The Master's first TARDIS: Difference between revisions

Like the [[First Doctor]], an {{Dreyfus|n=early incarnation}} of [[the Master]] had stolen his TARDIS when he decided to leave Gallifrey. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Destination Wars (audio story)|The Destination Wars]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]'') In fact, [[Keeper (Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon)|the Keeper]], who remembered the Master's theft of his TARDIS, believed this theft and the Doctor's theft of his own TARDIS had been the only two such thefts in recorded [[Gallifreyan history]]. [[The War Chief]], suggested in this account ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]'') and others to have been an early incarnation of the Master, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons]]'') likewise told the [[Second Doctor]] that he believed they were the only two [[Renegade Time Lord]]s currently travelling the universe in TARDISes stolen from Gallifrey. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the War Games]]'')  

While the CIA's files suggested the TARDIS stolen by the War Chief when he left Gallifrey was a [[Type 42]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[CIA File Extracts (novel)|CIA File Extracts]]'') another account showed that the ship flown by the Master during his early Renegade days, prior to his taking on the name of "Master," was a [[Type 45]]. Either way, it was comparatively more advanced than the Doctor's own ship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'') As he first flew it into the Time Vortex, the Master's TARDIS had the default cylindrical appearance of a TARDIS whose [[chameleon circuit]] had not activated, ([[WC]]: ''[[The Legend of... the Master? (webcast)|The Legend of... the Master?]]'') just like the Doctor's. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'')

The Master's Type 45 TARDIS, with the tumour, was ultimately incarcerated in [[Shada]] at some point before the end of the [[Last Great Time War]]. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] broke into Shada with the help of [[River Song]] and [[Abslom Daak]] while running from the [[Overcaste]]'s accusations of [[genocide]]. Suspecting that the Master was the true culprit and had framed him, the Doctor consulted the TARDIS' databanks for proof only to discover nothing that implicated the Master in the scheme. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The One (comic story)|The One]]'')  

[[File:The Master's TARDIS burns.jpg|thumb|left|Dragged back into the Time War, the Master's TARDIS is damaged by the [[paradox]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Fast Asleep (comic story)|Fast Asleep]]'')]][[Alice Obiefune]] used a [[Rassilonian Timefly]] to activate the tumour and fly the Master's TARDIS back into the Time War. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Running to Stay Still (comic story)|Running to Stay Still]]'') There, it was stolen back by {{Titan}} in an incarnation predating the one who had originally created the chronal tumour. He attempted to use it to break out of the time lock and escape the Time War, only to realise that this meant he was erasing the period of his life in the late War when he'd originally recovered this TARDIS and grown the tumour.  

The [[paradox]]ical backfire killed the Master, causing him to [[Retro-regeneration|retro-regenerate]] into {{Jacobi|n=his previous incarnation}} who swore revenge on the Doctor for tricking him into this predicament. As the Master completed his retro-regeneration, the ship tumbled through the Vortex, its own [[outer plasmic shell]] set ablaze. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Fast Asleep (comic story)|Fast Asleep]]'')

The design of the interior of the Master's TARDIS often bore a resemblance to that of the Doctor's around the same time, but with some differences — for example, the control console had a flashing chrome central column instead of an illuminated transparent one. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') Upon entering it for the first time, [[the Squire]] remarked on its resemblance to [[War Doctor|"her" Doctor]]'s old [[TARDIS control room|control room]], although some stark differences were also evident. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The One (comic story)|The One]]'')

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