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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. | 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. | ||
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In the [[Wiltshire]] village of [[Devil's End]], he summoned the [[Dæmon]] [[Azal]], to no avail. At the conclusion of this event, UNIT captured him ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]''). Following a trial by Human authorities, the Master was given a sentence of life imprisonment on a prison on an island designed especially to hold him. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'') The government used him as a scapegoat for all the alien attacks that had occurred. ([[MA]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | In the [[Wiltshire]] village of [[Devil's End]], he summoned the [[Dæmon]] [[Azal]], to no avail. At the conclusion of this event, UNIT captured him ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]''). Following a trial by Human authorities, the Master was given a sentence of life imprisonment on a prison on an island designed especially to hold him. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'') The government used him as a scapegoat for all the alien attacks that had occurred. ([[MA]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | ||
While in custody, with the Doctor gone to [[Peladon]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]''), the Master collaborated with UNIT in preventing an invasion by [[Parallel Earth (Inferno)|a fascist version of Earth]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]''). The Master quickly gained control over his jailer, [[George Trenchard]], and nearly caused a war between [[Human]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s. He later escaped in the confusion. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'') | While in custody, with the Doctor gone to [[Peladon]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]''), the Master collaborated with UNIT in preventing an invasion by [[Parallel Earth (Inferno)|a fascist version of Earth]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]''). The Master quickly gained control over his jailer, [[George Trenchard]], and nearly caused a war between [[Human]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s. He later escaped in the confusion. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'') | ||
Sometime during his obvious actions against the Doctor and UNIT, the Master infiltrated the government's Department [[C19]] to a shocking degree. He took control of the [[Glasshouse]], a facility for traumatized [[UNIT]] soldiers and in particular of [[Francis Cleary]]. He also tried to undermine UNIT in the short term. In the long term, he planned to use a [[time ring]] and have Cleary go to [[1963]], prevent the [[Kennedy assassination]] and thus alter Earth's history to make it more vulnerable to invasion. The plan failed. ([[MA]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | Sometime during his obvious actions against the Doctor and UNIT, the Master infiltrated the government's Department [[C19]] to a shocking degree. He took control of the [[Glasshouse]], a facility for traumatized [[UNIT]] soldiers and in particular of [[Francis Cleary]]. He also tried to undermine UNIT in the short term. In the long term, he planned to use a [[time ring]] and have Cleary go to [[1963]], prevent the [[Kennedy assassination]] and thus alter Earth's history to make it more vulnerable to invasion. The plan failed. ([[MA]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | ||
The Master travelled back to ancient [[Atlantis]], confronting the Doctor there, brought forth [[Kronos]], king of the [[Chronovore]]s, and escaped the destruction that followed in Kronos' wake ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]''). Returning to 1970s Earth, he used [[time travel|time-displaced]] [[Scotland|Scottish]] warriors to seize a nuclear [[submarine]] and threaten Britain with obliteration if he wasn't given [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]; he ended up temporarily trapped in the [[18th century]]. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Glen of Sleeping]]'') He also later worked with the [[Gaderene]] race to conquer Earth ([[PDA]]: ''[[Last of the Gaderene]]'') | The Master travelled back to ancient [[Atlantis]], confronting the Doctor there, brought forth [[Kronos]], king of the [[Chronovore]]s, and escaped the destruction that followed in Kronos' wake ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]''). Returning to 1970s Earth, he used [[time travel|time-displaced]] [[Scotland|Scottish]] warriors to seize a nuclear [[submarine]] and threaten Britain with obliteration if he wasn't given [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]; he ended up temporarily trapped in the [[18th century]]. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Glen of Sleeping]]'') He also later worked with the [[Gaderene]] race to conquer Earth ([[PDA]]: ''[[Last of the Gaderene]]'') | ||
He forged a short-lived alliance with the [[Dalek]]s, acting as their agent to provoke warfare between the [[Earth Empire]] and the [[Draconian Empire]] in the [[26th century]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'') | He forged a short-lived alliance with the [[Dalek]]s, acting as their agent to provoke warfare between the [[Earth Empire]] and the [[Draconian Empire]] in the [[26th century]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'') | ||
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==Behind the Scenes== | ==Behind the Scenes== | ||
Although they played antagonists onscreen, in real life [[Roger Delgado]], who originated the role of the Master, and [[Jon Pertwee]], the Third Doctor, were actually close friends. In interviews and convention Q&A sessions, Pertwee often cited the death of Delgado as one of the factors which led him to give up the role. | Although they played antagonists onscreen, in real life [[Roger Delgado]], who originated the role of the Master, and [[Jon Pertwee]], the Third Doctor, were actually close friends. In interviews and convention Q&A sessions, Pertwee often cited the death of Delgado as one of the factors which led him to give up the role. | ||
His death meant that, on-screen, the feud between the Doctor and the Master never came to any resolution. Originally the Master would have died saving the Doctor's life. The Doctor would have then regenerated. Rumours suggest that the story would have revealed the Master as the evil side of the Doctor's personality, which would have explained why the Master never sought to actually kill the Doctor. | His death meant that, on-screen, the feud between the Doctor and the Master never came to any resolution. Originally the Master would have died saving the Doctor's life. The Doctor would have then regenerated. Rumours suggest that the story would have revealed the Master as the evil side of the Doctor's personality, which would have explained why the Master never sought to actually kill the Doctor. | ||
''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' later used a similar plot to the Master's rumoured finale, with [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|the Master]] sacrificing himself to save [[Tenth Doctor|a regenerating Doctor]]. | ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' later used a similar plot to the Master's rumoured finale, with [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|the Master]] sacrificing himself to save [[Tenth Doctor|a regenerating Doctor]]. | ||
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