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'''The War King''', formerly known as '''the Magistrate''', was a reformed [[renegade Time Lord]] who became [[Lord President|leader]] of [[Nine Gallifreys|a Gallifrey thought to be the original]] shortly before the [[War in Heaven]]. He was the [[Infinity Doctor]]'s oldest friend. | '''The War King''', formerly known as '''the Magistrate''', was a reformed [[renegade Time Lord]] who became [[Lord President|leader]] of [[Nine Gallifreys|a Gallifrey thought to be the original]] shortly before the [[War in Heaven]]. He was the [[Infinity Doctor]]'s oldest friend. | ||
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Both the War King and the Magistrate are clearly intended to be, but never explicitly identified as, incarnations of [[the Master]]. The [[Man with the Rosette|man with the rosette]], who was also intended to be the Master,<ref>''[[AHistory]]''</ref> was also described as having "a sallow face and a small, pointed black beard", the phrase traditionally used in the [[Target novelisation]]s to describe [[Roger Delgado]] and [[Anthony Ainley]]'s Masters. ''The Book of the War'' mentions an unfolded [[hypercube]] on the War King's desk as a relic of his past, arguably hinting that the in-itself-contentious conflation of the Master with [[the War Chief]] is applicable in terms of the War King's backstory. According to [[Ian McIntire]], a rejected entry for ''The Book of the War'' explained that the hypercube on the War King's desk was a memento of "a failed attempt to recruit [[The Doctor|'a medic']] into the War".<ref>[http://big-finish-sketches.tumblr.com/post/177895970788/id-a-facebook-post-by-ian-mcintire-which-says-i A Facebook post by Ian McIntire]</ref> Asked if the War King was the Master, ''[[The True History of Faction Paradox]]'' producer [[Alan Stevens]] answered: "The laws of copyright infringement prevent me from answering that question, although it may also be the War Chief". ([[REF]]: ''[[Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who]]'') "Master" and "Chief" were later mentioned as two former titles of the War King in ''[[Sabbath and the King (audio story)|Sabbath and the King]]''. | Both the War King and the Magistrate are clearly intended to be, but never explicitly identified as, incarnations of [[the Master]]. The [[Man with the Rosette|man with the rosette]], who was also intended to be the Master,<ref>''[[AHistory]]''</ref> was also described as having "a sallow face and a small, pointed black beard", the phrase traditionally used in the [[Target novelisation]]s to describe [[Roger Delgado]] and [[Anthony Ainley]]'s Masters. ''The Book of the War'' mentions an unfolded [[hypercube]] on the War King's desk as a relic of his past, arguably hinting that the in-itself-contentious conflation of the Master with [[the War Chief]] is applicable in terms of the War King's backstory. According to [[Ian McIntire]], a rejected entry for ''The Book of the War'' explained that the hypercube on the War King's desk was a memento of "a failed attempt to recruit [[The Doctor|'a medic']] into the War".<ref>[http://big-finish-sketches.tumblr.com/post/177895970788/id-a-facebook-post-by-ian-mcintire-which-says-i A Facebook post by Ian McIntire]</ref> Asked if the War King was the Master, ''[[The True History of Faction Paradox]]'' producer [[Alan Stevens]] answered: "The laws of copyright infringement prevent me from answering that question, although it may also be the War Chief". ([[REF]]: ''[[Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who]]'') "Master" and "Chief" were later mentioned as two former titles of the War King in ''[[Sabbath and the King (audio story)|Sabbath and the King]]''. | ||
In [[2022 (releases)|2022]], [[Gary Russell]], as part of an online discussion with [[Jacob | In [[2022 (releases)|2022]], [[Gary Russell]], as part of an online discussion with [[Jacob Addyman]], joked that the {{Tipple|n=mysterious incarnation}} of [[the Master]] who was [[The Master's trial (Doctor Who)|executed]] at the beginning of [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the TV Movie]] (actually played by the Canadian actor [[Gordon Tipple]]) was "the awful [[Maryland]] version, the 'Jacob Addyman' Master".<ref>[https://twitter.com/twilightstreets/status/1491117857790640128 Gary Russell on Twitter]</ref> In reply, Keith noted that, as he had voiced the War King in an official context, this statement would, if taken seriously as "[[canon]]", be direct evidence that the War King was not only the Master, but the same Master as the {{Tipple|n=Gordon Tipple incarnation}} seen in ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'' (also conflated with the pseudo-[[Basil Rathbone|Rathbone]] Master of ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'').<ref>[https://twitter.com/NoNotTheMemes/status/1491154927749836800 Jacob Addyman on Twitter]</ref> Russell clarified that he was indeed simply joking, and that he did not want it to become "fact" in "five years' time" that he had "said something stupid".<ref>[https://twitter.com/twilightstreets/status/1491514124823670784 Gary Russell on Twitter]</ref> | ||
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