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lead previously gave the impression that this was the "first Master". All evidence, especially from Deadly Assassin, suggests he was more likely the 13th Master, and definitely not "the first".
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actor= [[Roger Delgado]]}} | actor= [[Roger Delgado]]}} | ||
An incarnation of the malevolent [[Time Lord]] known as '''the Master''' opposed [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[UNIT]], mainly in late [[20th century]] [[England]] though occasionally in other times and places. | |||
==Profile== | ==Profile== | ||
===Personality=== | ===Personality=== | ||
This incarnation of [[the Master]] | This incarnation of [[the Master]] was suave and debonair with a sardonic sense of humour. A haughty psychopath, he regarded most beings as his inferiors but had a mutual respect for the Doctor as a worthy opponent and (almost) his intellectual equal. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'') | ||
===Biography=== | ===Biography=== | ||
:''Though formerly friends with him, the Master had, by this time already | :''Though formerly friends with him, the Master had, by this time, already [[The_Master#Early_life|sworn enmity against the Doctor]].'' | ||
Prior to the Doctor becoming aware of his presence, the Master infiltrated UNIT's [[UNIT HQ|headquarters]]. Here he learned of the failed [[Nestene]] invasion and decided to ally himself with them. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Reconnaissance]]'') | Prior to the Doctor becoming aware of his presence, the Master infiltrated UNIT's [[UNIT HQ|headquarters]]. Here he learned of the failed [[Nestene]] invasion and decided to ally himself with them. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Reconnaissance]]'') | ||
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The Master then appeared at a circus, his [[the Master's TARDIS|TARDIS]] materialising in the form of a circus trailer or horse box. He promptly [[hypnosis|hypnotised]] the circus troupe to obey his orders, as part of his plan to assist the [[Nestene]]s in their latest bid to conquer Earth. A Time Lord emissary alerted the Doctor to his rival's presence on the planet ([[DW]]:''[[Terror of the Autons]]''). | The Master then appeared at a circus, his [[the Master's TARDIS|TARDIS]] materialising in the form of a circus trailer or horse box. He promptly [[hypnosis|hypnotised]] the circus troupe to obey his orders, as part of his plan to assist the [[Nestene]]s in their latest bid to conquer Earth. A Time Lord emissary alerted the Doctor to his rival's presence on the planet ([[DW]]:''[[Terror of the Autons]]''). | ||
:'' | :''He owned a [[the Master's TARDIS|type 40 Mark II]] [[TARDIS]] — complete with functioning [[chameleon circuit]] — compared to [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor]]'s somewhat broken-down Type 40 Mark I.'' | ||
The Doctor stole the [[dematerialisation circuit]] of his ship, stranding the Master on [[Earth]]. He returned again, using the [[Keller Machine]] to try and foment nuclear war ([[DW]]:''[[The Mind of Evil]]''); recovered his mobility and brought [[Axos]] to Earth, ([[DW]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos]]''); and used information stolen from the Time Lords to visit an alien world in the future to try to gain control of a doomsday machine ([[DW]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'') | The Doctor stole the [[dematerialisation circuit]] of his ship, stranding the Master on [[Earth]]. He returned again, using the [[Keller Machine]] to try and foment nuclear war ([[DW]]:''[[The Mind of Evil]]''); recovered his mobility and brought [[Axos]] to Earth, ([[DW]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos]]''); and used information stolen from the Time Lords to visit an alien world in the future to try to gain control of a doomsday machine ([[DW]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'') | ||
