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[[File:RobertsMasterWithShades.jpg|thumb|left|The Master looks for the Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}})]]

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 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 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 found the idea of a peaceful and mundane existence to be "unbearable". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masterful (audio story)|Masterful]]'')

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)}})

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]]'')