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|image          = mastermind cover.jpg
|name            = Mastermind
|range           = The Companion Chronicles
|image           = mastermind_cover.jpg
|series in range = Series 8 (CC)
|series          = [[The Companion Chronicles]]
|series number in range = 8
|number in series = 1
|series          = ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]''
|number          = 8.01
|number          = 8.01
|main character  = [[The Master]]
|main character  = [[Decayed Master]]
|featuring      = [[Ruth Matheson]], [[Charlie Sato]] 
|featuring      = Ruth Matheson
|featuring2      = Charlie Sato
|enemy          =  
|enemy          =  
|setting        = [[The Vault (Tales from the Vault)|The Vault]]
|setting        = [[The Vault (The Scales of Injustice)|The Vault]], [[21st century]]
|writer          = [[Jonathan Morris]]
|writer          = Jonathan Morris
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]] & [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
|read by        = [[Geoffrey Beevers]], [[Daphne Ashbrook]], [[Yee Jee Tso]]
|read by        =  
|music          = [[Daniel Brett]]
|music          = [[Daniel Brett]]
|sound          = [[Neil Gardner]]
|sound          = [[Neil Gardner]]
|cover          = [[Anthony Lamb]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[11 July (releases)|11 July]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|release date    = 10 July 2013
|format          = 1 Part, 1 CD
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCC69
|production code = BFPDWCC69
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78178-083-1
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78178-083-1
|prev    = Council of War (audio story)
|prev    = Council of War (audio story)
|next    = The Alchemists (audio story)
|next    = The Alchemists (audio story)
}}'''''Mastermind''''' was the sixty-ninth release in [[the Companion Chronicles]] audio range. It was the first story of season 8. It was written by [[Jonathan Morris]] and featured [[the Master]].
|producer = [[David Richardson]]|epcount=1
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'''''Mastermind''''' was the first story of the [[Series 8 (CC)|eighth series]] in ''[[The Companion Chronicles]]'' audio range. It was the produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Jonathan Morris]] and featured the [[Decayed Master]].
 
The other characters in this story were played by [[Daphne Ashbrook]] and [[Yee Jee Tso]], actors who had starring roles in the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|''Doctor Who'' movie]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
The Vault — an archive of alien artefacts securely stored deep beneath the Angel of the North.
[[The Vault (The Scales of Injustice)|The Vault]] — an archive of alien artefacts securely stored deep beneath the [[Angel of the North]].


There's also a prisoner in the Vault. An extraterrestrial known as [[the Master]]. He has been on Earth for some time, but now he's under lock and key.
There's also a prisoner in the Vault. An extraterrestrial known as [[Decayed Master|the Master]]. He has been on [[Earth]] for some time, but now he's under lock and key.


This is his story.
This is his story.


Or, as Captain [[Ruth Matheson]] and Warrant Officer [[Charlie Sato]] discover… perhaps it is theirs.
Or, as Captain [[Ruth Matheson]] and Warrant Officer [[Charlie Sato]] discover... perhaps it is theirs.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[The Master#Beyond the Eye of Harmony|The Master]] - [[Geoffrey Beevers]]
* [[Decayed Master|The Master]] - [[Geoffrey Beevers]]
* [[Ruth Matheson]] - [[Daphne Ashbrook]]
* [[Ruth Matheson]] - [[Daphne Ashbrook]]
* [[Charlie Sato]] - [[Yee Jee Tso]]
* [[Charlie Sato]] - [[Yee Jee Tso]]


== References ==
=== Uncredited cast ===
* Charlie Sato is 30 years old.
* [[Don Maestro]] / [[Michael Maestro]] / [[Frankie Maestro]] - [[Yee Jee Tso]]
* The Master boarded the [[RMS Titanic]], unaware of its eventual fate, and escaped in a lifeboat when it sank.
* Ms. [[Morelly]] - [[Daphne Ashbrook]]
 
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Anthony Lamb]]
* Directors - [[Ken Bentley]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and Jason Haigh-Ellery
* Music - [[Daniel Brett]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
* Sound Design - [[Neil Gardner]]
* Writer - [[Jonathan Morris]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Master boarded the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] in [[1912]], unaware of its eventual fate, and escaped in a lifeboat when it sank.
* The Master was captured by the [[Dalek]]s in the [[Valley of the Kings]] 3,000 years before his stay in the Vault, leaving [[The Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] behind.
* The Master used a [[Deathworm Morphant]] as a precaution against his extermination by the Daleks.
* [[Excalibur]] is held in the Vault.
* [[Excalibur]] is held in the Vault.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was recorded on [[11 May (production)|11 May]] [[2012]].
[[File:Mastermind.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
* This story was recorded on [[11 May (production)|11 May]] [[2012 (production)|2012]] at [[the Moat Studios]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Charlie refers to the Thames Mead Massacre ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'')
* Major [[Husak]] had a sword that could be [[Excalibur]] brought to the Vault. ([[TV]]: [[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]])
* Charlie Sato refers to the Master's [[Aliases of the Master|aliases]] of Professor Emil Keller ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]''), Reverend Magister ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') and Professor Thascalos ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'').
* Charlie refers to the [[Thames Mead Massacre]] in [[London]] in [[2012]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'')
* The Master tells Charlie that he is "known as the Master...universally." ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
* Charlie refers to [[the Master's aliases]] of "Professor Emil Keller", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'') "Reverend Magister", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') and "Professor Thascalos". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'')
* The Master references the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Forgotten (short story)|Forgotten]]''.
* The Master says, that he is universally known as the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
* The Master refers to his current form as a "[[Deathworm Morphant|Morphant Deathworm]]." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fallen (comic story)|The Fallen]]'')
* The Master references his execution by the Daleks, his last visit on Earth at the turn of the millennium and the entrapment of his [[Bruce Gerhardt|new body]] within the [[Eye of Harmony]], as recorded by [[Grace Holloway|Doctor Holloway]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* After stealing the body of Don Maestro's son Michael, the Master is elated at having "a new body at last." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'')
* The Master escaped the Eye by manipulating [[Edward Grainger]] and temporarily possessing the body of [[George Steer]], until [[Violet (Prologue to The Centenarian)|Violet]] stopped him, and then stole the body of [[Richard (Prologue to The Centenarian)|her fiancé]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Forgotten (short story)|Forgotten]]'')
* The Master refers to his current form as a "[[Deathworm Morphant]]." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fallen (comic story)|The Fallen]]'')
* After stealing the body of [[Don Maestro]]'s son Michael, the Master is elated at having "a new body at last". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'')
* After falling under the Master's influence, Charlie and Ruth were sent to [[Fortress Island]], which had become a [[retirement]] home for ex-UNIT operatives who posed a security risk. They were later brought back into active service by Captain [[Mike Yates]], who needed their help to investigate what had happened to the Vault since they had left. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Screaming Skull (audio story)|The Screaming Skull]]'')


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