The Master

***The Master*** is a renegade Time Lord. They were a former childhood friend of the Doctor, now bitter rivals.

## History

*The Master's history prior to their appearance in* The Game of Rassilon *can be found on the TARDIS Data Core.*
### Prior Adventures

The Master had previously attempted to overthrow the government of a planet in an act of conquest, only to find the Slitheen had beaten him to it. He worked with the Previous Doctor to try and stop them. This was the last time the Doctor saw him before their encounter on Nark.

### Susan and the village on Nark

When the Doctor arrived on Nark, he met the Master again - she found he had no memory of his previous identity and had instead taken up the mantle of "the Protector" - he was protecting a village of diminutive humanoid aliens, but also protecting Susan, a young woman he believed to be his granddaughter - Susan explained that they were traveling to their home planet of Zeta IV when the ship crashed on Nark, stranding them.

The Master had erected an electric dome around a village occupied by the aliens, but the arrival of the Doctor's TARDIS, which bisected the field, shorted it out. The Doctor and Travis assist with repairs, but the village is attacked by the Time Lords.

Upon seeing the Doctor's TARDIS, the Master's memory was restored. With the Time Lords approaching, he faced an inner conflict between wanting to help the villagers and Susan or wanting to kill everyone. Ultimately, Susan made the choice for him, sending him into the woods with his TARDIS, but not before he activated some traps and killed a significant number of the Time Lord group troops.

Inside his TARDIS, the Master looked at his display and saw on the screen the body of one of the villagers he had befriended. He felt that if the villager were alive, he would have returned to the village. Instead, he decided it was time for him to leave and kill something else, and he departed.

### The Universal Backlot Fire

The Master, posing as the Preservation Commission, intercepted the Doctor, Travis and Carrie as they were making their return from the Land of Fiction and tasked them with collecting three historical items destined to be lost in the 2008 Universal Studios backlot fire. However, the Doctor discovered something was amiss and the Master revealed himself, vowing revenge for the Doctor destroying his old life on Nark.

### The Stonehenge Incident

Using an unknown device to interfere with the untempered schism, the Master was able to switch his place in the timeline with that of the Doctor's - all the universe believed the Master to be the Doctor, and vice versa. Waking mid-adventure alongside Carrie, he attempted to deposit Carrie on Earth. While there, he encountered the Doctor who declared that she was not going to stop the Master. The Master then took the TARDIS to Stonehenge, five years into the future, where he sent a transmission out into the universe declaring that he, the Doctor, was retiring - "The Earth is yours."

The Doctor and Carrie, now working with former UNIT soldiers, located the Master and intervened. The Master revealed that he intended to destroy the Doctor's life, just as she had destroyed his when he took away his home and his peace on Nark. In that moment, Susan reappeared and offered to restore the Master, and Nark, to its previous existence in exchange for the Doctor's life. The Doctor agreed.

"The Protector" then awoke in his home on Nark, no memory of his life as the Master.

## Appearance

As the Protector, this Master carried a cane, which he also used as an offensive weapon. As the Doctor, the Master wore what had originally been her outfit, but also carried a single-use explosive item.

## Behind the Scenes

* The Master was played by voice actor Dino Andrade. Dino has a number of villainous roles under his belt, including the Scarecrow in *Batman: Arkham Asylum* and Professor Putricide in *World of WarCraft*.