The Master

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Doctor Who character Time Lord fictional character villain

The Master is a recurring villainous Time Lord in the Doctor Who universe, known as the Doctor’s archenemy and a manipulative mastermind bent on chaos and domination.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
the Master 15
The Master (subsequent incarnation) 1
The Master as a child 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Doctor Who character ⓘ
Time Lord ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
villain ⓘ
ability regeneration ⓘ
time travel ⓘ
alignment villainous ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Harold Saxon ⓘ
Missy ⓘ
The War Master ⓘ
appearsIn Doctor Who audio dramas ⓘ
Doctor Who ⓘ
surface form: Doctor Who novels

Doctor Who television film ⓘ
classic Doctor Who series ⓘ
modern Doctor Who series ⓘ
archenemyOf Doctor Who ⓘ
surface form: The Doctor
createdBy Barry Letts ⓘ
Terrance Dicks ⓘ
enemyOf Earth ⓘ
UNIT ⓘ
fandom Doctor Who fandom ⓘ
firstAppearance Terror of the Autons ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1971 ⓘ
franchise Doctor Who ⓘ
genderInMissyIncarnation female ⓘ
genderInMostIncarnations male ⓘ
goal chaos ⓘ
universal domination ⓘ
homePlanet Gallifrey ⓘ
notableStoryline Spyfall ⓘ
The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords ⓘ
World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls ⓘ
notableTrait manipulative mastermind ⓘ
master of disguise ⓘ
skilled hypnotist ⓘ
occupation renegade Time Lord ⓘ
portrayedBy Anthony Ainley ⓘ
Derek Jacobi ⓘ
Eric Roberts ⓘ
Geoffrey Beevers ⓘ
John Simm ⓘ
Michelle Gomez ⓘ
Peter Pratt ⓘ
Roger Delgado ⓘ
Sacha Dhawan ⓘ
relationshipToTheDoctor archenemy ⓘ
former childhood friend ⓘ
species Time Lord ⓘ
uses TARDIS ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harold Saxon → aliasOf → The Master ⓘ
Missy → alsoKnownAs → The Master ⓘ
UNIT → antagonistOf → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Master
this entity surface form: the Master
The War Master → basedOn → The Master ⓘ
the Rani → contemporaryOf → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Master
Rassilon → enemyOf → The Master ⓘ
Spyfall → featuresAntagonist → The Master ⓘ
Spyfall → featuresCharacter → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Master as a child
this entity surface form: the Master
Missy → hasRegenerationCycleWith → The Master ⓘ
Gallifrey → homeworldOf → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Master
The Doctor → notableEnemy → The Master ⓘ
Prydonian Chapter → notableMember → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Master
Time Lord → notableMember → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Master
Anthony Ainley → notableRole → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Master
Roger Delgado → notableRole → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Master
this entity surface form: the Master
Time Vortex → notableUser → The Master ⓘ
John Simm → playedCharacter → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Master
Anthony Ainley → portrayed → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Master
Sacha Dhawan → portrayed → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Master
Harold Saxon → realIdentity → The Master ⓘ
Harold Saxon → regeneratesInto → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Master (subsequent incarnation)
the Rani → rivalOf → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Master
The War Master → title → The Master ⓘ
Matrix → usedBy → The Master ⓘ
subject surface form: Matrix (Doctor Who)
Laws of Time → violatedBy → The Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Master