The Master's daughter
In the "olden days" on Gallifrey, the Master had a daughter. (TV: The Witch's Familiar [+]Loading...["The Witch's Familiar (TV story)"])
Biography
For a time, the Master shared a home with their daughter. Missy said that she had not allowed her daughter to have pets, as "once they outgrow the house, you just have to put them down." (PROSE: The Liar, the Glitch and the War Zone [+]Loading...["The Liar, the Glitch and the War Zone (short story)"])
Missy recalled that the First Doctor had given her a dark star alloy brooch on an occasion somehow related to her daughter, but before she could elaborate any further she was interrupted by an incoming Dalek. (TV: The Witch's Familiar [+]Loading...["The Witch's Familiar (TV story)"])
The War Master mentioned a daughter, alongside a son and three grandchildren to Nyssa whilst they worked together on the Varnomium. (AUDIO: The Orphan [+]Loading...["The Orphan (audio story)"])
Behind the scenes
- While writing The Pirate Planet, Douglas Adams considered that the villain — the character who would become Xanxia — could be the Master's daughter: "If she’s the Master’s daughter, she is collecting the planets which witnessed his defeat. Because she loved him... or hated him?" (PROSE: The Pirate Planet [+]Loading...{"page":"263","1":"The Pirate Planet (novelisation)"})
