Terror of the Master (audio story)

Terror of the Master
Doctor:	Third Doctor
Companion(s):	The Brigadier
Featuring:	Benton, Yates
Main enemy:	The Master
Main setting:	Earth, 1970s
Key crew
Writer:	Trevor Baxendale
Director:	Ken Bentley
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Steve Foxon
Sound:	Steve Foxon
Read by:	Jon Culshaw
Cover by:	Ryan Aplin
Release details
Number of parts:	3
Release date:	2 January 2021
Format:	3 CDs Download 4th of 4 stories
Production code:	BFPMASTERFCDLE-TOTM
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-83868-191-3 (Masterful) ISBN 978-1-80240-126-4 (standalone)
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Terror of the Master was the fourth and final story originally part of the Masterful limited edition box set released by Big Finish Productions to mark the 50th anniversary of the first appearance of the Master. It was not included on the standard edition of Masterful and was later given a separate, digital exclusive release. It was written by Trevor Baxendale. It featured the Third Doctor, the Master and UNIT.

Summary

Dr Derek Drake is a National Treasure — he's going to solve the energy crisis and stop all pollution. Governments and businesses around the world are signing up to his environmentally friendly campaign. So why is the Doctor convinced this great humanitarian and darling of the media is really the Master in disguise?

What could his greatest enemy hope to gain by improving the lives of everyone on the planet? The Doctor must convince his UNIT friends that they now face the ultimate terror – and that the Master may be in as much danger as they are…

Plot

to be added

Characters

• Third Doctor
• Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
• The Master
• Mike Yates
• John Benton
• The Scabus
• Daisy Hanson
• Gerald Farley
• Dan Cudgely
• Magnus Pike
• Kinley
• Private Gibbs
• Corporal Sweetman
• Audrey Pilch
• Geoffrey Turkle
• Kirkland

Worldbuilding

• The BBC chauffeur once drove for Peter Cushing.
• The Doctor reminisces on an encounter with Winston Churchill and the Crimean War.
• The Master had considered using Ogrons in his scheme.
• The Doctor puts off the idea of revisiting Metebelis III.
• The Brigadier rhetorically asks if Yates is trying to catch The Magic Roundabout on the television.
• The Brigadier sees Bruce Forsyth at the BBC Television Centre.

Notes

• The title for this story was absent when originally announced as part of the Masterful anthology. The title was later shown on 23 May 2020 along with the covers for both the Limited and Standard editions of Masterful.
• This story was announced to be re-released as a standalone download on 18 January 2023, and was released on 14 March 2023.
• The story was recorded in 2019.

Continuity

• Yates and Benton believe the Doctor is still saddened by Jo's recent departure. (TV: The Green Death)
• The Doctor and Daisy are constructing the Whomobile. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)
• The Brigadier reminds the Doctor that UNIT was set up to investigate "the odd, the unexplained, anything on Earth or beyond", just as how he described UNIT to Liz Shaw on their first meeting. (TV: Spearhead from Space)
• Yates comments on someone needing to solve the energy crisis. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)
• The Doctor and the Master have crossed swords in a literal sense. (TV: The Sea Devils)
• The Brigadier receives numerous reports on the Loch Ness Monster. He and the Fourth Doctor would later investigate a sighting personally. (TV: Terror of the Zygons)
• The Brigadier recalls the incident with Breathe Industries. (AUDIO: Poison of the Daleks)
• The Master recalls the Doctor foiling his alliance with the Nestene Consciousness. (TV: Terror of the Autons)

External links

• Official Terror of the Master page at bigfinish.com