He did however, end Frontier In Space on something of a cliffhanger by accidentally shooting the Third Doctor – in the head and leaving him for dead.Īn unfilmed story – due to Delgado’s untimely death which was to mark the exit of the Master and Pertwee’s regeneration. The Master character did not then figure again, until the Fourth Doctor’s reign. The Master intended to use Kronos to mastermind his domination of all space and time but was unable to control the winged god and ended up destroying Atlantis.įrontier In Space – 1973, was the Delgado Master’s last Who appearance, attempting to stoke up a war between Humans and Draconians, involving the Daleks – (Delgado died shortly after).
In The Time Monster, the Master summoned the Atlantian-worshipped god of destruction known as Kronos. What he Master was looking for, was information on a buried Doomsday Weapon. In Colony In Space – 1971 the Master masqueraded as an Adjudicator between warring Colonists and a Mining Corporation, on the planet Uxarieus. Usually manipulating and abandoning them to their respective fates when the tide turned. The Master would usually be revealed aiding and abetting an Alien race, for his own undisclosed purposes : Nestene, Daleks, Axxonss, Daemons, Seadevils.
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I suppose you can take the normal precautions against a nuclear blast, like sticky tape on the windows and that sort of thing!” The Master He appeared in 8 of the Third Doctor’s first 20 episodes and was a regular fixture right throughout season 8, underpinning the season’s story arc in The Mind of Evil, The Claws of Axos, Colony In Space and The Daemons. However, some fans have linked the Master character (in a previous regeneration) with the War Chief from The War Games – 1969.įollowing Terror of the Autons, the Master became very much a thorn in the Doctor’s side and one of the most featured – and most popular Who villains. The Master first official appearance was during the Third Doctor’s reign, in Terror Of The Autons – 1971, played by Rodger Delgado. The Master also had a Tardis, (like the Doctor) but it was a fully functioning MK-II model, with a working Chameleon circuit which allowed concealment within any environment it landed in. He did, however – hold a begrudging respect for the Doctor (as the Doctor did for him) and on the few times the two agreed to work together, (to get each out of a pickle!) they bounced off each other brilliantly. He also carried a modified sonic screwdriver, which could stun or kill his opponents. He was a master of disguise and could hypnotise victims into carrying out his evil bidding. He was happy to use others as pawns in his diabolical schemes and sacrifice them to reach his goals. The Master on the other hand, was looking for total power – in one form or another, with himself at the centre – as absolute ruler. However, that’s were the similarities ended, as the Doctor was looking for a quiet life. They had both studied at the same Time Lord academy together and were both fugitive Time Lords.
The Master, on the other hand was more ruthless, calculating and cunning – and every much the Doctor’s contemporary. The Meddling Monk himself – was a bumbling, time travelling opportunist who was attempting to alter Earth history for his own ends.
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The Master was the next logical step up from the Meddling Monk, who had appeared in the First Doctor serial The Time Meddler – 1965 and the War Chief from The War Games. ”Do you know? He has an excellent brain, that man ……! Though a little pedestrian! But oh dear, what a bore the fellow is!” The Master Like the Doctor….only darker