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|origin = [[Gallifrey]] | |origin = [[Gallifrey]] | ||
|actor = Anthony Ainley | |actor = Anthony Ainley | ||
|other actor = [[Gordon Tipple]] | |||
|voice actor = Geoffrey Beevers | |voice actor = Geoffrey Beevers | ||
|other voice actor = [[Chris Finney]] | |other voice actor = {{il|[[David Garfield]]|[[Chris Finney]]}} | ||
|first = The Keeper of Traken (TV story) | |first = The Keeper of Traken (TV story) | ||
|appearances = [[The Master - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']] | |appearances = [[The Master - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']] | ||
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After stealing the [[Trakenite]] body of [[Tremas]] to replace his decaying Time Lord one, '''the Master''' resumed his crusade to conquer the universe and kill the Doctor. He somewhat succeeded in the latter, as his actions at the [[Pharos Project]] resulted in the [[regeneration]] of the [[Fourth Doctor]], and he continued to plague the Doctor afterwards. | After stealing the [[Trakenite]] body of [[Tremas]] to replace his decaying Time Lord one, '''the Master''' resumed his crusade to conquer the universe and kill the Doctor. He somewhat succeeded in the latter, as his actions at the [[Pharos Project]] resulted in the [[regeneration]] of the [[Fourth Doctor]], and he continued to plague the Doctor afterwards. | ||
Eventually landing on the [[Cheetah World]], the Master became infected with the [[Cheetah virus]], which increased his aggressive behavior. | Eventually landing on the [[Cheetah World]], the Master became infected with the [[Cheetah virus]], which increased his aggressive behavior. The Master would continue to be plagued by the virus for some time until he overcame the effects, but was then regressed back to his cadaverous form by the [[Warp Core]]. Disfigured, the Master was granted ten years of peaceful living on Earth as an amnesiac as part of a deal between the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Death (Timewyrm: Revelation)|Death]]. But, after his allotted time was up, he was restored to being the Master again. | ||
Another account claimed that, immediately following his escape from the Cheetah World, he was cured by [[Tzun]] [[nanite]]s and regenerated after being shot by [[Ace]]. | |||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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The Master remained trapped in Castrovalva for some time, but was able to find a way to project himself in [[England]] in the [[1920s]]. In an attempt to capture and kill the Doctor and his companions and escape Castrovalva, the Master manipulated [[Harry Houdini]] to send a psionic distress call to his old friend. When the Doctor answered the call, Houdini claimed that he needed help to stop a fortune teller. However, when the Master's plan was uncovered, the Doctor managed to stop his revenge plan. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Smoke and Mirrors (audio story)|Smoke and Mirrors]]'') | The Master remained trapped in Castrovalva for some time, but was able to find a way to project himself in [[England]] in the [[1920s]]. In an attempt to capture and kill the Doctor and his companions and escape Castrovalva, the Master manipulated [[Harry Houdini]] to send a psionic distress call to his old friend. When the Doctor answered the call, Houdini claimed that he needed help to stop a fortune teller. However, when the Master's plan was uncovered, the Doctor managed to stop his revenge plan. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Smoke and Mirrors (audio story)|Smoke and Mirrors]]'') | ||
[[File:KaleedSmiles.jpg|thumb|left|The Master as Kalid | [[File:KaleedSmiles.jpg|thumb|left|The Master as Kalid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'')]] | ||
The Master eventually escaped from Castrovalva, ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') but in the attempt, it caused damage to the [[dynamorphic generator]]s, making it difficult to continue piloting his TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') He managed to travel to Earth in [[Distant past|140,000,000 BC]], where he disguised himself as the [[magic]]ian [[Kalid]], hoping to use the [[Xeraphin]] [[gestalt]] to replace his dynamorphic generators. He brought two [[Concorde]]s to his Citadel via a [[time contour]]. The second held the Doctor, his TARDIS and companions. He originally planned to use the captured passengers to break into the Sanctum and take control of the Xeraphin and add him to his TARDIS, but then he acquired the Doctor's TARDIS in a trade with him for a part the Doctor needed for his own TARDIS. The Xeraphin contacted Nyssa and let Tegan and her enter the Citadel, where the Master revealed his true form. The Master held the passengers hostage for parts from the Doctor's TARDIS. The second Concorde was returned to its own time and the Master ended up on [[Xeriphas]] with the freed and angry Xeraphin. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | The Master eventually escaped from Castrovalva, ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') but in the attempt, it caused damage to the [[dynamorphic generator]]s, making it difficult to continue piloting his TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') He managed to travel to Earth in [[Distant past|140,000,000 BC]], where he disguised himself as the [[magic]]ian [[Kalid]], hoping to use the [[Xeraphin]] [[gestalt]] to replace his dynamorphic generators. He brought two [[Concorde]]s to his Citadel via a [[time contour]]. The second held the Doctor, his TARDIS and companions. He originally planned to use the captured passengers to break into the Sanctum and take control of the Xeraphin and add him to his TARDIS, but then he acquired the Doctor's TARDIS in a trade with him for a part the Doctor needed for his own TARDIS. The Xeraphin contacted Nyssa and let Tegan and her enter the Citadel, where the Master revealed his true form. The Master held the passengers hostage for parts from the Doctor's TARDIS. The second Concorde was returned to its own time and the Master ended up on [[Xeriphas]] with the freed and angry Xeraphin. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | ||
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As [[Cheetah virus|exposure to the planet]] began changing the Master into a Cheetah Person, he sent the kitlings to [[Ace]]'s home in the [[London]] suburb of [[Perivale]] to hunt for [[human]] recruits. Eventually, he found a pliable young man called [[Midge (Survival)|Midge]] and used him to escape. Using Midge as his "hunting dog", the Master recruited a gang of Perivale youths to defeat the Doctor and Ace. The Master killed Midge and [[teleport]]ed the Doctor to the Cheetah World, which had begun to break up. The Doctor escaped, but the Master was trapped on the dying world. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') | As [[Cheetah virus|exposure to the planet]] began changing the Master into a Cheetah Person, he sent the kitlings to [[Ace]]'s home in the [[London]] suburb of [[Perivale]] to hunt for [[human]] recruits. Eventually, he found a pliable young man called [[Midge (Survival)|Midge]] and used him to escape. Using Midge as his "hunting dog", the Master recruited a gang of Perivale youths to defeat the Doctor and Ace. The Master killed Midge and [[teleport]]ed the Doctor to the Cheetah World, which had begun to break up. The Doctor escaped, but the Master was trapped on the dying world. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') | ||
=== After Cheetah World === | ==== After Cheetah World ==== | ||
The Master was | The Master was depositing inside [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] when the Cheetah Planet exploded, with its destruction apparently curing him of the Cheetah virus, due to the last effects of the virus responding to his desire to travel in time freely again, since he "had to go somewhere" but did not call any place [[home]]. The Master quickly highjacked the TARDIS by stealing the [[Identity Recognition Module]] as he set some time coordinates and then damaged the controls to prevent the Doctor from interfering, essentially shanghaiing Ace and the Doctor to an unknown destination aboard their own ship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[How did this creep get in here, Professor? (short story)|How did this creep get in here, Professor?]]'') However, the Master was seen multiple times still infected by the Cheetah Virus after escaping the Cheetah World, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Stop the Pigeon (short story)|Stop the Pigeon]]'', ''[[Prime Time (novel)|Prime Time]]'') until , no longer infected by the virus, he lost Tremas's body and reverted to his previous cadaverous form. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]'') | ||
[[File:Gordontipplemaster.jpg|thumb|left|The Master is placed on trial by the Daleks. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')]] | |||
In another account, the Master himself contradictorily claimed that he was immediately stranded on Earth after escaping, and was then cured by [[Tzun]] [[nanite]]s and regenerated into a new body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'') In an even more contradictory account, on a desert planet on the fringes of [[Mutter's Spiral]], the Master, driven further insane by his defeat on the Cheetah Planet, obtained and swallowed a [[Deathworm Morphant]] from the [[Morg]]s. He then surrendered himself to the [[Daleks]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'') According to this account, the Master was then tried and executed by the Daleks, making a request for the Doctor to return his remains to Gallifrey, only to use the Deathworm Morphant to take the Doctor's TARDIS to [[1999]] [[San Francisco]], where he possessed the body of [[Bruce (Doctor Who)|an ambulance driver]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') {{Gomez}} herself admitted that her memory of what happened to the Master after being left stranded on Cheetah World was vague at best, to the extent that she was unsure said event had even taken place. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Meet Missy! (short story)|Meet Missy!]]'') | |||
=== Fighting the virus === | |||
In the year [[2067]], the Master tried to stave off the effects of the Cheetah virus by posing as a "Dr Howard Chithros" and draining the life from his elderly patients. The [[Seventh Doctor]] discovered the scheme and the nursing home was destroyed in the ensuing confrontation between him and the Master, who escaped in the confusion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Stop the Pigeon (short story)|Stop the Pigeon]]'') | In the year [[2067]], the Master tried to stave off the effects of the Cheetah virus by posing as a "Dr Howard Chithros" and draining the life from his elderly patients. The [[Seventh Doctor]] discovered the scheme and the nursing home was destroyed in the ensuing confrontation between him and the Master, who escaped in the confusion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Stop the Pigeon (short story)|Stop the Pigeon]]'') | ||
The Master attempted to gain a new body from a legendary race known as the [[Fleshsmith]]s, claiming that the Cheetah virus would kill his Trakenite body within a year, but his plan was stopped by the Doctor, who ejected the new body from the Fleshsmith vessel into space. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prime Time (novel)|Prime Time]]'') | The Master attempted to gain a new body from a legendary race known as the [[Fleshsmith]]s, claiming that the Cheetah virus would kill his Trakenite body within a year, but his plan was stopped by the Doctor, who ejected the new body from the Fleshsmith vessel into space. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prime Time (novel)|Prime Time]]'') | ||
=== Reduced to an old body === | |||
[[File:DustBreedingMaster.jpg|thumb|left|The Master's masked disguise as "Mr. Seta". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dust Breeding]]'')]] | [[File:DustBreedingMaster.jpg|thumb|left|The Master's masked disguise as "Mr. Seta". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dust Breeding]]'')]] | ||
After having his [[Trakenite]] body stripped from him, and reduced to his previous decaying form, by the [[Warp Core]], the Master collected four [[Krill]] eggs with the intention of awakening the Warp Core from its slumber and exhausting it, so that he could draw it into [[The Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to be his slave. The Master then used a mask to disguise his deformity and followed the Warp Core as it arrived on [[Duchamp 331]]. Under the alias "Mr. Seta", the Master funded Madame [[Salvadori]]'s trip to Duchamp 331. | After having his [[Trakenite]] body stripped from him, and reduced to his previous decaying form, by the [[Warp Core]], the Master collected four [[Krill]] eggs with the intention of awakening the Warp Core from its slumber and exhausting it, so that he could draw it into [[The Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to be his slave. The Master then used a mask to disguise his deformity and followed the Warp Core as it arrived on [[Duchamp 331]]. Under the alias "Mr. Seta", the Master funded Madame [[Salvadori]]'s trip to Duchamp 331. | ||
There, the Master unleashed the Krill upon the passengers, hypnotising Salvadori's aide, [[Klemp]], in the process. Revealing his true identity, the Master kept Salvadori alive, before encountering the [[Seventh Doctor]]. When the Core arrived, the Master tried to ally with it, but it dismissed him, leading him to ordering Klemp to kill Salvadori, but Klemp's loyalty was too strong, so the Master killed him. The Doctor escaped to his TARDIS, and attempted to gain control of the Warp Core through his TARDIS's telepathic circuits, while the Master used his TARDIS to fight of the Doctor's influence, and gain control of it. After it and the planet | There, the Master unleashed the Krill upon the passengers, hypnotising Salvadori's aide, [[Klemp]], in the process. Revealing his true identity, the Master kept Salvadori alive, before encountering the [[Seventh Doctor]]. When the Core arrived, the Master tried to ally with it, but it dismissed him, leading him to ordering Klemp to kill Salvadori, but Klemp's loyalty was too strong, so the Master killed him. The Doctor escaped to his TARDIS, and attempted to gain control of the Warp Core through his TARDIS's telepathic circuits, while the Master used his TARDIS to fight of the Doctor's influence, and gain control of it. After it and the planet were destroyed, the Master was flung through time and space. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]'') | ||
=== Living a peaceful life === | |||
The Doctor made a deal with [[Death (Timewyrm: Revelation)|Death]] for the Master to have ten years of peace and sanity, at the end of which the Doctor had to kill him. To this end, Death transformed the Master into "[[John Smith (Master)|John Smith]]", an ordinary physician on the colony world of [[Perfugium]] with [[amnesia|no memory of his past]]. Smith was taken in by [[Wolstonecroft]], and inherited his house when Wolstonecroft died, and became emotionally involved with [[Jacqueline Schaeffer]]. The Master remained active in Smith's subconscious, but was unable to influence the world around him. | The Doctor made a deal with [[Death (Timewyrm: Revelation)|Death]] for the Master to have ten years of peace and sanity, at the end of which the Doctor had to kill him. To this end, Death transformed the Master into "[[John Smith (Master)|John Smith]]", an ordinary physician on the colony world of [[Perfugium]] with [[amnesia|no memory of his past]]. Smith was taken in by [[Wolstonecroft]], and inherited his house when Wolstonecroft died, and became emotionally involved with [[Jacqueline Schaeffer]]. The Master remained active in Smith's subconscious, but was unable to influence the world around him. | ||
At the end of the allotted time, the Doctor arrived to kill Smith, but strove to avoid fulfilling his side of the bargain. Death herself was present at these events, disguised as Smith's maid, and manipulated events so that the Master would become dominant once more. Her endgame was for Smith to make a decision that would ensure he remained in control; to kill [[Victor Schaeffer]] or allow Jacqueline to die by her husband's hand, but Smith was unable to kill Victor, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'') and became the Master again as a result. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tramp's Story]]'') | At the end of the allotted time, the Doctor arrived to kill Smith, but strove to avoid fulfilling his side of the bargain. Death herself was present at these events, disguised as Smith's maid, and manipulated events so that the Master would become dominant once more. Her endgame was for Smith to make a decision that would ensure he remained in control; to kill [[Victor Schaeffer]] or allow Jacqueline to die by her husband's hand, but Smith was unable to kill Victor, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'') and became the Master again as a result. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tramp's Story]]'') | ||
=== Capturing the Doctors === | |||
[[File:The Master In Destiny of the Doctors.jpg|thumb|left|The Master temporarily victorious in capturing the first seven incarnations of the Doctor. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'')]] | |||
Looking much older with greying hair, the Master captured the first seven incarnations of the Doctor and put them into a void called [[the Determinant]]. However, the [[Graak]] successfully freed the Doctors and the Master was captured and imprisoned by one of the races involved in his game. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'') | |||
==== A new regeneration ==== | ==== A new regeneration ==== | ||
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=== Personality === | === Personality === | ||
[[File:Suited up.jpg|thumb|The Master threatens the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')]] | [[File:Suited up.jpg|thumb|The Master threatens the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')]] | ||
After possessing [[Tremas]]'s body, the Master became a more flamboyantly [[evil]], bombastic and sophisticated individual, ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[Time-Flight]]'', ''[[The King's Demons]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'') who only put trust in himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'') He was prone to laughing maniacally and reciting lengthy and verbose speeches, accompanied by melodramatic gestures and poses. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] even recalled the "Tremas" Master as having "a taste for [[melodrama]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters | After possessing [[Tremas]]'s body, the Master became a more flamboyantly [[evil]], bombastic and sophisticated individual, ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[Time-Flight]]'', ''[[The King's Demons]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'') who only put trust in himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'') However, when he was called "evil" by the Doctor, the Master objected that he "crave[d] power, dominion, [and ] knowledge of the forbidden and the secret". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'') He was prone to laughing maniacally and reciting lengthy and verbose speeches, accompanied by melodramatic gestures and poses. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] even recalled the "Tremas" Master as having "a taste for [[melodrama]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Two Masters (audio story)|The Two Masters]]'') | ||
The "Tremas" Master was unwilling to share any form of power with others, often betraying those he worked with to accomplish his own goals, ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'', ''[[Survival]]'') even when working with his other incarnations. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters]]'') | The "Tremas" Master was unwilling to share any form of power with others, often betraying those he worked with to accomplish his own goals, ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'', ''[[Survival]]'') even when working with his other incarnations. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Five Masters]]'') | ||
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While stranded on [[Cheetah World]], the Master opted to change his usual attire for a black coat with a white collar, with a white collared dark blue shirt and bow tie, black trousers and shoes, a silver waistcoat, and a belt with a dragon shaped buckle. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival]]'') | While stranded on [[Cheetah World]], the Master opted to change his usual attire for a black coat with a white collar, with a white collared dark blue shirt and bow tie, black trousers and shoes, a silver waistcoat, and a belt with a dragon shaped buckle. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival]]'') | ||
[[File:Master Master.jpg|thumb|The Master lives as "John Smith". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'')]] | |||
When the Master was robbed of his [[Trakenite]] body by the [[Warp Core]], he regained his disfigured appearance, which [[Ace]] described as resembling [[Freddy Krueger]] and "a dropped [[pizza]]". To hide his disfigurement, the Master took to wearing a golden mask with diamonds encrusted inside it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dust Breeding]]'') After becoming John Smith, the Master did not hide his disfigurement and wore a suit instead. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'') | |||
In an account that depicted the "Tremas" Master with greying hair, he wore a red velvet jacket, a white waistcoat with a black jumper, and a pair of dark trousers, with leather gloves and shoes, with various rings decorating his gloves. Completing the ensemble was a black cloak with a huge collar and white lining, ([[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'') which the Master had also worn during his alliance with [[Adam Mitchell]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Cat and Mouse (comic story)|Cat and Mouse]])'' | In an account that depicted the "Tremas" Master with greying hair, he wore a red velvet jacket, a white waistcoat with a black jumper, and a pair of dark trousers, with leather gloves and shoes, with various rings decorating his gloves. Completing the ensemble was a black cloak with a huge collar and white lining, ([[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'') which the Master had also worn during his alliance with [[Adam Mitchell]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Cat and Mouse (comic story)|Cat and Mouse]])'' | ||
While combating [[the Graak]] in [[the Determinant]], the Master adopted many costume changes to suit the situation he found himself in; wearing an a conductor hat with an "M"-insignia at a platform station, a bowler hat while on a train taunting the Graak, a [[Dalek Trooper]] helmet while commanding a | While combating [[the Graak]] in [[the Determinant]], the Master adopted many costume changes to suit the situation he found himself in; wearing an a conductor hat with an "M"-insignia at a platform station, a bowler hat while on a train taunting the Graak, a [[Dalek Trooper]] helmet while commanding a rocket launcher, and a plastic crown at a medieval themed festival. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
