times for The King's Demons, when Sir Gilles was listed as being played by "James Stoker" — an anagram of "Master's Joke".
- In Sympathy for the Devil, Mark Gatiss, who voiced an alternate version of the Master, is credited as "Sam Kisgart", an anagram of the actor's name. When this incarnation of the Master returned in The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield, Gatiss was again credited as Kisgart but the joke was dropped out for later user stories.
- In the previews of Ascension of the Cybermen, the Spy Master's return for the cliffhanger was foreshadowed by "Barack Stemis" being credited for a character called "Fakout" at the end of the cast-list. "Barak Stemis" is an anagram of "Master is back", while "Fakout" sounds like "fake-out".
- Professor Stream in The Hollows of Time was originally intended to be a pseudonym of the Master, but copyright restrictions prevented them from making this explicit in the story. "Stream", like "Tremas", is an acronym of "Master". The story is listed as a Master one on the Big Finish website.[1]
