Geoffrey Beevers

Geoffrey Beevers
Birth date:	15 January 1941
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	Decayed Master
Stories:	See Credits Section
Main time period active:	1970, 1981, 2001, 2003, 2011-present
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Geoffrey Beevers, sometimes credited as Geoffery Beevers, (born 15 January 1941) played the Decayed Master in The Keeper of Traken, but was credited on-screen and in Radio Times only as "Melkur" to keep the Master's return a surprise.

For his appearance as the Master in The Keeper of Traken, Beevers wore the same hooded robe as worn by Peter Pratt in The Deadly Assassin. However, on this occasion the original rubber mask — which had deteriorated too badly to be saved — was replaced with green makeup and face paint (the latter being used to paint teeth onto Beevers' lips), which allowed Beevers to give the character more facial expression.

He played the Master again in the Big Finish Productions audio dramas Dust Breeding (2001) and Master (2003), after Big Finish were unable to reach a suitable deal with Anthony Ainley.

He reprised his role as the Decayed Master in Big Finish Fourth Doctor Adventures. He also wrote and performed his own Master story for Big Finish, I Am The Master.

Beevers was married to the late Caroline John, who was also in Doctor Who as the Third Doctor's companion Liz Shaw. He appeared alongside her in the Liz Shaw spin-off videos The Devil of Winterborne and Unnatural Selection. Prior to that, he appeared with her in one of The Stranger videos, Eye of the Beholder. Caroline John also appeared in Dust Breeding as Madame Salvadori. The couple also had a daughter, Daisy Ashford.

Acting Credits

Television

Doctor Who

• The Ambassadors of Death - Private Johnson
• The Keeper of Traken - The Master

Direct-to-Video

Spin-off stories

• Downtime - Harrods

P.R.O.B.E.

• The Devil of Winterborne - Brian Rutherford
• Unnatural Selection - Brian Rutherford

Audio

Doctor Who Main Range

• Dust Breeding - Mr Seta
• Master
• And You Will Obey Me
• The Two Masters

Special Releases

• The Light at the End
• Masterful

Fourth Doctor Adventures

• Trail of the White Worm / The Oseidon Adventure
• The Evil One
• Requiem for the Rocket Men
• Death Match

Ravenous

• Planet of Dust
• Day of the Master

Companion Chronicles

• Mastermind

Short Trips

• I Am the Master

Jago & Litefoot

• The Museum of Curiosities
• Jago & Son
• Maurice
• The Woman in White
• Masterpiece

Bernice Summerfield

• The Winning Side - Meriol

The Diary of River Song

• Animal Instinct

Gallifrey

• Annihilation - Prydon

Audiobook Readings

Target Novelisations

• Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon
• Doctor Who and the Space War
• Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons
• Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils
• Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin
• Doctor Who and the State of Decay
• The Ambassadors of Death
• Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken
• Arc of Infinity

BBC Past Doctor Adventures

• Harvest of Time

Doctor Who Audio Annuals

• Dark Intruders
• Scorched Earth

Writing credits

Short Trips

• I Am the Master

External links

• Geoffrey Beevers at the Internet Movie Database