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* Martha's belief that the Master was the Doctor's "secret brother" was | * Martha's belief that the Master was the Doctor's "secret brother" was first floated as a revelation about the character back in the [[Jon Pertwee]]-era. The idea was reignited years later in the [[Peter Davison]]-era story ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'', with [[Anthony Ainley]]'s version of the Master, before seemingly burning up, exclaiming "Won't you show mercy to your own…", never finishing the sentence. According to the [[DVD]] commentary, [[Fiona Cumming]] asked [[John Nathan-Turner]] how the line was to end, to which he replied, "brother". It was also used in several pitches for the [[Eighth Doctor]] TV projects which eventually ended up as the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 ''Doctor Who'' TV movie]]; there, the Master would have been [[Ulysses]]' son by his legitimate Gallifreyan spouse, while the Doctor was Ulysses' son with [[Penelope Gate|a human woman]], making him and the Master half-brothers. | ||
* [[David A. McIntee]] once pitched a [[Fifth Doctor]] novel which would instead have revealed the Doctor and the Master as former spouses, in a plotline allegedly inspired by ''War of the Roses''. The pitch was refused with a "death-stare" from [[Gary Russell]].<ref>https://originallonemagpie.tumblr.com/post/102452330527/well-i-guess-we-know-where-the-idea-for-missy</ref> | |||
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