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Well.
I never thought anyone would suggest Keeper of Traken. I think it's a delightful story, a rare gem in that it's gentle, and extremely understated. And Geoffrey Beevers' interpretation of the Master (although he takes up only a small amount of screen time) is creepy in the extreme. Time Flight is surely a much worse story, in every possible way, than Keeper Of Traken. |
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Sorry but the last time I watched traken it just bored me to tears. I find timeflight more entertaining.
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All of them, hammiest character of all time and boy did I get really cheesed off when he started appearing in story after story after story after story.
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All of them, hammiest character of all time and boy did I get really cheesed off when he started appearing in story after story after story after story.
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He appears in 20 stories out of 241. That's Less than 10 percent of doctor who stories. Hardly story after story.
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All of them, hammiest character of all time and boy did I get really cheesed off when he started appearing in story after story after story after story.
Aside from one moment at the end of The Time Monster when Delgado did indeed 'ham it up.' I struggle to think of any other moment that his Master was hammy. For me he was quite a calm and laid back characterisation, oozing with evil charm. Then I look at Peter Pratt's interpretation in The Deadly Assassin and again, I don't see where it was hammy. He played it straight down the line and very serious. And as aforementioned Geoffrey Beevers was mainly a vocal performance which was very laid back and calm. Later Master's I will concede the point but for me I would say some of the time he was hammy, not all of the time. As for appearing story after story, as has been said, it was mainly during Season 8 and he appeared quite regularly during Davison's time but not so regularly to make it annoying.
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The last one he was in. The master became a giggling nutter with superpowers and a stupid blonde dye job. He was effectively a boring generic supervillain. The drumming etc was interesting and well done, but when ALL the planets population became the Master my brain checked out. Couldn't stop laughing and couldn't take the story seriously thereafter.
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Last of the Timelords because I hate that episode with a passion. Love John Simm as an actor but he was an awful Master
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As many have pointed out. Any story with John Simm as the Master. Going back to the classic series... Timeflight. :/
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Last of the Timelords because I hate that episode with a passion. Love John Simm as an actor but he was an awful Master
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I thought John Simms was a brilliant Master. I love how Delgado tended to mirror Jon Pertwee's smooth and gentlemanly personality whereas Simms mirrored Tennant's exuberant eccentricity in the same way.
The Doctor and the Master were always supposed to be two sides of the same coin and I thought the John Simms stories demontrated that perfectly. |
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There are times when a generalisation like this has to be challenged.
Aside from one moment at the end of The Time Monster when Delgado did indeed 'ham it up.' I struggle to think of any other moment that his Master was hammy. For me he was quite a calm and laid back characterisation, oozing with evil charm. Then I look at Peter Pratt's interpretation in The Deadly Assassin and again, I don't see where it was hammy. He played it straight down the line and very serious. And as aforementioned Geoffrey Beevers was mainly a vocal performance which was very laid back and calm. Later Master's I will concede the point but for me I would say some of the time he was hammy, not all of the time. As for appearing story after story, as has been said, it was mainly during Season 8 and he appeared quite regularly during Davison's time but not so regularly to make it annoying. ![]() Apologies for not replying sooner, I thought my post had disappeared, was looking in other Master thread.
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I thought John Simms was a brilliant Master. I love how Delgado tended to mirror Jon Pertwee's smooth and gentlemanly personality whereas Simms mirrored Tennant's exuberant eccentricity in the same way.
The Doctor and the Master were always supposed to be two sides of the same coin and I thought the John Simms stories demontrated that perfectly. |
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