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{{Infobox | |range = Doctor Who Annual 2006 | ||
| | |number in range = #6 | ||
| | |image = TMoM.jpg | ||
|doctor = | |doctor = Ninth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Rose Tyler]] | |companions = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] | ||
|enemy = [[Makassar]], the [[Units]] | |enemy = [[Akimus Makassar|Makassar]], the [[Unit (species)|Units]] | ||
| | |setting = [[Planet (The Masks of Makassar)|Unnamed planet]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Paul Cornell | ||
|illustrator = [[Martin Geraghty]] | |illustrator = [[Martin Geraghty]] | ||
|publication = [[Doctor Who Annual 2006]] | |genre = Science fiction | ||
|prev = | |format = Short story | ||
|next = Mr Nobody (comic story) | |release date = September 2005 | ||
|publisher = Panini UK | |||
|publication = ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'' | |||
|series = ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'' | |||
|prev = Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story){{!}}Meet the Doctor | |||
|next = Mr Nobody (comic story) | |||
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'''''The Masks of Makassar''''' was the third short story and sixth release exclusively published in the ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'' in [[September (releases)|September]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] by [[Panini UK]] and the [[BBC]]. The short story was written by [[Paul Cornell]] and illustrated by [[Martin Geraghty]]. | |||
== Plot == | |||
The [[Ninth Doctor]] is asked to represent an alien planet. But his eternal grief at the loss of the [[Time Lord]]s begins clouding his judgement, and when Rose is put in danger, the Doctor discovers a trap has been set - and he has walked straight into it. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Ninth Doctor]] | * [[Ninth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Rose Tyler]] | * [[Rose Tyler]] | ||
* [[Makassar]] | * [[Akimus Makassar]] | ||
* [[Repthon]] | * [[Repthon]] | ||
* [[Eln]] | * [[Eln]] | ||
* [[Unit ( | * [[Unit (species)|Units]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * The visions from Rose's memory include the [[Powell Estate]] and [[Jackie Tyler]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | ''According to Paul Cornell on the commentary for Scream of the Shalka this story would have been used had Richard E Grant’s version of The Doctor gone to series. So he recycled it when asked to write for this annual instead.'' | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor mentions [[the Matrix]]. | * The Doctor mentions [[the Matrix]] as something the [[Time Lord]]s used to "keep their minds in after they died". | ||
* The Doctor is haunted by the destruction of his homeworld, a running theme throughout his ninth incarnation. | * The Doctor is haunted by the destruction of his homeworld, a running theme throughout his ninth incarnation. | ||
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