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Though he had no corporeal form, he manifested himself through screens and mirrors, though the Eighth Doctor was unsure of the identity of 'the ghost in the machine.' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Deadstone Memorial (novel)|The Deadstone Memorial]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | Though he had no corporeal form, he manifested himself through screens and mirrors, though the Eighth Doctor was unsure of the identity of 'the ghost in the machine.' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Deadstone Memorial (novel)|The Deadstone Memorial]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | ||
===Last chance for salvation=== | ===Last chance for salvation=== | ||
Some time later, the Master escaped the Doctor's TARDIS. Eventually, the Master and the Doctor crossed paths in the flesh. The Master aided the Doctor in repelling the alien foe responsible for invading [[Gallifrey]] and the death of the Doctor's previous companion. It was during this encounter that the Master was left damaged and without a suitable body. ([[INFO]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') | Some time later, the Master escaped the Doctor's TARDIS. Eventually, the Master and the Doctor crossed paths in the flesh. The Master aided the Doctor in repelling the alien foe responsible for invading [[Gallifrey]] and the death of the Doctor's previous companion. It was during this encounter that the Master was left damaged and without a suitable body. ([[INFO]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'', [[DWM 464]]) | ||
In return for his aid, the Doctor offered to transfer the Master's mental resources into an [[android]] body, the appearance of which he could personally select. The Master accepted, though he would later remark this was a foolish choice. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') While this body granted him corporeal form, he was limited to the confines of the Doctor's TARDIS as his android body was purposely designed to never be able to leave the ship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Feast of the Stone (short story)|The Feast of the Stone]]'') | In return for his aid, the Doctor offered to transfer the Master's mental resources into an [[android]] body, the appearance of which he could personally select. The Master accepted, though he would later remark this was a foolish choice. ([[Webcast|WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') While this body granted him corporeal form, he was limited to the confines of the Doctor's TARDIS as his android body was purposely designed to never be able to leave the ship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Feast of the Stone (short story)|The Feast of the Stone]]'') | ||
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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*With the ''[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' being an ongoing series at the time of ''Scream of the Shalka''{{'}}s release, range editor [[Justin Richards]] connected the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s continuity to that of the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|"Shalka" Doctor]]'s via the Master. As Richards confirmed in [[DWM 338]], the novel ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'' tied in to ''Scream of the Shalka'' with a scene in "the room in the TARDIS where the Doctor never goes," wherein the Eighth Doctor encounters the Master's essence trapped in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] since [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''. The | *[[Derek Jacobi]], who voiced the "Android Master", would go on to play a new version of {{Jacobi}} in [[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', and later star in his own audio series, ''[[The War Master (audio series)|The War Master]]''. | ||
*In his intended backstory, the Master came to the assistance of the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Ninth Doctor]] when Gallifrey was invaded by an unknown alien race. While the other Time Lord retreated to [[the Matrix]], the Doctor and the Master "sent the aliens packing", destroying the Master's final form in the process, causing the Doctor to construct an [[android]] body confined to [[the Doctor's TARDIS (Scream of the Shalka)|his TARDIS]]. The Time Lords then used their power to "send the Doctor off to solve the most dangerous problems in the universe", with the Master along for the ride. ([[DWM 464]]) | |||
*With the ''[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' being an ongoing series at the time of ''Scream of the Shalka''{{'}}s release, range editor [[Justin Richards]] connected the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s continuity to that of the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|"Shalka" Doctor]]'s via the Master. As Richards confirmed in [[DWM 338]], the novel ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'' tied in to ''Scream of the Shalka'' with a scene in "the room in the TARDIS where the Doctor never goes," wherein the Eighth Doctor encounters the Master's essence trapped in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] since [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''. The link between the 'ghost and the machine' and the 'Android Master' was later clarified by [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'', which stated that "some rumours" said that after the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'' "[the Master] remained trapped in the Doctor's TARDIS, his mental resources transferred into an android, acting as the Doctor's companion or pet." | |||
*According to the production information text on the ''Scream of the Shalka'' DVD, in original drafts of the script, instead of an android of the Master being the TARDIS Defence System, it was going to be a hologram of the [[Fifth Doctor]]. This was later changed so that it would be the Master instead. | *According to the production information text on the ''Scream of the Shalka'' DVD, in original drafts of the script, instead of an android of the Master being the TARDIS Defence System, it was going to be a hologram of the [[Fifth Doctor]]. This was later changed so that it would be the Master instead. | ||
