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Arriving on Earth circa [[2007]], the Master established himself as British politician Harold Saxon, eventually becoming [[Minister of Defence]]. From that position he oversaw the establishment of the [[Archangel Network]] of satellites and the designing of [[UNIT]]'s flying mobile base, the ''[[Valiant (aircraft carrier)|Valiant]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') The Master met [[Lucy Saxon]], who fell in love with him. He took her on a trip in the TARDIS to the end of the universe, finding Utopia. There he discovered the last of humanity had found no paradise, and had cannibalised themselves into the [[Toclafane]] to survive. The Master promised to help them make a new civilisation, by invading their ancestors trillions of years earlier. The Toclafane fondly called him their "Mister Master". The Master cannibalised the TARDIS into a [[paradox machine]] to enable the paradoxical invasion. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | Arriving on Earth circa [[2007]], the Master established himself as British politician Harold Saxon, eventually becoming [[Minister of Defence]]. From that position he oversaw the establishment of the [[Archangel Network]] of satellites and the designing of [[UNIT]]'s flying mobile base, the ''[[Valiant (aircraft carrier)|Valiant]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') The Master met [[Lucy Saxon]], who fell in love with him. He took her on a trip in the TARDIS to the end of the universe, finding Utopia. There he discovered the last of humanity had found no paradise, and had cannibalised themselves into the [[Toclafane]] to survive. The Master promised to help them make a new civilisation, by invading their ancestors trillions of years earlier. The Toclafane fondly called him their "Mister Master". The Master cannibalised the TARDIS into a [[paradox machine]] to enable the paradoxical invasion. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | ||
As Harold Saxon, the Master used the hynoptic influence of the Archangel Network to campaign in the [[general election]], receiving celebrity endorsements and being supported by politcians who | As Harold Saxon, the Master used the hynoptic influence of the Archangel Network to campaign in the [[general election]], receiving celebrity endorsements and being supported by politcians who abandoned their parties once they saw he was winning. During this time he sponsored Professor [[Lazarus]]' experiments in rejuvenation, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') and had agents monitor Martha's family, claiming to them the Doctor was putting their daughter in danger. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'', ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'') | ||
[[File:LucyBehindSaxon.jpg|thumb|right|"[[Harold Saxon]]" in a broadcast following his election as [[British Prime Minister]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')]] | [[File:LucyBehindSaxon.jpg|thumb|right|"[[Harold Saxon]]" in a broadcast following his election as [[British Prime Minister]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')]] | ||
The Master triumphed in the election and | The Master triumphed in the election and became [[British Prime Minister|Prime Minister of Great Britain]]. At this time the Doctor, Martha and Jack returned to Earth using [[Jack Harkness' vortex manipulator|Jack's vortex manipulator]]. The Master used his new power to have them branded public enemies and took Martha's family into custody, forcing the trio to go into hiding using [[perception filter]]s fashioned from [[TARDIS key]]s. As Prime Minister, the Master announced first contact with an alien species, the Toclafane, to be broadcast live. The unilateral announcement met with fury from UNIT and US President [[Arthur Winters]], so the Master allowed it to occur on the ''Valiant''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') | ||
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Martha became renowned among the human race for travelling across the world and evading capture by the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') Martha travelled around [[London]] and started to tell people of the [[Tenth Doctor]] as part of his master plan. She rescued a little girl known as [[Aleesha]] and then travelled to Europe and met a man known as [[Mathieu Vivier]]. Martha also met a man in [[Turkey (country)|Turkey]] known as Brigadier [[Erik Calvin]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story of Martha (short story)|The Story of Martha]]'') Many legends developed around Martha Jones and the purpose for her travelling the world. The most common belief held by people was that she travelled across the world in search of a weapon. Another belief held by the people was that Martha Jones was the only one who could kill the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | Martha became renowned among the human race for travelling across the world and evading capture by the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') Martha travelled around [[London]] and started to tell people of the [[Tenth Doctor]] as part of his master plan. She rescued a little girl known as [[Aleesha]] and then travelled to Europe and met a man known as [[Mathieu Vivier]]. Martha also met a man in [[Turkey (country)|Turkey]] known as Brigadier [[Erik Calvin]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story of Martha (short story)|The Story of Martha]]'') Many legends developed around Martha Jones and the purpose for her travelling the world. The most common belief held by people was that she travelled across the world in search of a weapon. Another belief held by the people was that Martha Jones was the only one who could kill the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | ||
Eventually Martha went to spread the message to [[Japan]] but the Toclafane burned the islands | Eventually Martha went to spread the message to [[Japan]] but the Toclafane burned the islands to the ground after the Master learnt of the [[Drast]] meddling there, killing everyone there. Only Martha escaped the country. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story of Martha (short story)|The Story of Martha]]'') | ||
The Master's agents sought to capture Martha. Miss Beecham used cloning technology leftover from [[UNIT]] and [[Torchwood]] to make hundreds of clones of Martha's mother, [[Francine Jones]], whcih she sent to reported sightings of Martha. The clones were unaware they were fakes and had false memories of escaping the ''Valiant''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deceived (audio story)|Deceived]]'') | The Master's agents sought to capture Martha. Miss Beecham used cloning technology leftover from [[UNIT]] and [[Torchwood]] to make hundreds of clones of Martha's mother, [[Francine Jones]], whcih she sent to reported sightings of Martha. The clones were unaware they were fakes and had false memories of escaping the ''Valiant''. Beecham also became aware of a lightning strike in [[South Africa]] that had brought down a Toclafane, using that knowledge to devise a way to torture Toclafane. She used this to force an army of Toclafane to serve her, ultimately hoping to usurp the Master. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deceived (audio story)|Deceived]]'') | ||
Martha travelled to the [[United States of America]]. Reaching a diner, reputed to be the last diner, she told stories to the slaves who gathered there in secret at night. There she was reunited with an old friend, [[Holly (The Last Diner)|Holly]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Diner (audio story)|The Last Diner]]'') and | Martha travelled to the [[United States of America]]. Reaching a diner, reputed to be the last diner, she told stories to the slaves who gathered there in secret at night. There she was reunited with an old friend, [[Holly (The Last Diner)|Holly]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Diner (audio story)|The Last Diner]]'') and one of Beecham's clones of her mother. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deceived (audio story)|Deceived]]'') Her presence attracted a lot of slaves to the diner, resulting in tragedy when the Toclafane bombed it, leaving Holly the only survivor. Martha continued her travels with her mother and Holly, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Diner (audio story)|The Last Diner]]'') reaching [[the Hope (Silver Medal)|the Hope]], the largest resistance group in America, in [[Nevada]]. The group believed they were in contact with aliens seeking to help their cause, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Silver Medal (audio story)|Silver Medal]]'') however this was actually a trick used by Miss Beecham to lure rebel groups. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deceived (audio story)|Deceived]]'') Martha was uncomfortable with the competition system the Hope operated under and told a story about visiting a mine in the area a century ago to make a point. When their camouflage was exposed the Hope chose to abandon a planned assault on a Toclafane base, to their leader [[Jessie]]'s disappointment, and fled to the mine Martha had told them about. Beecham subsequently cornered Jessie and revealed the planned attack had been a lure, having Toclafane kill Jessie. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Silver Medal (audio story)|Silver Medal]]'') | ||
Unaware Holly had been secretly replaced by the Master's agent Mr [[Strand]], wearing a hologram disguise, whilst in Nevada, Martha travelled on to [[Las Vegas]], taking sometime to relax in an abandoned hotel. She was located by Beecham who sent in Toclafane to hunt her down, telling them to attack her rival Strand as well. Beecham found Martha herself, bypassing her perception filter with her certainty she was there, and revealed the true identity of the clone, who she killed. Beecham subsequently interrogated Martha whilst she was chained to a roof, wanring to know if rumours about her being able to kill the Master were true. Holly, who had been held at Beecham's facility, escaped and contacted the Hope to come to Martha's aid. They found Strand and let him make a call as he was dying, which he used to inform the Master of Beecham's treachery. Martha managed to hide by dangling over the side of the roof as the Master's forces arrived to destroy Beecham's Toclafane, teleporting Beecham herself aboard the ''Valiant'' where she was executed. Holly rescued Martha from the roof and together they resolved to continue her travels, having found Beecham's data on the lightning strike. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deceived (audio story)|Deceived]]'') | |||
=== Eve of war === | === Eve of war === | ||
[[ | A year into the occupation of Earth, the Master was preparing for [[Launch Day]] to begin his conquest of the universe. At this time Martha returned to Britain where she met resistance contact [[Tom Milligan]]. He helped her reach Professor [[Alison Docherty]], who had the resources to read the data on the South Africa lightning strike. The Master made a global broadcast as a warning to Martha, using his [[laser screwdriver]] to age the Doctor's body to his actual age of 900 years. | ||
Armed with the lighting strike knowledge, Martha and Tom brought down a Toclafane enabling Docherty to open it and discover their true nature. Horrified at the scale of the paradox, Martha travelled with Tom to slave houses in London to continue her storytelling. Docherty however betrayed them to the Master, wanting information on whether her son was still alive. The Master pwrsonally came to London to capture her, forcing her out by threatening to have his guards to fire on the houses at random. Tom attempted to shoot him however the Master killed him and then taunted Martha of planet Earth's imminent march to war. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | |||
=== Negation === | === Negation === | ||
[[File:Toclafane over Earth.jpg|thumb|left|The Toclafane in position to begin their conquest of the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')]] | |||
A revolt on the ''Valiant'' and the destruction of the paradox machine by [[Jack Harkness]] reversed time to just before the Toclafane's arrival on Earth. Everyone on the ''Valiant'' retained their memory of the year while the rest of the human race had no memory of the events under the Master's reign. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|The Last of the Time Lords]]'') | A revolt on the ''Valiant'' and the destruction of the paradox machine by [[Jack Harkness]] reversed time to just before the Toclafane's arrival on Earth. Everyone on the ''Valiant'' retained their memory of the year while the rest of the human race had no memory of the events under the Master's reign. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|The Last of the Time Lords]]'') | ||
