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The Master poll questions
OhWhenTheSaints
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2 questions about The Master, just for fun:
1) Who is your favourite Master?
2) If you could cast any actor to play The Master if John Simm declined reprising his role who would it be?
My answers:
1) Anthony Ainley (Possibly John Simm in a few years if he keeps at it, Derek Jacobi could have been great too)
2) Rob Kazinski (Sean Slater in EastEnders).
1) Who is your favourite Master?
2) If you could cast any actor to play The Master if John Simm declined reprising his role who would it be?
My answers:
1) Anthony Ainley (Possibly John Simm in a few years if he keeps at it, Derek Jacobi could have been great too)
2) Rob Kazinski (Sean Slater in EastEnders).
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The bloke who played TONY in Hotel Babylon. Can't remember his name! He'd make a good master!
For a future Master-Bill Bailey (yes, really).
2) Aidan Gillen
James Franco.. or Dave Brown (The Mighty Boosh).
Do you mean, Dexter Fletcher?
I think he'd also make an excellent future Doctor!
Yes. Him! I think he'd be great!
I'd love to see Matthew Goode (not sure if he does Television though) as the Master because he's so suave and cool (and very English) that he could bring some devilish charm to the role. Plus he proved he could play a devious genius kind of character as Ozymandias in Watchmen.
Ainley is my favourite. Derek Jacobi was bloody marvellous for the two minutes he got to do it: proper-scary, not panto-scary like John Simm.
I like the idea of Rob Kazinsky as the Master. The unhinged aspect of his EastEnders character would come in very hand. And he is very very very sexy. I don't approve of the Master or the Doctor being sexy though, so I spose I should rule him out. Dylan Moran, maybe? He'd be a good Doctor too.
It's something about his eyes. I've always thought he'd be a great Master.
2. Possibly Eddie Izzard, but also Ewan McGregor would be quite good IMO:)
My ideal one... hmm, that's a good question, how about Alan Rickman? Or Ian McDiarmid from Star Wars? They'd both be bloody terrifying.
His story was left open ended-we didn't even see what happened to him-and anyway, there will always be a point to him coming back. That's what arch enemies do.
Worst. (Hypothetical) Master. Ever.
The bloke can't act for toffee & should stick to chat shows & running marathons.
I don't think he'll be back for a while, because Moffat has stated at some point that there'll be no more Time War stuff, and for the Master to come back they'd have to open that storyline right back up again and almost certainly bring the Time Lords back into it as well.
If there's a way to bring the Master back on his own and without too much of a stretch of plausibility, then I'd love to have him back - but I have to agree with The Moff that enough is enough with the Time War, it's time to just let the Time Lords die and let the Doctor move on. By the end of the specials the Time War was really dragging the show and the character of the Doctor down and a lot of plot threads had to include extra explanation because of the Time War. We need a fresh start, either forget the Time Lords altogether or let them start again somehow.
As for a new Master, I think he should reverse and go back to being Derek Jacobi again. He really was so evillllllllll!!!!!!And I think he has the presence needed to make the role a success.