the master

On Wednesday, Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook announced that Saturday's final "Doctor Who Lockdown" global rewatch was canceled out of respect for the protests taking place around the world against police brutality towards the Black community that was inflamed by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis, […]

In addition, Doctor Who: Short Trips will feature two of the Master's incarnations in two separate audio dramas, narrated by Jon Culshaw.[caption id="attachment_1199409" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Doctors, and Rose Tyler are set to be a part of Time Lord Victorious, courtesy of Big Finish and others.[/caption]McGann's three stories will be released[...]

Oh, and Missy (Michelle Gomez), and the Master (John Simm) This was their swansong too.It felt like Moffat was ticking off the last items on his Doctor Who bucket list for what he could still do for The Doctor, where he could push him and how far There’s the penultimate great speech for Capaldi to[...]

Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall did his part to ease fans' fears and concerns over the growing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Wednesday, posting a short story starring the Doctor that speaks of hardship, strength, and the "regenerative energy" inside each of us to get through these "strange times" (as Chibnall wrote in his accompanying letter). […]

All those cries of showrunner Chris Chibnall destroying the show, destroying 60 years of lore, sound and fury, hue and cry.To wit: The Master (Sacha Dhawan) has taken The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) back to Gallifrey to force her to confront her true origins This shatters everything she thought she knew about her own history Meanwhile, her[...]

Ahead of this weekend’s season finale, fans have been wondering where the latest Master (played delectably by Sacha Dhawan) fits in the timeline.The last time we saw the Master was in the final episode of Series 10, where the Saxon Master, played by John Simm, fatally shot Missy (Michelle Gomez) after she fatally stabbed him[...]

BBC's Doctor Who Series 12 finale this coming Sunday promises big changes to the show's lore. It's all about Gallifrey and how everything we thought we knew was wrong. Of course, the BBC saw fit to put together a video primer about the Doctor's home planet as both a summary and way to get newer […]

It's all been building up to this, folks: after a "summer blockbuster"-like run of nine episodes, the BBC's Doctor Who Series 12 is coming to a close with season finale "The Timeless Children" - and by the time the dust settles, The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Graham (Bradley Walsh), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Ryan (Tosin Cole) are[...]

The Master (Sacha Dhawan)![caption id="attachment_1158345" align="alignnone" width="1198"] BBC[/caption]Chris Chibnall knows how to create a season-long, overarching mystery - because that reveal between the two adversaries over the fate of their home planet was just the tip of the iceberg You would think the return of Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) would be more than enough[...]

The Master (Sacha Dhawan)!Chris Chibnall knows how to create a season-long, overarching mystery - because that reveal between the two adversaries over the fate of their home planet was just the tip of the iceberg You would think the return of Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) would be more than enough to elevate the season's[...]

What is going on? Does it have something to do with The Master telling the Doctor that they’d been lied to their whole lives? And does this have something to do with the mystery of the Timeless Child?This was exhilarating It changes the lore of the show The new Doctor sets up a series of[...]

The Master (Sacha Dhawan)![caption id="attachment_1149749" align="alignnone" width="1200"] BBC[/caption]Chris Chibnall knows how to create a season-long, overarching mystery - because that last reveal between the two adversaries over the fate of their home planet still has our brains buzzing What "truth" did The Master discover that would cause him to unleash so much rage? What about[...]

Now we know that in the Doctor Who universe, "early 2020" means New Year's Day as the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) materialized back on to BBC One and BBC America screens to kick off our new year with the first of the two-part[...]

Season 26 featured four epic adventures traversing a future Britain invaded by inter-dimensional knights, a strange Victorian house haunted by ghosts from Ace’s past, an alien world populated by Cheetah People and a 1940s army camp under siege from monstrous vampires. With guest stars including Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart), Anthony Ainley (The Master), Jean Marsh, Nicholas[...]

When he reintroduced The Master in his second series, Davies revealed how Time Lords were made Gallifrey chooses their most brilliant children and trains them to become Time Lords These kids are forced to stare into the Time Vortex as their initiation to Time Lord training That must drive all of them to some level[...]

Even Missy, his new female reinvention of the Doctor’s nemesis The Master, now has a flirtatious, sexual undertone in her relationship to The Doctor None of Moffat’s female characters ever pass the Bechdel Test They only ever serve and orbit his male main characters.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsUSx8rfscThat doesn’t mean Moffat’s writing this season was without merit[...]

As the latest series of Doctor Who draws to a close – it's not over yet, we still the New Year's Special to cap it off – the BBC has released the full theme for the 13th Doctor, composed by new series composer Segun Akinola. When the show was brought back in 2005, Russell T. […]

Can season 10 of Doctor Who server two Masters? They want to give it a go it seems as John Simm, the Master who played opposite of David Tennant's Tenth Doctor will be returning to battle with Peter Capaldi's Twelfth And that's to go with the already announced return of Michelle Gomez as Missy, the[...]

We get the Master-now-Mistress, Cybermen walking the streets of London and the return of Unit It will be interesting to see if some of the strange behavior we've seen from both the Doctor and Clara this season will pay off in the finale Seems like a lot to do in one episode though.[youtube]http://youtu.be/ZFZaqsaJ4eE[/youtube][...]

Okay? Good.Let's join up a few dots.Yesterday, Bleeding Cool wrote about Sylvester McCoy talking about a new casting for the Master in the upcoming series.Add to that the news that Sam Anderson has been cast as a recurring cast member, Danny Pink.Add to that the considerable fuss and discussion about getting a black actor to[...]