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liam58
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Master-Class
This has just been posted on the BBC's Doctor who page for no reason. A bit weird isn't it? Nice to see some more older clips put on there.
This has just been posted on the BBC's Doctor who page for no reason. A bit weird isn't it? Nice to see some more older clips put on there.
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Um, did you not see the link saying "Don’t forget to check out why we’re celebrating the Doctor’s ‘best enemy’"?
"This weekend marks the sixth anniversary of the return of the Master in Utopia."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Celebrating-the-Master
I think he would have blown it out of the park.
It's been a bit of a disappointment to me that The Master has bypassed the Eleventh Doctor era completely (unless he shows up at the very end of Eleven's life, which to me would be too distracting from the big events).
Same here, that's really one of the biggest things that disappointed me regarding Smith's departure. Simm's said that he wanted to play the Master a bit darker, and I would have liked to see how that played against Eleven.
That's why I'm hoping he lied about being involved in the 50th. I know it likely won't happen, but no harm in trying.
As we saw at the end of TNOFD The Doctor and Clara are still in his time stream in which case they may have to revisit certain periods of his life in order to escape which is why we will see a lot of old monsters, one of these will contain The Master where he will find a way to escape to Trenzalore and will ultimatly be the cause of the Doctors regeneration.
According to an interview with Jon Pertwee, he was scheduled to do a final story with Roger Delgado, but his premature death was a factor in Pertwee's decision to leave the series.
It would depend which period of the Time War were visited as there is a pre Derek Jacobi Master who was involved as well as the John Simm Master who is time locked.
Yes, this would have taken place as the finale of Pertwee's fifth season. The Master would have died ambiguously, appearing to give his life for The Doctor but not obviously so. The episode also planned to imply that the two were brothers. During pre-production, Roger Delgado died and Pertwee, already starting to feel quite lonely on the show, was pushed right over the edge and resigned. Thus, Planet of the Spiders was written instead and the Third Doctor exited. Such a sad ending to the era.
been a while since he's been in it now (considering the daleks and the cybermen seem to be in it year in year out), perhaps a nod to xmas/series 8?
Not strictly true. JP did try and push for more money for an additional year - probably to make it worth his while as "his heart wasn't in it" as you suggest. Anyway, the BBC didn't flinch and he agreed it was probably the right time to go.