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PintlessMan (talk | contribs) (Clean-up: I've just listened to this story, and there were quite a few mistakes here. Notably, the story does not say that the ship disintegrated instantly, or confirm that this Master was the one who took it. I've removed some information that belongs on The Master's early life and included direct quotes to ensure neutrality.) Tag: 2017 source edit |
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=== Personality === | === Personality === | ||
This incarnation of the Master was very self-centred, willing to influence a whole planet's development to refuel his craft, and equally willing to abandon his plans just to steal the Doctor's ship. He found amusement in shaping a culture to his benefit. He looked down on others as his inferiors, claiming to have "longed for a mind equal to [his] own" when confronting the Doctor on [[Destination]]. He particularly disregarded humans as "ape-descended primitives". | This incarnation of the Master was very self-centred, willing to influence a whole planet's development to refuel his craft, and equally willing to abandon his plans just to steal the Doctor's ship. He found amusement in shaping a culture to his benefit. He looked down on others as his inferiors, claiming to have "longed for a mind equal to [his] own" when confronting the Doctor on [[Destination]]. He particularly disregarded humans as "ape-descended primitives". | ||
The [[Fourth Doctor]] highlighted this Master's youthful insecurity as his key trait: "In this incarnation, the Master is the most unscrupulous he's ever been. He's not simply an arch-pragmatist willing to quash anything in his way - he's a fractious creature, quick to take offence, to let the whole universe burn, like a child holding a magnifying glass to a butterfly." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Time Lords (audio story)|Blood of the Time Lords]]'') | |||
=== Skills === | === Skills === | ||
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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]]. | ||
* This incarnation of the Master was first created for ''[[Blood of the Time Lords (audio story)|Blood of the Time Lords]]'' where an uncertain [[Fourth Doctor]] asks him whether he was in his second or third "regeneration". The Master, angered by the Doctor's forgetfulness, refuses either to confirm or deny his guesses. It was [[David Richardson]] who proposed during the production of ''[[The Destination Wars (audio story)|The Destination Wars]]'' they "introduce the First Master".<ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/vortex/v/106</ref> And while James Dreyfus was initially promoted by [[Big Finish Productions]] as portraying the "first [[incarnation]]" of the Master, or "the first Master" <ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/david-bradley-returns-to-the-tardis-in-doctor-who-the-first-doctor-adventures</ref><ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/the-big-finish-roundup1</ref> writer [[John Dorney]] has stated that none of that made it in any of the scripts, and that if anything it was contradicted.<ref>https://notthebigfinishforum.freeforums.net/thread/5101/names-masters-incarnations?page=2</ref> | * This incarnation of the Master was first created for ''[[Blood of the Time Lords (audio story)|Blood of the Time Lords]]'' where an uncertain [[Fourth Doctor]] asks him whether he was in his second or third "regeneration". The Master, angered by the Doctor's forgetfulness, refuses either to confirm or deny his guesses. It was [[David Richardson]] who proposed during the production of ''[[The Destination Wars (audio story)|The Destination Wars]]'' they "introduce the First Master".<ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/vortex/v/106</ref> And while James Dreyfus was initially promoted by [[Big Finish Productions]] as portraying the "first [[incarnation]]" of the Master, or "the first Master" <ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/david-bradley-returns-to-the-tardis-in-doctor-who-the-first-doctor-adventures</ref><ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/the-big-finish-roundup1</ref> writer [[John Dorney]] has stated that none of that made it in any of the scripts, and that if anything it was contradicted.<ref>https://notthebigfinishforum.freeforums.net/thread/5101/names-masters-incarnations?page=2</ref> Dorney also noted that the name "First Master" could be interpreted multiple ways, as meaning either "first incarnation, first to call himself Master or first the Doctor meets in continuity."<ref>https://notthebigfinishforum.freeforums.net/post/226435</ref> When asked whether Dreyfus portrayed the Master as he originally was before he ever regenerated, [[Nicholas Briggs]] replied that that's intentionally left unanswered and open for interpretation.<ref>https://www.bigfinish.com/vortex/v/112</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> | * 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. | ||
