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|name = The Master | |name = The Master | ||
|image = RobertsNoShades.jpg | |image = RobertsNoShades.jpg | ||
|alias = [[Aliases of the Master# | |alias = [[Aliases of the Master#"Bruce" incarnation|'''''see list''''']] | ||
|affiliation = | |affiliation = | ||
|species = Time Lord | |species = Time Lord | ||
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=== A new body === | === A new body === | ||
[[File:DWRobertsMasterNewBody.jpg|thumb|left|The Master awakens in Bruce's body. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')]] | [[File:DWRobertsMasterNewBody.jpg|thumb|left|The Master awakens in Bruce's body. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')]] | ||
{{Quote|I must find the Doctor. This body won't last long.|The "Bruce" Master's first known words|Doctor Who (TV story)}} | |||
When the Master was tried and executed by the [[Dalek]]s, he made a request for the [[Seventh Doctor]] to return his remains to Gallifrey, only to use a [[Deathworm Morphant]] to take the Doctor's TARDIS to [[1999]] [[San Francisco]], where he possessed the body of ambulance driver [[Bruce Gerhardt]] after he had gone home and to bed after taking the Doctor to hospital to be healed from a gunshot wound. The next morning, the Master awoke, now inhabiting Bruce's body, but quickly realised that the American's body would not last long before decaying and launched his scheme to steal the Doctor's remaining regenerations, with his first act being the murder of Bruce's [[Miranda Gerhardt|wife]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') and then used Bruce's memories to track the Doctor to [[Walker General Hospital]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]'') | When the Master was tried and executed by the [[Dalek]]s, he made a request for the [[Seventh Doctor]] to return his remains to Gallifrey, only to use a [[Deathworm Morphant]] to take the Doctor's TARDIS to [[1999]] [[San Francisco]], where he possessed the body of ambulance driver [[Bruce Gerhardt]] after he had gone home and to bed after taking the Doctor to hospital to be healed from a gunshot wound. The next morning, the Master awoke, now inhabiting Bruce's body, but quickly realised that the American's body would not last long before decaying and launched his scheme to steal the Doctor's remaining regenerations, with his first act being the murder of Bruce's [[Miranda Gerhardt|wife]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') and then used Bruce's memories to track the Doctor to [[Walker General Hospital]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]'') | ||
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=== Trapped in the Time Vortex === | === Trapped in the Time Vortex === | ||
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[[File:The Abominable Showmen Roberts Master.jpg|thumb|The Master pulls back his disguise. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Abominable Showmen]]'')]] | [[File:The Abominable Showmen Roberts Master.jpg|thumb|The Master pulls back his disguise. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Abominable Showmen]]'')]] | ||
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The Master continued tempting Lila from within the vortex, visiting her in her dreams and promising her power. His efforts paid off and she freed him, though he had to kill her colleague [[Eddi Bhole]] in the process. He and Lila made an agreement whilst she had him trapped in a containment field, deciding to takeover [[Drake Interplanetary]]. The Master killed [[Magnus Drake]], stole his identity and took over his company, appointing Lila as the lead scientist. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Faustian (audio story)|Faustian]]'') The Master turned Drake Interplanetary into the most powerful company on Earth, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prey (audio story)|Prey]]'') and built up an arsenal of weapons at a secret facility. He also confiscated the technology Lila had used to free him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance (audio story)|Vengeance]]'') | The Master continued tempting Lila from within the vortex, visiting her in her dreams and promising her power. His efforts paid off and she freed him, though he had to kill her colleague [[Eddi Bhole]] in the process. He and Lila made an agreement whilst she had him trapped in a containment field, deciding to takeover [[Drake Interplanetary]]. The Master killed [[Magnus Drake]], stole his identity and took over his company, appointing Lila as the lead scientist. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Faustian (audio story)|Faustian]]'') The Master turned Drake Interplanetary into the most powerful company on Earth, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prey (audio story)|Prey]]'') and built up an arsenal of weapons at a secret facility. He also confiscated the technology Lila had used to free him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance (audio story)|Vengeance]]'') | ||
While posing as Drake, he was hunted by [[Vienna Salvatori]], who shot down the Master's airship with him and Lila inside during an assassination attempt. The Master and Lila landed in the slums, and after some encounters with the local gangs, managed to escape to the [[London Underground]]. The Master and Vienna fought, and he was knocked down by her into the path of a train. She thought him to be dead, however he actually survived and was retrieved by company security. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prey (audio story)|Prey]]'') At this time, the Daleks invaded London, with the [[Dalek Litigator]] intending to carry out his death sentence on the Master. Relishing the chance for vengeance, the Master and Lila formed an alliance with Vienna, and fought off the invasion with his arsenal. He confronted the surviving Daleks alone, torturing and killing the [[Dalek Supreme]] and forcing the Litigator to flee by [[temporal shift]]. Taking their [[Dalek saucer|saucer]] for himself, he tried to tempt Lila to join him in leaving the planet and devastate it as they left. She refused and used her technology, which had been recreated by a [[Dalek duplicate]] of Drake, to send the saucer into the Time Vortex with him aboard. The Master grabbed hold of her, begging her to help him, however Lila gave him a final push to send him away. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance (audio story)|Vengeance]]'') | While posing as Drake, he was hunted by [[Vienna Salvatori]], who shot down the Master's airship with him and Lila inside during an assassination attempt. The Master and Lila landed in the slums, and after some encounters with the local gangs, managed to escape to the [[London Underground]]. The Master and Vienna fought, and he was knocked down by her into the path of a train. She thought him to be dead, however he actually survived and was retrieved by company security. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prey (audio story)|Prey]]'') At this time, the Daleks invaded London, with the [[Dalek Litigator]] intending to carry out his death sentence on the Master. Relishing the chance for vengeance, the Master and Lila formed an alliance with Vienna, and fought off the invasion with his arsenal. He confronted the surviving Daleks alone, torturing and killing the [[Dalek Supreme]] and forcing the Litigator to flee by [[temporal shift]]. Taking their [[Dalek saucer|saucer]] for himself, he tried to tempt Lila to join him in leaving the planet and devastate it as they left. She refused and used her technology, which had been recreated by a [[Dalek duplicate]] of Drake, to send the saucer into the Time Vortex with him aboard. The Master grabbed hold of her, begging her to help him, however Lila gave him a final push to send him away. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance (audio story)|Vengeance]]'') Once again in the Vortex, the Master was broken down, lingering only as an essence in a patch of dark time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nemesis Express (audio story)|Nemesis Express]]'') | ||
==== Infiltrating the ''Kairos'' ==== | |||
The Vortex drive of the ''[[Kairos]]'' reconstituted the Master as it passed through the patch of dark time and he began feeding on the life force of the crew to stabilise himself. He manipulated the people of the third class compartment, including [[Passion (Nemesis Express)|Passion]] was a thief in hiding, so he could feed on them and lure Vienna to the ship for his revenge. After fully manifesting he revealed his manipulations to Passion and Vienna and challenged them to follow him as he escaped to a higher class. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nemesis Express (audio story)|Nemesis Express]]'') | |||
In the upper class the Master took over the running of a hunting party and politely greeted Passion and Vienna when they caught up with him, as they'd been stripped of their weaposn so were unable to harm him. He manipulated the hunting to target an infant [[Chronovore]], which he captured to use as a weapon and lure its parent. The parent's arrival threw the ship into chaos, enabling him to reach thr control deck. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Capture the Chronovore! (audio story)|Capture the Chronovore!]]'') | |||
When Passion caught up with him the Master hypnotised her and used her to put the ''Kairos'' on a collision course with Earth. Passion tricked him however, being aboe to resist his hypnosis, and sent the ship back to the patch of dark time where the Master was pulled apart again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Passion (audio story)|Passion]]'') | |||
=== Destruction === | === Destruction === | ||
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== Psychological profile == | == Psychological profile == | ||
=== Personality === | === Personality === | ||
[[File:RobertsMasterWithShades.jpg|thumb|left|The Master looks for the Doctor. ([[TV]]: | [[File:RobertsMasterWithShades.jpg|thumb|left|The Master looks for the Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}})]] | ||
The | The Bruce Master was generally calm and sinisterly villainous, but was also capable of terrifying rage. After he took possession of [[Bruce Gerhardt]]'s body, and, after finding out that his new body was not stable, he became determined to steal the remaining lives of the Doctor himself. When his attempt to take the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s remaining regenerations was thwarted, the Master reverted to a more basic, brutal approach, attempting to smash the Doctor's head in with a staff positioned around the Eye, proclaiming that "life [was] wasted on the living" and rejecting the Doctor's aid when he was being pulled into the Eye. | ||
The | The Bruce Master was also very petty, snapping [[Chang Lee]]'s neck when he refused to follow an order, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}) sabotaging the [[Decayed Master]]'s happiness out of spite, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masterful (audio story)|Masterful]]'') opening fire on creatures in the [[London Underground]] to vent frustration, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prey (audio story)|Prey]]'') and torturing a [[Dalek Supreme]] for fun. He also enjoyed taking vengeance on those who had inconvienced him, relishing the opportunity to kill Daleks due to their execution of him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance (audio story)|Vengeance]]'') | ||
Unlike previous incarnations, the | Unlike previous incarnations, the Bruce Master was extremely serious when there was work to be done, more focused on getting the task at hand completed than engaging in small talk and humour, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}) though would enjoy the company of a like-minded individual if he was not in an immediate hurry. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (audio story)|The Lifeboat and the Deathboat]]'') As head of [[Drake Interplanetary]], he adopted a blunt approach during negotiations. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prey (audio story)|Prey]]'') | ||
As with his previous selves, he enjoyed being recognised as "[[evil]]", ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masterful (audio story)|Masterful]]'') thanking [[Shelly Curtis]] for playfully calling him "sick", ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}) and calling [[Jo Grant]] "too kind" when she called the Master the "absolute worst". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masterful (audio story)|Masterful]]'') | |||
He was critical of people's trust towards the Doctor, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (audio story)|The Lifeboat and the Deathboat]]'') but was quick to betray his own allies when it became convenient, such as [[Chang Lee]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}) and [[Lila Kreeg]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prey (audio story)|Prey]]'') | |||
He | He found the idea of a peaceful and mundane existence to be "unbearable". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masterful (audio story)|Masterful]]'') | ||
=== Habits and quirks === | |||
The Bruce Master felt a pedantic need to correct people on bad grammar, such as when he corrected [[Grace Holloway]]'s "kiss as good as me" to "[kiss] as ''well'' as [me]". He was also quite literal, not understanding expressions such as killing someone to mean making them laugh. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}) | |||
=== Skills === | === Skills === | ||
The Bruce Master was still capable of manipulating people into following his will, winning Lee's loyalty through deception, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}) and tempting Lila into freeing from the [[Time Vortex]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Faustian (audio story)|Faustian]]'') | |||
== Appearance | == Appearance == | ||
[[File:The Master (TV Movie).jpg|thumb|The Master dresses in Gallifreyan robes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')]] | [[File:The Master (TV Movie).jpg|thumb|The Master dresses in Gallifreyan robes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')]] | ||
While within Bruce's body, the Master looked like a young [[America]] | While within Bruce's body, the Master looked like a young [[America|American]] man, but his eyes appeared reptilian, forcing him to wear black sunglasses to remain inconspicuous. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}) He decided to have his new hair gelled ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]'') into a slick backcomb style, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}) as opposed to Bruce's messy style. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]'') While searching for the Doctor, the Master wore [[denim]] [[jeans]] and a check shirt with Bruce's [[duster coat]] of [[black]] [[leather]] and light boots. When his plan neared completion, the Master changed into a black high collared tunic with crimson lining, similar to the one he wore during his Dalek extermination, with an extravagant Gallifreyan robes, citing that he "always dress[ed] for the occasion". | ||
While | While Bruce's body had been breaking down after the possession, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}) it was reinvigorated by the [[Eye of Harmony]] when the Master passed through it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]'') However, Bruce's body did visibly age during his confinement in the Time Vortex. ([[WC]]: ''[[Listen to the voice of your Master! (webcast)|Listen to the voice of your Master!]]'') After the Master was forced back into the Vortex again after successfully reaching [[23rd century]] Earth, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance (audio story)|Vengeance]]'') Bruce's body finally did disintegrate in a patch of Dark Time, but was later reconstituted as an accidental side-effect of the vortex drive of the ''[[Kairos (spaceship)|Kairos]]''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nemesis Express (audio story)|Nemesis Express]]'') The Master's molecules, however, remained unstable so long as he was in the Vortex and Bruce's body was pulled apart again when the ''Kairos'' flew back through the Dark Time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Passion (audio story)|Passion]]'') | ||
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