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|other actor = Norman Stanley | |other actor = Norman Stanley | ||
|voice actor = Nicholas Courtney | |voice actor = Nicholas Courtney | ||
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Fully embracing his darker nature after escaping | Fully embracing his darker nature after escaping the [[black hole]] he had been trapped in by the [[Second Doctor]], '''the Master''' went on to fight various battles against the [[Third Doctor]] and [[UNIT]] during the Doctor's [[exile on Earth]], even spending a short period also trapped on the planet until he retrieved his stolen [[dematerialisation circuit]] from the Doctor. | ||
After the Doctor foiled his attempt to ally with the [[Dæmon]] [[Azal]], the Master was arrested by UNIT [[Sergeant]] [[John Benton]]. With the government using him as a scapegoat to cover up recent extraterrestrial incursions, the Master was moved to various prisons until he was finally imprisoned on [[Fortress Island]] as the sole inmate, until he was able to orchestrate his escape with the aid of the [[Sea Devil]]s. | After the Doctor foiled his attempt to ally with the [[Dæmon]] [[Azal]], the Master was arrested by UNIT [[Sergeant]] [[John Benton]]. With the government using him as a scapegoat to cover up recent extraterrestrial incursions, the Master was moved to various prisons until he was finally imprisoned on [[Fortress Island]] as the sole inmate, until he was able to orchestrate his escape with the aid of the [[Sea Devil]]s. | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Post-regeneration === | === Post-regeneration === | ||
After the Master, going by the moniker of the "War Chief", was shot by [[War Lord]]s for betraying them, ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') he underwent a faulty [[regeneration]] that resulted in him looking like two bodies fused together. After convincing the War Lords that his betrayal of them was just a misunderstanding, | After the Master, going by the moniker of the "War Chief", was shot by the [[War Lord]]s for betraying them, ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') he underwent a faulty [[regeneration]] that resulted in him looking like two bodies fused together. After convincing the War Lords that his betrayal of them was just a misunderstanding, he helped them travel to Nazi Germany, where the War Chief served as an occult advisor to [[Adolf Hitler]] as the head of the [[Black Coven]], hoping to change history with the Nazis as his agents. When the [[Seventh Doctor]] confronted him, the War Chief tried to take his healthy body, but the Doctor destroyed the War Chief's base at [[Drachensberg]] [[castle]] by overloading its [[nuclear reactor]]s and left the War Chief to perish. However, engulfed in the flames of the castles destruction, the War Chief was able to force himself to regenerate ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') into his ninth incarnation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[CIA File Extracts (novel)|CIA File Extracts]]'') He visited the [[Scoundrels Club]] to recover from the regeneration in comfort. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dismemberment (short story)|Dismemberment]]'') | ||
=== Start of darkness === | === Start of darkness === | ||
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=== Meeting his end === | === Meeting his end === | ||
==== Attacked by Susan Foreman ==== | ==== Attacked by Susan Foreman ==== | ||
According to one account, | According to one account, sometime after his alliance with the Daleks against the Draconians fell through, the Master used files he had uncovered from the Daleks to go undercover on Earth following the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]], seeking a [[matter transmuter]] the Daleks had built during the course of the invasion in their base [[DA-17]]. As his scheme took a while to mature, the Master decided to stave off boredom by meddling in local politics under the name of "Estro". Making himself the trusted advisor of [[Lord Haldoran]], he schemed to create a war between Haldoran's forces and [[Lord London]]'s. | ||
As he finally prepared to seize the matter transmuter, he found that [[Susan Foreman]], who had been living on Earth for thirty years with her husband [[David Campbell]], had gotten there before him and was trying to destroy the device. Though he failed to recognise her as the Doctor's granddaughter, he got the impression that she was at least one of the Doctor's former companions, and took her with him as a hostage back to his TARDIS. During a confrontation with the [[Eighth Doctor]], who was foiling the Daleks' plan and discovered the Master's presence in the process, he shot at the Doctor, but instead hit David, who threw himself in front of the Doctor to save him and died. | As he finally prepared to seize the matter transmuter, he found that [[Susan Foreman]], who had been living on Earth for thirty years with her husband [[David Campbell]], had gotten there before him and was trying to destroy the device. Though he failed to recognise her as the Doctor's granddaughter, he got the impression that she was at least one of the Doctor's former companions, and took her with him as a hostage back to his TARDIS. During a confrontation with the [[Eighth Doctor]], who was foiling the Daleks' plan and discovered the Master's presence in the process, he shot at the Doctor, but instead hit David, who threw himself in front of the Doctor to save him and died. | ||
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=== Post-mortem === | === Post-mortem === | ||
[[File:Titan_Comics_Kill_God_Delgado_Master.jpg||thumb|The Master reappears during the Time War. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Kill God (comic story)|Kill God]]'')]] | [[File:Titan_Comics_Kill_God_Delgado_Master.jpg||thumb|The Master reappears during the Time War. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Kill God (comic story)|Kill God]]'')]] | ||
When the {{Ainley|n="Tremas" Master}} was stripped of his [[Trakenite]] body by | When the {{Ainley|n="Tremas" Master}} was stripped of his [[Trakenite]] body by the Time Lords, and after his plot to steal the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s regenerations failed, he found himself confronting mental projections of all his past incarnations, and was able to steal a bit of life energy from each of them, allowing him to [[regeneration|regenerate]] back into his Trakenite body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Velvet Dark (short story)|The Velvet Dark]]'') | ||
While explaining to [[Alice Obiefune]] how time worked different during the [[Last Great Time War]], the {{Titan|n="Child" Master}} briefly turned back into his "UNIT enemy" incarnation. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Kill God (comic story)|Kill God]]'') | While explaining to [[Alice Obiefune]] how time worked different during the [[Last Great Time War]], the {{Titan|n="Child" Master}} briefly turned back into his "UNIT enemy" incarnation. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Kill God (comic story)|Kill God]]'') | ||
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=== Undated events === | === Undated events === | ||
* The Master travelled | * The Master travelled with [[Finsey]], a woman who was fascinated by his evilness, until he saw no further use for her and tried to have her killed. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Transcendence of Ephros (audio story)|The Transcendence of Ephros]]'') | ||
== Other realities == | == Other realities == | ||
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In the [[Inferno Earth]], the Master was still a loyal Time Lord who went under the name [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]]. He was working for the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] and travelled with a human companion called [[Ailla (The Dark Path)|Ailla]]. They became stranded on Earth after defeating the [[Great Intelligence]], and the [[Republic of Great Britain]] captured him for information. Ailla was killed and Koschei was tortured until all his regenerations were used up. Koschei died when he was confronted by the Master from [[N-Space]], who turned off his life-support machine at his request. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'') | In the [[Inferno Earth]], the Master was still a loyal Time Lord who went under the name [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]]. He was working for the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] and travelled with a human companion called [[Ailla (The Dark Path)|Ailla]]. They became stranded on Earth after defeating the [[Great Intelligence]], and the [[Republic of Great Britain]] captured him for information. Ailla was killed and Koschei was tortured until all his regenerations were used up. Koschei died when he was confronted by the Master from [[N-Space]], who turned off his life-support machine at his request. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'') | ||
In [[Parallel universe (Sympathy for the Devil)|one universe]], the Master worked for the [[United Nations]], until he defected to [[China]], during the [[1970s]] when his TARDIS was placed beyond his reach. In [[1997]], when [[The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|the Doctor]] was exiled by the [[Time Lord]]s, the Master [[regenerated]] into [[The Master (Sympathy for the Devil)|a new incarnation]] after being caught in a plane crash. ([[AUDIO]]: | In [[Parallel universe (Sympathy for the Devil)|one universe]], the Master worked for the [[United Nations]], until he defected to [[China]], during the [[1970s]] when his TARDIS was placed beyond his reach. In [[1997]], when [[The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|the Doctor]] was exiled by the [[Time Lord]]s, the Master [[regenerated]] into [[The Master (Sympathy for the Devil)|a new incarnation]] after being caught in a plane crash. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)|Sympathy for the Devil]]'') | ||
== Psychological profile == | == Psychological profile == | ||
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== Appearance and clothing == | == Appearance and clothing == | ||
[[File:The Master - locked up.jpg|thumb|left|The Master in prison. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'')]] | [[File:The Master - locked up.jpg|thumb|left|The Master in prison. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'')]] | ||
In his ninth incarnation, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[CIA File Extracts (novel)|CIA File Extracts]]'') the Master resembled a mature, elegant man, with a swarthy complexion, brown eyes, and mild streaks of grey in his hair. He had a goatee beard, which also had white skunk stripes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'') | |||
While travelling with [[Ailla (The Dark Path)|Ailla]], the Master dressed in a grey double-breasted suit, a silk shirt, and a cravat with a silver bird-of-prey tiepin. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'') | While travelling with [[Ailla (The Dark Path)|Ailla]], the Master dressed in a grey double-breasted suit, a silk shirt, and a cravat with a silver bird-of-prey tiepin. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'') | ||
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During his imprisonment on [[Fortress Island]], the Master wore a black cape over a white turtle-neck jumper, with black trousers, but switched these for a naval officer's uniform while secretly infiltrating [[HMS Seaspite]]. During his return and subsequent escape from Fortress Island, he changed back into his black Nehru jacket and trousers. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'') | During his imprisonment on [[Fortress Island]], the Master wore a black cape over a white turtle-neck jumper, with black trousers, but switched these for a naval officer's uniform while secretly infiltrating [[HMS Seaspite]]. During his return and subsequent escape from Fortress Island, he changed back into his black Nehru jacket and trousers. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'') | ||
The Master's UNIT file described him as "a guy of swervey complexion, with a goatee and a | The Master's UNIT file described him as "a guy of swervey complexion, with a goatee and a receding hairline." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]'') {{Gomez}} remembered him as "the Beardy One". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Meet Missy! (short story)|Meet Missy!]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
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In the [[Third Doctor]]'s [[The Final Game (TV story)|original final episode concept]], [[Roger Delgado]]'s incarnation of the Master would have redeemed himself and given his life to save the Doctor, after which the Doctor would have [[Regeneration|regenerated]]; however, this story was never developed due to the sudden death of Roger Delgado. Over thirty years later, this idea was reused in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', with [[John Simm]]'s incarnation of the Master sacrificing himself to save the [[Tenth Doctor]] from [[Rassilon]]. | In the [[Third Doctor]]'s [[The Final Game (TV story)|original final episode concept]], [[Roger Delgado]]'s incarnation of the Master would have redeemed himself and given his life to save the Doctor, after which the Doctor would have [[Regeneration|regenerated]]; however, this story was never developed due to the sudden death of Roger Delgado. Over thirty years later, this idea was reused in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', with [[John Simm]]'s incarnation of the Master sacrificing himself to save the [[Tenth Doctor]] from [[Rassilon]]. | ||
=== Off-screen relationships === | === Off-screen relationships === | ||
