The Final Game (unproduced TV story): Difference between revisions

'''''The Final Game''''' was an unproduced serial intended to end [[Season 11]]. It would have revealed that [[the Doctor]] and [[the Master]] were actually brothers which explains why the Master never sought to actually kill the Doctor. The story would have ended with the Master sacrificing his life for the [[Third Doctor]]'s life and then the latter's [[regeneration]]. However, the episode was never produced due to [[Roger Delgado]]'s death so ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'' replaced this story as [[Jon Pertwee]]'s final episode.

Several elements from this episode have been recycled throughout the years. The Master caused the [[Fourth Doctor]] to [[regenerate]] in ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' and indirectly caused of the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s regeneration in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''.  The possible fraternal relationship between the Master and the Doctor was teased in ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'' and ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' but firmly dismissed in ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''.