Sometimes you’ve just got to look at the general vibe of 2020 (the furnace bit in Toy Story 3 but half the toys are drinking lighter fluid) and decide to write something positive. On my way to nursery, another dad was telling me how he found Sacha Dhawan’s performance as the Master in Doctor Who a high point of the last series, so inspired by that, let’s celebrate what was good about each actor to play the role on television. If nothing else, it’ll probably be good for my mental health and give someone a chance to type ‘Of course Roger Delgado was the original and best’ in context, so hopefully that’ll make them happy too.
Roger Delgado (or to give him his full name ‘Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto’ – which is Spanish for ‘Of course Roger Delgado was the original and best’) originated the role,...
Roger Delgado (or to give him his full name ‘Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto’ – which is Spanish for ‘Of course Roger Delgado was the original and best’) originated the role,...
- 11/3/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
John Simm is one of the most popular versions of the Master ever, thanks to his turns in three two-part storylines across the revived series of Doctor Who. He first appeared as the Doctor’s eternal nemesis at the end of season 3’s “Utopia” (2007), with Derek Jacobi’s incarnation regenerating into him. In the penultimate episode, “The Sound of Drums,” it’s revealed that the Master is, in fact, Harold Saxon, the mysterious and malevolent politician who’s been referenced throughout the season.
In the Russell T. Davies era, each season would have a recurring word or phrase that would be repeated throughout the episodes before it was explained in the finale. Though the reveal that the Master was actually Saxon, elected to the position of Prime Minister in “Sound of Drums,” came as a big shock to fans, maybe it shouldn’t have, as the clue was in the character’s name all along.
In the Russell T. Davies era, each season would have a recurring word or phrase that would be repeated throughout the episodes before it was explained in the finale. Though the reveal that the Master was actually Saxon, elected to the position of Prime Minister in “Sound of Drums,” came as a big shock to fans, maybe it shouldn’t have, as the clue was in the character’s name all along.
- 6/17/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Kayti Burt Jan 10, 2020
The Doctor Who cast discusses meeting the Master and incorporating more Classic Who into their era.
Warning: This Doctor Who article contains Major spoilers for the two-part Season 12 premiere. Proceed at your own peril. If you'd rather, you can read our spoiler-free review of the premiere here.
While Jodie Whittaker's first season of Doctor Who kept things fresh with mainly new villains for the Thirteenth Doctor and her companions to face off against, Season 12 has brought back the Doctor's "best enemy": The Master, played brilliantly by Sacha Dhawan (the youngest actor to play the role).
Den of Geek had the chance to chat with Jodie Whittaker (the Doctor), Mandip Gill (Yaz), and Tosin Cole (Ryan) about what it was like playing opposite Dhawan's Master, and what the actor brings to the table...
Who is the Master?
First seen in the 1971 Doctor Who episode "Terror of the Autons,...
The Doctor Who cast discusses meeting the Master and incorporating more Classic Who into their era.
Warning: This Doctor Who article contains Major spoilers for the two-part Season 12 premiere. Proceed at your own peril. If you'd rather, you can read our spoiler-free review of the premiere here.
While Jodie Whittaker's first season of Doctor Who kept things fresh with mainly new villains for the Thirteenth Doctor and her companions to face off against, Season 12 has brought back the Doctor's "best enemy": The Master, played brilliantly by Sacha Dhawan (the youngest actor to play the role).
Den of Geek had the chance to chat with Jodie Whittaker (the Doctor), Mandip Gill (Yaz), and Tosin Cole (Ryan) about what it was like playing opposite Dhawan's Master, and what the actor brings to the table...
Who is the Master?
First seen in the 1971 Doctor Who episode "Terror of the Autons,...
- 1/9/2020
- Den of Geek
Mark Harrison Jul 3, 2017
After the Doctor Who series 10 finale, what might be the future of the Master's character? Spoilers...
This feature contains spoilers for Series 10 of Doctor Who, including The Doctor Falls, from the very beginning.
See related Jurassic World review Looking back at Jurassic Park
Peoples of the universe, please attend carefully. In life, nothing is certain but death, taxes and the Master coming back to Doctor Who every once in a while. First appearing in 1971's Terror Of The Autons, Roger Delgado's original incarnation even appeared in every single story of the eighth season, with various nefarious schemes designed to threaten or simply annoy the Doctor.
Over the rest of the classic series, he menaced later Doctors as the decrepit Peter Pratt, the full-on Kentucky fried Geoffrey Beevers, the wry, murderous Anthony Ainley and the 90s action movie baddy Eric Roberts. He was a master of disguise,...
After the Doctor Who series 10 finale, what might be the future of the Master's character? Spoilers...
This feature contains spoilers for Series 10 of Doctor Who, including The Doctor Falls, from the very beginning.
See related Jurassic World review Looking back at Jurassic Park
Peoples of the universe, please attend carefully. In life, nothing is certain but death, taxes and the Master coming back to Doctor Who every once in a while. First appearing in 1971's Terror Of The Autons, Roger Delgado's original incarnation even appeared in every single story of the eighth season, with various nefarious schemes designed to threaten or simply annoy the Doctor.
Over the rest of the classic series, he menaced later Doctors as the decrepit Peter Pratt, the full-on Kentucky fried Geoffrey Beevers, the wry, murderous Anthony Ainley and the 90s action movie baddy Eric Roberts. He was a master of disguise,...
- 7/3/2017
- Den of Geek
With John Simm having made his return to Doctor Who for the first time since 2010 in last week’s episode “World Enough and Time,” it seems like an opportune moment to remind ourselves of the long history of the Doctor’s nemesis the Master, doesn’t it?
The short video you’ll see above runs through the Master’s many regenerations at a rather quick pace. If you need some reminding, the uber-villain has gone through seven different incarnations over the decades. First, there was Roger Delgado (1971-73), followed by a horribly disfigured version (Peter Pratt, 1976; Geoffrey Beevers, 1981) and then there was Anthony Ainley (1981-89). The one-off Doctor Who: The Movie featured Eric Roberts as the Master in 1997 before the revived series cast Derek Jacobi in 2007. John Simm then took over, followed by Michelle Gomez in 2014.
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The short video you’ll see above runs through the Master’s many regenerations at a rather quick pace. If you need some reminding, the uber-villain has gone through seven different incarnations over the decades. First, there was Roger Delgado (1971-73), followed by a horribly disfigured version (Peter Pratt, 1976; Geoffrey Beevers, 1981) and then there was Anthony Ainley (1981-89). The one-off Doctor Who: The Movie featured Eric Roberts as the Master in 1997 before the revived series cast Derek Jacobi in 2007. John Simm then took over, followed by Michelle Gomez in 2014.
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- 7/1/2017
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Missy -> Mistress -> Master. We should've really seen it coming, and to be fair, some of us did.
He's a notorious insatiable fibber, that Steven Moffat, so as soon as Doctor Who's head writer, executive producer and chief keeper of secrets declares an element from the show's past "over" and "done", it's a fair bet that said element will be rearing its head sometime soon.
Just so, Michelle Gomez was unveiled as the ninth actor to play the maniac Time Lord on Saturday night, and the first ever female to take on the part - a game-changing moment in Doctor Who history.
But if you're a series newcomer with no clue who this 'Master' is - or you're only familiar with depictions of the character post-2005 - then Digital Spy has assembled all of the pertinent information you'll need before this week's 'Death in Heaven'.
1971-73
Doctor Who...
He's a notorious insatiable fibber, that Steven Moffat, so as soon as Doctor Who's head writer, executive producer and chief keeper of secrets declares an element from the show's past "over" and "done", it's a fair bet that said element will be rearing its head sometime soon.
Just so, Michelle Gomez was unveiled as the ninth actor to play the maniac Time Lord on Saturday night, and the first ever female to take on the part - a game-changing moment in Doctor Who history.
But if you're a series newcomer with no clue who this 'Master' is - or you're only familiar with depictions of the character post-2005 - then Digital Spy has assembled all of the pertinent information you'll need before this week's 'Death in Heaven'.
1971-73
Doctor Who...
- 11/3/2014
- Digital Spy
Warning: This article contains spoilers which some readers may wish to avoid.
Doctor Who revealed the true identity of Missy (Michelle Gomez) in tonight's episode 'Dark Water'.
The enigmatic villain was unmasked as a new incarnation of The Master in the first of a two-part finale.
First appearing in Doctor Who in 1971, The Master – a rival Time Lord – was originally played by Roger Delgado.
Peter Pratt, Geoffrey Beevers, Anthony Ainley, Eric Roberts and Derek Jacobi have all taken on the part, with John Simm last playing the character in 2010.
Gomez – who first appeared as 'Missy' in Doctor Who's series eight premiere 'Deep Breath – is the first female actor to ever play The Master.
Doctor Who continues next Saturday (November 8) with special hour-long episode 'Death in Heaven' bringing its latest series to a close.
Doctor Who series 8 finale: Read synopsis for 'Death in Heaven'
Doctor Who:...
Doctor Who revealed the true identity of Missy (Michelle Gomez) in tonight's episode 'Dark Water'.
The enigmatic villain was unmasked as a new incarnation of The Master in the first of a two-part finale.
First appearing in Doctor Who in 1971, The Master – a rival Time Lord – was originally played by Roger Delgado.
Peter Pratt, Geoffrey Beevers, Anthony Ainley, Eric Roberts and Derek Jacobi have all taken on the part, with John Simm last playing the character in 2010.
Gomez – who first appeared as 'Missy' in Doctor Who's series eight premiere 'Deep Breath – is the first female actor to ever play The Master.
Doctor Who continues next Saturday (November 8) with special hour-long episode 'Death in Heaven' bringing its latest series to a close.
Doctor Who series 8 finale: Read synopsis for 'Death in Heaven'
Doctor Who:...
- 11/1/2014
- Digital Spy
Feature Andrew Blair 20 Jun 2013 - 07:00
A bit of silliness now, as we look at the Doctor Who episodes that would work if the Doctor were Batman. We like silliness.
This feature contains spoilers.
There are not any stories that could survive the removal of the Doctor and the Tardis without large changes apart from Planet of the Ood (a curious episode, where the real hero dies in a giant brain and the Ood sing a pleasant warning to the Doctor). So, part of the stipulation here is that stories can be tweaked to remove the Tardis, and reworked so they can involve Batman without too many narrative hijinks.
Still, if you're chiefly written by Grant Morrison, I suppose your main character being in a different temporal-spatial location to the bulk of the story is but a minor hindrance. If you can summarise Superman's origin story in four panels...
A bit of silliness now, as we look at the Doctor Who episodes that would work if the Doctor were Batman. We like silliness.
This feature contains spoilers.
There are not any stories that could survive the removal of the Doctor and the Tardis without large changes apart from Planet of the Ood (a curious episode, where the real hero dies in a giant brain and the Ood sing a pleasant warning to the Doctor). So, part of the stipulation here is that stories can be tweaked to remove the Tardis, and reworked so they can involve Batman without too many narrative hijinks.
Still, if you're chiefly written by Grant Morrison, I suppose your main character being in a different temporal-spatial location to the bulk of the story is but a minor hindrance. If you can summarise Superman's origin story in four panels...
- 6/19/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
It’s not what happens to a character that defines who he is, rather it’s how he handles those things. This is so trite that it’s become a platitude. Yet, when one thinks about Doctor Who, the longest running sci-fi series on television, one has to wonder what’s made it so enduring. It all boils down to how the Doctor deals all the challenges. When those menaces are the Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, to name just a few, it is easy to see why the Doctor is one of the most beloved of all sci-fi characters.
Yet, whereas the baddies listed above are the greatest threats to the universe, the Doctor’s greatest enemy isn’t one of them. His nemesis is another Time Lord, The Master. The Master is Professor Moriarty to the Doctor’s Sherlock Holmes; he is the yin to the Doctor’s yang.
But,...
Yet, whereas the baddies listed above are the greatest threats to the universe, the Doctor’s greatest enemy isn’t one of them. His nemesis is another Time Lord, The Master. The Master is Professor Moriarty to the Doctor’s Sherlock Holmes; he is the yin to the Doctor’s yang.
But,...
- 2/27/2012
- by Aeryk Pierson
- Obsessed with Film
The Master
K Kinsella
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The good guys of British TV such as Doctor Who, Super Ted and Jim Bergerac always get the credit for keeping TV viewers entertained but without baddies there could be no good guys. Villains have been a major part of British TV since the black and white days so we have decided to pay tribute to these unsung anti-heroes by compiling our list of the 10 best British TV baddies.
1. The Master (Doctor Who). It is hard to believe that it is now 40 years since a rogue Timelord first made his way to Earth and started to meddle in the affairs of the Doctor (Jon Pertwee). In the history of British TV, no one has destroyed so many planets, killed so many people and worn so many different black suits. Eric Roberts, John Simm, Anthony Ainley, Peter Pratt...
K Kinsella
Click here to friend Best British TV on Facebook.
The good guys of British TV such as Doctor Who, Super Ted and Jim Bergerac always get the credit for keeping TV viewers entertained but without baddies there could be no good guys. Villains have been a major part of British TV since the black and white days so we have decided to pay tribute to these unsung anti-heroes by compiling our list of the 10 best British TV baddies.
1. The Master (Doctor Who). It is hard to believe that it is now 40 years since a rogue Timelord first made his way to Earth and started to meddle in the affairs of the Doctor (Jon Pertwee). In the history of British TV, no one has destroyed so many planets, killed so many people and worn so many different black suits. Eric Roberts, John Simm, Anthony Ainley, Peter Pratt...
- 11/1/2011
- by admin
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