![]() The Third Doctor ( Jon Pertwee) convinces The Master to stop this plan at the last minute, and The Master subsequently escapes, albeit with his TARDIS left non-functioning after The Doctor confiscates the ship's dematerialization circuit. The Master, as played by Roger Delgado, makes his first appearance in Terror of the Autons (1971), where he allies with the Nestene Consciousness to help them invade Earth. In The Sea Devils (1972), The Master mentions that the "pleasure" of seeing the destruction of the human race, of which The Doctor is fond, would be "a reward in itself." History within the show Encounters with the Third Doctor He also had a secondary objective: to make The Doctor suffer. In The Deadly Assassin (1976), his ambitions are described as becoming "the master of all matter". Aims and character Ī would-be universal conqueror, The Master wants to control the universe. ![]() Malcolm Hulke spoke of the character and his relationship with The Doctor: "There was a peculiar relationship between The Master and The Doctor: one felt that The Master wouldn't really have liked to eliminate The Doctor.you see The Doctor was the only person like him at the time in the whole universe, a renegade Time Lord and in a funny sort of way they were partners in crime." Īn unrelated character known as The Master, who ruled over the Land of Fiction, had previously appeared in the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Mind Robber opposite the Second Doctor. He had worked previously with Barry Letts and was a good friend of Jon Pertwee. A sketch of three "new characters" for 1971 (the other two being Jo Grant and Mike Yates) suggested he was conceived to be of "equal, perhaps even superior rank, to The Doctor." īarry Letts had one man in mind for the role: Roger Delgado, who had a long history of playing villains and had already made three attempts to be cast in the series. The Master's title was deliberately chosen by producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks because, like The Doctor, it was a title conferred by an academic degree. The creative team conceived of The Master as a recurring villain, first appearing in Terror of the Autons (1971).
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