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:::It is equally possible that the Master has never had a place that he truly considers home. | :::It is equally possible that the Master has never had a place that he truly considers home. | ||
::::Further to this point, since the closest thing he has to a true home is Gallifrey, where his life is almost certainly forfeit (after the treasonous incidents of his last two visits), he may have deemed it marginally safer to remain on the Cheetah world until he could effect a less suicidal escape route. | ::::Further to this point, since the closest thing he has to a true home is Gallifrey, where his life is almost certainly forfeit (after the treasonous incidents of his last two visits), he may have deemed it marginally safer to remain on the Cheetah world until he could effect a less suicidal escape route. | ||
:::::In fact, the Bible and other background material written for the TV movie and (hoped-for) new series explained that the Master, at the last second, teleported home into the waiting arms of the Castellan on Gallifrey. And he knew that's what would happen, which is why he didn't try it until the last second. Of course none of that was ever referenced on screen, so it's not the canonical explanation. But certainly it shows that an explanation isn't hard to come by. | |||
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