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[[File:Spandrell Master.jpg|thumb|The Master as seen on the cover of ''Solo''.]] | [[File:Spandrell Master.jpg|thumb|The Master as seen on the cover of ''Solo''.]] | ||
* James Dreyfus had previously appeared in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' television story ''[[The Man Who Never Was (TV story)|The Man Who Never Was]]'' as the villainous [[John Harrison (The Man Who Never Was)|John Harrison]]. | * James Dreyfus had previously appeared in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' television story ''[[The Man Who Never Was (TV story)|The Man Who Never Was]]'' as the villainous [[John Harrison (The Man Who Never Was)|John Harrison]]. | ||
* James Dreyfus was initially promoted by [[Big Finish Productions]] as portraying the "first [[incarnation]]" of the Master beginning in ''[[The Destination Wars (audio story)|The Destination Wars]]''.<ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/david-bradley-returns-to-the-tardis-in-doctor-who-the-first-doctor-adventures</ref> However, this was never stated in the narrative | * James Dreyfus was initially promoted by [[Big Finish Productions]] as portraying the "first [[incarnation]]" of the Master beginning in ''[[The Destination Wars (audio story)|The Destination Wars]]''.<ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/david-bradley-returns-to-the-tardis-in-doctor-who-the-first-doctor-adventures</ref> However, this was never stated in the narrative, though ''The Destination Wars'' does establish that he was the Master who originally left Gallifrey. ''[[Blood of the Time Lords (audio story)|Blood of the Time Lords]]'' has an uncertain [[Fourth Doctor]] ask whether he was in his second or third "regeneration" (i.e. third or fourth incarnation), but the Master, angered by the Doctor's forgetfulness, refuses either to confirm or deny his guesses. | ||
* According to James Dreyfus, this incarnation of the Master was intended to appear in the anniversary story ''[[Masterful (audio story)|Masterful]]'',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210316130936/https://twitter.com/dreyfusjames/status/1371810604189679618 For context. I played the Master too. Erased, & never rehired. No explanation.]</ref> but was removed due to a series of transphobic remarks made by Dreyfus being posted on Twitter. Dreyfus would later claim that he had "no idea" why Big Finish cut ties with him.<ref>[https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/equality-and-diversity-at-big-finish Equality and diversity at Big Finish]</ref> | * According to James Dreyfus, this incarnation of the Master was intended to appear in the anniversary story ''[[Masterful (audio story)|Masterful]]'',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210316130936/https://twitter.com/dreyfusjames/status/1371810604189679618 For context. I played the Master too. Erased, & never rehired. No explanation.]</ref> but was removed due to a series of transphobic remarks made by Dreyfus being posted on Twitter. Dreyfus would later claim that he had "no idea" why Big Finish cut ties with him.<ref>[https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/equality-and-diversity-at-big-finish Equality and diversity at Big Finish]</ref> | ||
* James Dreyfus's credit was removed from the cover of ''[[The Psychic Circus (audio story)|The Psychic Circus]]'' following controversy over transphobic remarks he had posted on Twitter. | * James Dreyfus's credit was removed from the cover of ''[[The Psychic Circus (audio story)|The Psychic Circus]]'' following controversy over transphobic remarks he had posted on Twitter. | ||
