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|image = | |image = Meet Missy! (short story).jpg | ||
|main character = | |main character = [[Missy] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|publisher = BBC Children's Books | |publisher = BBC Children's Books | ||
|release date = | |anthology = Doctor Who The Official Annual 2016 | ||
|release date = 1 October 2015 | |||
|series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | |series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | ||
|prev = Davros, Dark Lord of Skaro (short story) | |prev = Davros, Dark Lord of Skaro (short story) | ||
|next = Zorgo the Terrible (comic story) | |next = Zorgo the Terrible (comic story) | ||
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'''''Meet Missy!''''' was a short story published in ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2016]]''. It was written in the first person from | '''''Meet Missy!''''' was a short story published in ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2016]]''. It was written in the first person from [[Missy]]'s perspective and saw the Master summarising their own life story. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[Missy]] tells her life story — from the day she first met [[the Doctor]] to her escape from the [[Dalek City]] on the reborn post-[[Last Great Time War|War]] [[Skaro]]! | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* | * [[mISSY]] refers to [[Clara Oswald]] as her latest [[minion]], whom she describes as "scarier" than past allies of hers, including the [[Nestene Consciousness|Nestenes]], the [[Dalek]]s and her "[[Cyberman|Cyberdears]]". | ||
* According to Missy, she and [[the Doctor]] stared into the [[Untempered Schism]] together as "little boys"; he was fine while the Master-to-be "went completely gaga", albeit finding the experience pleasurable. | * According to Missy, she and [[the Doctor]] stared into the [[Untempered Schism]] together as "little boys"; he was fine while the Master-to-be "went completely gaga", albeit finding the experience pleasurable. | ||
* Missy notes that she has spent "the last few [[1000 (number)|thousand]] [[year]]s" trying to "obliterate" the Doctor. | * Missy notes that she has spent "the last few [[1000 (number)|thousand]] [[year]]s" trying to "obliterate" the Doctor. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story was the first to suggest that the [[Decayed Master]], first seen in [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'' was not simply the result of them continuing to survive after an injury or reaching an extremely old age, but rather the result of the Master's thirteenth incarnation attempting one more regeneration despite being at the end of his [[regeneration cycle]] — resulting in "his face falling off". This idea would later be picked up on by the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor vs the Master (short story)|The Doctor vs the Master]]''. | * This story was the first to suggest that the [[Decayed Master]], first seen in [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'' was not simply the result of them continuing to survive after an injury or reaching an extremely old age, but rather the result of the Master's thirteenth incarnation attempting one more regeneration despite being at the end of his [[regeneration cycle]] — resulting in "his face falling off". This idea would later be picked up on by the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor vs the Master (short story)|The Doctor vs the Master]]''. | ||
* | * [[Missy]] is shown to only remember {{Ainley|n=the "Tremas" Master}}'s contact with the [[Cheetah virus]] very vaguely. This is an apparent reference to the variety of conflicting accounts of how the Master's struggle with the virus played out after the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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** "[[War Master|The Nice One]]", a [[Yana|kindly human scientist]] who was unaware of his true nature. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') | ** "[[War Master|The Nice One]]", a [[Yana|kindly human scientist]] who was unaware of his true nature. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') | ||
** "{{Simm|n=The Bonkers One}}" who once got himself elected [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') and later replaced every [[human]] on Earth with a version of himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | ** "{{Simm|n=The Bonkers One}}" who once got himself elected [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') and later replaced every [[human]] on Earth with a version of himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | ||
** "The Best One", | ** "The Best One", [[Missy]] herself, who describes herself as being "back in the Doctor's life" and notes that in her opinion, "he loves [her], really". ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | ||
* Missy notes that her [[minion]]s have included [[Auton]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'') her "[[Cyberman|Cyberdears]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'') and [[Clara Oswald]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') | * Missy notes that her [[minion]]s have included [[Auton]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'') her "[[Cyberman|Cyberdears]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'') and [[Clara Oswald]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') | ||
* Missy remembers staring in the [[Untempered Schism]] as "a little boy" and going "completely gaga". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') | * Missy remembers staring in the [[Untempered Schism]] as "a little boy" and going "completely gaga". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') | ||
