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At some point prior to the [[First Doctor]] leaving [[Gallifrey]], he and Magnus were good [[friend]]s. However, one day, Magnus attempted to drain power from a conglomerate of [[Artron energy]] retrieved from the [[Time Vortex]]. The Doctor realised the "ball of energy" was actually a sentient energy being and stopped Magnus; while the Doctor was commended for his actions, Magnus, who wished for the experiment to bring him fame equal to [[Omega]] and [[Rassilon]], never forgave the Doctor for ruining his plans that day, becoming a bitter enemy of his. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Flashback (comic story)|Flashback]]'') | At some point prior to the [[First Doctor]] leaving [[Gallifrey]], he and Magnus were good [[friend]]s. However, one day, Magnus attempted to drain power from a conglomerate of [[Artron energy]] retrieved from the [[Time Vortex]]. The Doctor realised the "ball of energy" was actually a sentient energy being and stopped Magnus; while the Doctor was commended for his actions, Magnus, who wished for the experiment to bring him fame equal to [[Omega]] and [[Rassilon]], never forgave the Doctor for ruining his plans that day, becoming a bitter enemy of his. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Flashback (comic story)|Flashback]]'') | ||
The [[Fifth Doctor]] had previously experienced nightmares of his time at the [[Time Lord Academy]] in the Deca, where the nicknames "Magnus" and "Koschei" were used by two of the other members of the group. According to this account, the Magnus the Doctor had dreamt about went on to become the [[renegade Time Lord]] known as "[[the War Chief]]" to the [[War Lord]]s whole "Koschei", corrupted by the power of the [[Darkheart]], became [[the Master]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') Notably, however, yet another account, when relating Koschei's corruption into the Master in the Darkheart incident, alleged that he had at the time only recently started going by the name of "Koschei", with which the [[Second Doctor]] was unfamiliar. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Magnus' nature is a peculiar one; he was intended to be a younger version of [[the Master]] by the authors of ''[[Flashback (comic story)|Flashback]]'', and the story read in this spirit by many.<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.drwho/zR5mKB0Lqpg/S-l-rL2exLIJ</ref> However, when [[Gary Russell]] was asked about the names of [[the Deca]], he explained that this conflicted with an alternate young version of the Master going by "Koschei", created by [[David A. McIntee|Dave McIntee]].<ref>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rec.arts.drwho/zR5mKB0Lqpg/S-l-rL2exLIJ</ref> In an attempt to resolve the contradiction, Russell thus decided to retcon Magnus as being instead a young [[The War Chief|War Chief]], and thus used the name of Magnus for the War Chief in ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]''. Strictly speaking, neither identity of the original Magnus has been confirmed; either way, it is worth remembering that [[The War Chief#Connection with the Master|the Master and War Chief are sometimes thought to be one and the same]], to begin with. | Magnus' nature is a peculiar one; he was intended to be a younger version of [[the Master]] by the authors of ''[[Flashback (comic story)|Flashback]]'', and the story read in this spirit by many.<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.drwho/zR5mKB0Lqpg/S-l-rL2exLIJ</ref> However, when [[Gary Russell]] was asked about the names of [[the Deca]], he explained that this conflicted with an alternate young version of the Master going by "Koschei", created by [[David A. McIntee|Dave McIntee]].<ref>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rec.arts.drwho/zR5mKB0Lqpg/S-l-rL2exLIJ</ref> In an attempt to resolve the contradiction, Russell thus decided to retcon Magnus as being instead a young [[The War Chief|War Chief]], and thus used the name of Magnus for the War Chief in ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]''. Strictly speaking, neither identity of the original Magnus has been confirmed; either way, it is worth remembering that [[The War Chief#Connection with the Master|the Master and War Chief are sometimes thought to be one and the same]], to begin with. | ||
In a deleted line from the [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'' script, the [[Eighth Doctor]] mentions both Magnus and a certain "[[Koschei]]" when reminiscing about [[the Deca]]. | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
