@@redjirachi1 I was under the impression that the Beevers and Pratt Masters were the same as the Delgado incarnation, and therefore, they were the 13th, and obviously couldn't regenerate anymore. But who knows. Maybe he ended up in a similar situation as the 11th Doctor, where he ended up becoming extremely old and feeble, then on top of that, got afflicted by his own tissue scrambler... thing (can't remember the exact name), and got burned badly, but ended up clinging on to life through sheer force of will. "Only hate keeps me alive", as he said in The Deadly Assassin.
@@redjirachi1 1. The burnt Master was looking different than the Delgado Master before being burnt. 2. The Master was burnt by a future incarnation of himself (the bald one from Big Finish who appears in Dark Eyes) who was asked to kill a previous incarnation of himself to be allowed to join a cult that planned to destroy and recreate the universe. (Check out The Two Masters)
huh that is fun. The more recent Masters have gone more for a manic Joker-esque cackling/dancing madman to match the flightier and more youthful manner of the Doctor, but I would love to have seen a return to the cold, superiority-complex stoic characterization. The Doctor did take a turn to the classic with Capaldi's run when he returned to being a grumpy old man.
Markus Hirschmann Yeah, definitely. and I LOVE the reveals and how JNT handles them in Tom Baker's/Peter Davison's era... usually just a anagram of the Master's name and Anthony Ainley becomes Tony Ainley in the credits. It's clever as it conceals the villain until the end of the first episode, while giving a subtle hint in the names... JNT was a genius in keeping a good secret on the show... probably because they didn't have iPhones back then and post 2016 BBC Spoilers XD cause the cat's already out of the bag about the new doctor's bumbag, atrocious outfit and curly sonic... If I had a TARDIS and could go back in time to see Doctor Who writing and producing staff in their youth I'd see either Terry Nation, Verity Lambert or John Nathan Turner... I don't know why people say Who was sexist and didn't represent when they look back... in the 80's three members of Who were waving the flag of pride, Matthew Waterhouse, John Nathan Turner (paired with partner Gary Downie) and Ian Levine... Even by Sylv's era we got some well written pride undertones.
Thank you for uploading this scene. I've been wanting the official Doctor Who RUclips channel to upload this scene for sometime but they've never done it. Roger Delgado is my favourite Master. The other incarnations are great, including Michelle Gomez as Missy, but for me Roger Delgado was THE Master, the original you might say (even though he's actually meant to be the twelfth incarnation). Rest in peace, Roger Delgado.
He was meant to die heroically, leading to the revelation that he and the Doctor were aspects of the same being. His death prevented that, giving us decades of conflict between two Time Lords, instead.
Some fans want them to be. The characters do have history with the Doctor, similar fashion sense, and a tendency to take advantage of the efforts of others. Knowing the original plan for the Master puts paid to that. Also, Terrance Dicks -- creator of the Master -- says they aren't the same character.
Maybe giving the Master gloves and then having him order his minions around by snapping wasn't such a well-thought-out idea... I mean, you can barely even hear the snap, and it's so soft! It sounds like when I try to snap, and I can't snap. And, like, you can excuse a LOT in Classic Who as being the result of the low budget, but that? They should have realized in filming that a snap with gloves on wouldn't work and figured out something else. Aside from the poorly executed snap, though, this is a good scene, and a good introduction to the Master (at least, the Delgado Master- later Masters would steer more and more towards obvious lunacy, especially once we got to Eric Roberts). I especially like how the materialization noise of the Master's TARDIS is subtly different from the Doctor's. And it's always cool to see a TARDIS with a working chameleon circuit.
Roger Delgado was rather "masterful" in his portrayal of The Master. Anthony Ainley and several actors all played the part of the character very well, but for me, Roger Delgado was the best/played the part superbly. I would love to have seen The Master and Davros team up, for both were probably equally insane/evil, and with a common goal, ie universal conquest. Though while Davros was just a downright nasty piece of work, The Master had a slightly more refined/subtle approach to his villainy. Then again, their relationship may have been similiar to that of The Master and The Doctor, ie trying to constantly out-do/out-wit each other. Either way, I'm sure it would have been quite a fascinating partnership.
Davros was Dr Who's Richard the third - a twisted embodiment of intellectual evil who could convincingly play whatever role he needed to manipulate anyone.
I have always wondered where the Master, was during the William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton days, the Monk and the War Chief were awesome Time Lord villains but I am not sure either of them are really earlier versions of the Master despite fan theories.
The Monk certainly wasn't the Master. The War Chief could have been though. Troughton's reaction upon first seeing him could have simply been a fellow Time Lord or his arch enemy. It's left up in the air and we like it that way.
In hindsight it's kind of nuts to think that the first time we see the Master he might have had 11 or 12 incarnations before we don't see(its ambiguous if the Pratt/Beavers one is Delgado's but heavily decayed or not)
It's not ambiguous We have literally seen a pre Baconmaster in extended media And before you ask is it cannon The only thing that has ever been officially confirmed. Cannon is the adventure games, not even the show. So technically no master is cannon
IMO Roger Delgado is the definitive Master like Jacqueline is the one and only Servalan in Blakes Seven and these actors created villains that cannot ever be recreated in any shape or from. I like the disguise of the Masters TARDIS been a pale blue motorised horsebox
As much as I loved Simm and Gomez’s take on the character, when they inevitably bring The Master back I hope they go back to Delgado’s take. We’ve had the mad Master, let’s go back to this unnervingly clam Master.
@@Dead25mI can't fuckin stand that abomination that is Sacha Dahwan's incarnation. He literally just watched Simm and copied him. At least with Simm, there was a plot purpose to his psychopathic rage... He calmed down a lot when he met Missy. Guess he learned to be patient after all the years he hung out with Bill Potts. Delgado and Gomez to me are the best incarnations. Followed by Simm.... Sacha and the rest of the new producers/writers can fuck off 😭 it's like the entire Star Wars and Star Trek series being bought by Disney automatically fucked up the quality of the legacy of these stories. Yah I really fuckin hate where New Who is going.... The last good episode was when Twelve and Bill exited.
They found the perfect actor to play the circus master. I can envision the man's entire life based on this one tiny scene: Born Lew Russell into a poor working class family, a lowly commoner with the most dull, commonplace name imaginable. But he would not accept that fate; he left home as a lad to join the circus, and invented a new name and a new life for himself. For many years he worked his way up the ranks and learned the business, and eventually he founded his own circus, earning himself some modest fame as "internationally known Luigi Rossini." Then one day, while he is proudly overseeing all that he has built, the Master suddenly appears on his pitch. The Master speaks to him dismissively and refuses to leave when asked. He addresses him by his "real name", calling him out as a fraud and bringing to memory the low-born existence he had left behind. Finally, as the ultimate insult, the Master calls him a "primitive" and takes control of his mind without breaking a sweat, turning him into a helpless servant. Poor Lew Russell. This was the worst day of his life and it took less than sixty seconds for him to be thoroughly humiliated.
at least the master cares enough to keep his tardis chameleon circuit in good condition. unlike the doctor who's to lazy to repair his tardis. maybe he can't because he stole his tardis his not qualified to run it?
As much as I love all the modern Masters and their chaotic sadistic attitudes. I think it would be cool to see another more gothic and poised take on the Master
I am IMO convinced that Delgado is as much the Master, as Jackie Pearce is the arch-enemy and arch-villain Servalan in Blake,s Seven and also Paul Darrow is Avon Michael Keating is Vila Stephen Greif is Travis and these actors like Roger Delgado have created awesome characters who cannot ever really be recreated in tens of millions of years.The actors who played the Master, after Delgados death in 1973 which happened between, seasons 10 and 11 of Dr Who have not IMO been anywhere near as good or as definitive in the role of the Master. I also know at the time Delgado sadly and brutually was killed in the fatal car crash, in turkey he had decided to end his semi regular status on Dr Who in the final serial of the next season been season 11 . The plan would have been, to have the 3rd Dr and the Master, in a big final showdown leading to the Master, been killed off in a big blaze of glory and be blown up in an enormous cosmic explosion and also it was to be revealed the Dr and the Master were in fact different aspects of the same character. I wonder had things worked out, that way would the master as an enemy have been permanently killed and laid to rest and thus new Time Lord villains created as replacement recurring villains or would somebody perhaps have brought the Master back in the future and said he did not really die.
In the novelization of this story the Master does. He drives it along the coach tour. The novel also states that the reason why the Doctor was able to identify the Masters Tardis was that it looked too pristine compared to the other circus vehicles.
He's not the first time another time lord Showed up Plus given that the doctor was currently an exile. By the time lords people probably expected more of them to pop up
The drumming plot device was only added because he was rewarded with more regenerations for his military service during the Time War, so the writers needed another reason for him to remain "evil" beyond wanting to either steal the Doctor's regenerations or possess people to survive.
@@DarkAdonisVyers He is evil without being desperate for regenerations, he is still fully time lord here, though late in his cycle - but he never seems motivated by wanting more regenerations in this era (because that limitation had not been introduced, even regenerations were not fully formed) RTD just kinds of likes throwing wrenches into things to see what happens, I don't think there was really a practical reason for the drums (other then "why he is mad" but that really does not need an answer, he's just a bit of a bad egg) End of Time is a fun story but is utterly nonsensical when it comes to cohesion and logic.
I do like the shape of the Master,s TARDIS been a light, blue motorised horsebox and his TARDIS been capable of changing shape, colour and size is awesome he has full control of his TARDIS unlike the Doctor whose TARDIS is in some ways like a motorcar that constantly breaks down and is in and out of the garage been repaired only to have other things break down in it.
Why is it that if the New series masters (with the exception of Derek Jacobi) didn't have the name the Master we couldn't tell these guys were the same?
retnavybrat True, but I feel for the majority of the doctors by examining their final episodes and their runs that their personality changes are understandable, 5 died in a battlefield so 6 was dark, 7 died when he knew the Master was alive, in Survival he had to be the better person, so I think the Master's presence brought out the better side of the Doctor. Maybe I'm stretching it but I think having a new face and body has some psychological effects to couple with it. You can also see at the core of their characters even (Perhaps especially) with 11 that they still have the core personality of the first Doctor in them. I don't think I see that with the Master in the new series, he isn't civilised, he can't be charismatic or manipulative, he acts too sadistic too much of the time and sometimes is just straight out campy.
@@kingcrimson1467 I could be stretching things as well, but maybe it could be explained as PTSD from the Time War in addition to the "evilness" that was already there?
retnavybrat Sure the Time War would of definitely made the Master more evil but I don't see why he would've lost his manipulative personality. The Geffory Beavers and the Anthony Ainley Masters could still be manipulative, getting into spots through the cockiness of their opponents, using disguises in spite of the fact that he got nearly burnt to death. Besides look at this dude, if anything he is stern, a survivor, I would think almost nothing could change him.
@@kingcrimson1467 The Simm Master had to have had some manipulative skills. After all, he did become a successful politician, a career in which such skills are used frequently. 😀
Odd, his hypnotism skills got worse each regeneration seemingly. I thought it took more effort but Delgado just stared into his eyes. Simm had the Arch Angel network which did have more reach but less potency and even then he literally needed like so many satellites.
The only problem is that, with the exception of Eric Roberts (from the awful 1996 TV movie), it'd only be the New Series Masters (Jacobi, Simm, Gomez). The Classic Era Masters (Delgado, Ainley) are both deceased.
Jay Tender Big Finish are giving the master a 50th anniversary release next year featuring Geoffrey Beevers, Alex MacQueen, Eric Roberts, Derek Jacobi, Mark Gatiss, Michelle Gomez, John Simm and a new Master played by Milo Parker
The Master,s TARDIS, been disguised as a pale blue motorised horsebox is awesome in billions of ways and I have a hunch the Master,s TARDIS is either an upgraded type 40 or possibly a later model of TARDIS to the Doctor,s . I do say that casting Roger Delgado as the Drs Time Lord arch-enemy the Master, was spot on in billions of ways and he created a Master no other actor can ever really recreate just like Jackie Pearce who played arch-enemy Servalan in Blake,s Seven created a Servalan that cannot ever be recreated same with Paul Darrow who played Avon in B7 Paul created an Avon who cannot be recreated in any shape or form.
he is the first master and the best master of Dr Who. The others just cannot compete...not even series 12, with the female Doctor that is the worst Master ever.
Happy Birthday Roger Delgado... he would've been 100 today.
Joe Taylor. pertwee would’ve been 100 this week
I wonder how Roger Dedgaldo reacted to John Simm if the two met.
Woah!
I like the arrogant strut Delgado gives him. And the way he casually snaps a finger and expects instant obedience.
It's quite hard to snap your fingers properly while wearing gloves! Delgado masters it. :-)
@@marquonuk of course he masters it! He’s the Master! :)
“I am usually referred to as the Master!”
“Oh is that so?”
“Universally!”
I don't know why but I find the guy's delivery of "who the heck are you" at 0:53 really hilarious
me too!!! i say it all the time like that, too. ridiculously silly
Hoo de heck arrr yuuuu?
You may be a master, but I am THE Master. The original, you might say
He's not the original, he's the thirteenth.
Didn't quite get the joke, did you?
@@daphnejyothi4795 Or twelfth, the whole Burnt Master is rather confusing
@@redjirachi1 I was under the impression that the Beevers and Pratt Masters were the same as the Delgado incarnation, and therefore, they were the 13th, and obviously couldn't regenerate anymore. But who knows. Maybe he ended up in a similar situation as the 11th Doctor, where he ended up becoming extremely old and feeble, then on top of that, got afflicted by his own tissue scrambler... thing (can't remember the exact name), and got burned badly, but ended up clinging on to life through sheer force of will. "Only hate keeps me alive", as he said in The Deadly Assassin.
@@redjirachi1 1. The burnt Master was looking different than the Delgado Master before being burnt.
2. The Master was burnt by a future incarnation of himself (the bald one from Big Finish who appears in Dark Eyes) who was asked to kill a previous incarnation of himself to be allowed to join a cult that planned to destroy and recreate the universe. (Check out The Two Masters)
huh that is fun. The more recent Masters have gone more for a manic Joker-esque cackling/dancing madman to match the flightier and more youthful manner of the Doctor, but I would love to have seen a return to the cold, superiority-complex stoic characterization. The Doctor did take a turn to the classic with Capaldi's run when he returned to being a grumpy old man.
The Dark Master?
In a way the Doctors and companions have gotten more manic, too.
Which one started the comedic-fun side of the doctor? He went slightly darker in capaldi’s version but now it’s back to free spirited
Alex MacQueen's Master from Big Finish's Audio dramas might be right up your street.
Ever since his resurrection for the Time War, he's been distinctly off his trolley.
Nothing against Missy, or any of the other Masters, but this is simply my favorite version of the Master.
Sam nothing beats the originals
Indeed, Roger Delgado - you will always be missed.
Yes. I like some of the newer Doctors, but William Hartnell really made it shine.
@@goldprime118 meh
To hell with that stupid bloody feminist cringe Missy. Roger Delgado and Anthony Ainley forever!!!
Delgado was the best Master! I just watched Terror of the Autons again recently and it's still a great Doctor Who tale.
Now, that's an entrance. I can sense the menace coming from him, he's definitely a classy villain.
Roger Delgado. Nobody else could portray the Master like he did. He played the part to perfection.
Anthony is the closest.
The Master brilliantly portrayed by the late great Roger Delgado. ❤️
The Moriarty to the third doctor
Interesting that his later-type Tardis has a slightly different materialisation sound.
Hearing Roger Delgado’s line delivery was perfect, I see why he’s considered to be the best Master
And no one could top him ever since...
They just do crazy their own way.
Well, Ainley came very close, in my opinion.
Yep.
I read that he was trying to underplay it.
Wut?
Markus Hirschmann Yeah, definitely. and I LOVE the reveals and how JNT handles them in Tom Baker's/Peter Davison's era... usually just a anagram of the Master's name and Anthony Ainley becomes Tony Ainley in the credits. It's clever as it conceals the villain until the end of the first episode, while giving a subtle hint in the names... JNT was a genius in keeping a good secret on the show... probably because they didn't have iPhones back then and post 2016 BBC Spoilers XD cause the cat's already out of the bag about the new doctor's bumbag, atrocious outfit and curly sonic...
If I had a TARDIS and could go back in time to see Doctor Who writing and producing staff in their youth I'd see either Terry Nation, Verity Lambert or John Nathan Turner... I don't know why people say Who was sexist and didn't represent when they look back... in the 80's three members of Who were waving the flag of pride, Matthew Waterhouse, John Nathan Turner (paired with partner Gary Downie) and Ian Levine... Even by Sylv's era we got some well written pride undertones.
It's kinda impressive how he nailed the role instantly.
He was an impressive actor.
This episode was my very first exposure to Doctor Who. It forever holds a special place in my heart
Thank you for uploading this scene. I've been wanting the official Doctor Who RUclips channel to upload this scene for sometime but they've never done it. Roger Delgado is my favourite Master. The other incarnations are great, including Michelle Gomez as Missy, but for me Roger Delgado was THE Master, the original you might say (even though he's actually meant to be the twelfth incarnation). Rest in peace, Roger Delgado.
He was meant to die heroically, leading to the revelation that he and the Doctor were aspects of the same being. His death prevented that, giving us decades of conflict between two Time Lords, instead.
Yeah, I heard about that. Would have been cool to see.
God, yes. Stupid automobile crash. (This also means the War Chief isn't the Master.)
Juliet Fischer Why would they be the same character though?
Some fans want them to be. The characters do have history with the Doctor, similar fashion sense, and a tendency to take advantage of the efforts of others.
Knowing the original plan for the Master puts paid to that. Also, Terrance Dicks -- creator of the Master -- says they aren't the same character.
'whooo thee heck are you??!! well??'
haha love that line
I'am the Master, the original!
Well technically the twelfth
sex-bob-omb sex-bob-omb I got it 😂
I want him to say that to John Simm's master. We need a necromancer to bring back Delgado!
Uh the War Chief was actually the master now.
Happy 50th Anniversary for the Master (1971-2021)!!!!!
It's kinda funny that they reused a sound effect from the Cybermen for the Master, as he would later teamed up with them in his lifetime.
And that he works with the man who would become Davros.
That arm grab he did is one of their tricks.
I love this story, it introduces the master, of the big bads of this series, the polar opposite of the doctor, and the former friend of the doctor
I believe that the Doctor counts them still as friends.
In an "everybody deserves a worthy adversary" kind of way?
When the master gripped the man I recognised the sound of the cybermen from the invasion
well the masters tardis chameleon circuit may work, but its perception filter definitely doesn't! the man shouldn't have noticed it materialising
"Who the heck are you?"
I'm surprised The Master didn't reply with his rather famous speech", "I am The Master, and you will obey me!"
Maybe giving the Master gloves and then having him order his minions around by snapping wasn't such a well-thought-out idea... I mean, you can barely even hear the snap, and it's so soft! It sounds like when I try to snap, and I can't snap. And, like, you can excuse a LOT in Classic Who as being the result of the low budget, but that? They should have realized in filming that a snap with gloves on wouldn't work and figured out something else.
Aside from the poorly executed snap, though, this is a good scene, and a good introduction to the Master (at least, the Delgado Master- later Masters would steer more and more towards obvious lunacy, especially once we got to Eric Roberts). I especially like how the materialization noise of the Master's TARDIS is subtly different from the Doctor's. And it's always cool to see a TARDIS with a working chameleon circuit.
I mean he looks awesome so who cares?
At first I thought he said, "you rassle." But in fact, the character's name is "Lou Russell."
I need to find a suit like that. :)
Used to be so scared of him when i watched Doctor who lol.
Now we know who the Delgado Master was before this and what happened to the War Chief after The War Games In Colour.
Ta Da. 😊
that 17 doctors enemy The Master's with the rani missy and spymaster
The Master kinda represents what The Doctor could've done if he had no rules.
Nah
That's the valyard Quite literally
*u n i v e r s a l l y*
This is the masters best story.
Roger Delgado was rather "masterful" in his portrayal of The Master. Anthony Ainley and several actors all played the part of the character very well, but for me, Roger Delgado was the best/played the part superbly. I would love to have seen The Master and Davros team up, for both were probably equally insane/evil, and with a common goal, ie universal conquest. Though while Davros was just a downright nasty piece of work, The Master had a slightly more refined/subtle approach to his villainy. Then again, their relationship may have been similiar to that of The Master and The Doctor, ie trying to constantly out-do/out-wit each other. Either way, I'm sure it would have been quite a fascinating partnership.
Davros was Dr Who's Richard the third - a twisted embodiment of intellectual evil who could convincingly play whatever role he needed to manipulate anyone.
So does the Master leave his Tardis' brakes on too or are we agreed that Moffat just makes up bullshit?
Well yes he does but clearly that was meant to be a joke to Amy I dunno why people take it as canon
Maybe River forgot to put the brakes on, almost crashed and then tried to spin it as a good thing.
I have always wondered where the Master, was during the William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton days, the Monk and the War Chief were awesome Time Lord villains but I am not sure either of them are really earlier versions of the Master despite fan theories.
Probably doing politics back home or in jail
The Monk certainly wasn't the Master. The War Chief could have been though. Troughton's reaction upon first seeing him could have simply been a fellow Time Lord or his arch enemy. It's left up in the air and we like it that way.
And the mind robber also features a "master" just to mention it
Its nice seeing a Tardis that actually works.
In hindsight it's kind of nuts to think that the first time we see the Master he might have had 11 or 12 incarnations before we don't see(its ambiguous if the Pratt/Beavers one is Delgado's but heavily decayed or not)
It's not ambiguous We have literally seen a pre Baconmaster in extended media
And before you ask is it cannon
The only thing that has ever been officially confirmed. Cannon is the adventure games, not even the show.
So technically no master is cannon
IMO Roger Delgado is the definitive Master like Jacqueline is the one and only Servalan in Blakes Seven and these actors created villains that cannot ever be recreated in any shape or from. I like the disguise of the Masters TARDIS been a pale blue motorised horsebox
Terror of the Autons Four Part Story
A master class in how to exude evil and power
I see what you did there
@@animationfanatic2133 Though it annoys me how it's chronologically reversed.
As much as I loved Simm and Gomez’s take on the character, when they inevitably bring The Master back I hope they go back to Delgado’s take. We’ve had the mad Master, let’s go back to this unnervingly clam Master.
And Eric Roberts.
*stares at Dhawans Master*
oh no
@@Dead25mI can't fuckin stand that abomination that is Sacha Dahwan's incarnation. He literally just watched Simm and copied him. At least with Simm, there was a plot purpose to his psychopathic rage... He calmed down a lot when he met Missy. Guess he learned to be patient after all the years he hung out with Bill Potts. Delgado and Gomez to me are the best incarnations. Followed by Simm....
Sacha and the rest of the new producers/writers can fuck off 😭 it's like the entire Star Wars and Star Trek series being bought by Disney automatically fucked up the quality of the legacy of these stories.
Yah I really fuckin hate where New Who is going.... The last good episode was when Twelve and Bill exited.
Then Dhawan’s master became the most cooky version so far
It is like with this one, u can just look at him and tell for a single look that he is evil. So much looks always doesn't tell a person's true self
bad wolf Harder to manipulate people when everyone thinks you're evil, though
I can almost imagine Ian MacDiarmid portraying The Master.
They found the perfect actor to play the circus master. I can envision the man's entire life based on this one tiny scene: Born Lew Russell into a poor working class family, a lowly commoner with the most dull, commonplace name imaginable. But he would not accept that fate; he left home as a lad to join the circus, and invented a new name and a new life for himself. For many years he worked his way up the ranks and learned the business, and eventually he founded his own circus, earning himself some modest fame as "internationally known Luigi Rossini."
Then one day, while he is proudly overseeing all that he has built, the Master suddenly appears on his pitch. The Master speaks to him dismissively and refuses to leave when asked. He addresses him by his "real name", calling him out as a fraud and bringing to memory the low-born existence he had left behind. Finally, as the ultimate insult, the Master calls him a "primitive" and takes control of his mind without breaking a sweat, turning him into a helpless servant.
Poor Lew Russell. This was the worst day of his life and it took less than sixty seconds for him to be thoroughly humiliated.
I like Roger Delgado as The Master
A legend was born
I love terror of the autons it's the best if you ask me
Most inexplicable TARDIS form ever! A van!
Mushroom Head not really. It’s a horsebox which is something you may see at a circus.
at least the master cares enough to keep his tardis chameleon circuit in good condition. unlike the doctor who's to lazy to repair his tardis. maybe he can't because he stole his tardis his not qualified to run it?
Like the Master, the TARDIS is a master of disguise. And like the Doctor, the TARDIS likes to stick out like a sore thumb
@@jesseweller2945 Pretty sure he did grow fond of the look, maybe the Tardis started to like it aswel so both chose to keep it.
Most inexplicable? Guessing you never saw the Tardis as a grand piano in the middle of nowhere ...
As much as I love all the modern Masters and their chaotic sadistic attitudes. I think it would be cool to see another more gothic and poised take on the Master
I am IMO convinced that Delgado is as much the Master, as Jackie Pearce is the arch-enemy and arch-villain Servalan in Blake,s Seven and also Paul Darrow is Avon Michael Keating is Vila Stephen Greif is Travis and these actors like Roger Delgado have created awesome characters who cannot ever really be recreated in tens of millions of years.The actors who played the Master, after Delgados death in 1973 which happened between, seasons 10 and 11 of Dr Who have not IMO been anywhere near as good or as definitive in the role of the Master. I also know at the time Delgado sadly and brutually was killed in the fatal car crash, in turkey he had decided to end his semi regular status on Dr Who in the final serial of the next season been season 11 . The plan would have been, to have the 3rd Dr and the Master, in a big final showdown leading to the Master, been killed off in a big blaze of glory and be blown up in an enormous cosmic explosion and also it was to be revealed the Dr and the Master were in fact different aspects of the same character. I wonder had things worked out, that way would the master as an enemy have been permanently killed and laid to rest and thus new Time Lord villains created as replacement recurring villains or would somebody perhaps have brought the Master back in the future and said he did not really die.
"Insolent primitive." Can't wait to use that!
Met him at the Jarvis Piccadilly hotel Manchester lovely man
"universally"
I wonder if you could drive the Tardis
In the novelization of this story the Master does. He drives it along the coach tour. The novel also states that the reason why the Doctor was able to identify the Masters Tardis was that it looked too pristine compared to the other circus vehicles.
Kneel before Zod...I mean The Master.
I bet people got confused about who this character was and why he had a tardis
He's not the first time another time lord Showed up
Plus given that the doctor was currently an exile. By the time lords people probably expected more of them to pop up
I don’t think many realise the fact that this Master also has the drumming inside his head…
The drumming plot device was only added because he was rewarded with more regenerations for his military service during the Time War, so the writers needed another reason for him to remain "evil" beyond wanting to either steal the Doctor's regenerations or possess people to survive.
@@DarkAdonisVyers He is evil without being desperate for regenerations, he is still fully time lord here, though late in his cycle - but he never seems motivated by wanting more regenerations in this era (because that limitation had not been introduced, even regenerations were not fully formed) RTD just kinds of likes throwing wrenches into things to see what happens, I don't think there was really a practical reason for the drums (other then "why he is mad" but that really does not need an answer, he's just a bit of a bad egg) End of Time is a fun story but is utterly nonsensical when it comes to cohesion and logic.
He really is a hypnotist
The chameleon circuit on that Type 40 is working well.
That is not a type forty that is a type forty five at the least
I do like the shape of the Master,s TARDIS been a light, blue motorised horsebox and his TARDIS been capable of changing shape, colour and size is awesome he has full control of his TARDIS unlike the Doctor whose TARDIS is in some ways like a motorcar that constantly breaks down and is in and out of the garage been repaired only to have other things break down in it.
Ain't no way the master rizzed him up.
good start...
Is it me or is this version of the master kind of hot
So cool!
Why is it that if the New series masters (with the exception of Derek Jacobi) didn't have the name the Master we couldn't tell these guys were the same?
The various Doctors have different personalities, why not the various Masters?
retnavybrat True, but I feel for the majority of the doctors by examining their final episodes and their runs that their personality changes are understandable, 5 died in a battlefield so 6 was dark, 7 died when he knew the Master was alive, in Survival he had to be the better person, so I think the Master's presence brought out the better side of the Doctor. Maybe I'm stretching it but I think having a new face and body has some psychological effects to couple with it. You can also see at the core of their characters even (Perhaps especially) with 11 that they still have the core personality of the first Doctor in them. I don't think I see that with the Master in the new series, he isn't civilised, he can't be charismatic or manipulative, he acts too sadistic too much of the time and sometimes is just straight out campy.
@@kingcrimson1467 I could be stretching things as well, but maybe it could be explained as PTSD from the Time War in addition to the "evilness" that was already there?
retnavybrat Sure the Time War would of definitely made the Master more evil but I don't see why he would've lost his manipulative personality. The Geffory Beavers and the Anthony Ainley Masters could still be manipulative, getting into spots through the cockiness of their opponents, using disguises in spite of the fact that he got nearly burnt to death. Besides look at this dude, if anything he is stern, a survivor, I would think almost nothing could change him.
@@kingcrimson1467 The Simm Master had to have had some manipulative skills. After all, he did become a successful politician, a career in which such skills are used frequently. 😀
Odd, his hypnotism skills got worse each regeneration seemingly. I thought it took more effort but Delgado just stared into his eyes.
Simm had the Arch Angel network which did have more reach but less potency and even then he literally needed like so many satellites.
WHERE CAN I FIND THIS HYPNOSIS THEME?
Such a badass
Ah it's you from amino
Original and best!
I AM REFERED TO BE KNOW AS THE MASTER!
Then the description set and something else
I’ve always wondered, what type of suit is the master wearing? When I was little I thought he was wearing a weird wet-suit or something
thomsboys77 A Nehru jacket, I think?
who the heck are you well I am usually referred to as the Master oh is that so
oh so you want it the hard way do you
I AM THE MASTER !
The Master should get a 50th anniversary episode just like the Doctor! How fun would that be?
The only problem is that, with the exception of Eric Roberts (from the awful 1996 TV movie), it'd only be the New Series Masters (Jacobi, Simm, Gomez). The Classic Era Masters (Delgado, Ainley) are both deceased.
@Robert Mitchell I usually forget about that version of the Master precisely for the reason you gave. 🤦♀️
Beevers has had tons of stories in the Big Finish audios. He even had the honour of partaking in the first multi-master story with Alex MacQueen.
Jay Tender Big Finish are giving the master a 50th anniversary release next year featuring Geoffrey Beevers, Alex MacQueen, Eric Roberts, Derek Jacobi, Mark Gatiss, Michelle Gomez, John Simm and a new Master played by Milo Parker
The Master,s TARDIS, been disguised as a pale blue motorised horsebox is awesome in billions of ways and I have a hunch the Master,s TARDIS is either an upgraded type 40 or possibly a later model of TARDIS to the Doctor,s . I do say that casting Roger Delgado as the Drs Time Lord arch-enemy the Master, was spot on in billions of ways and he created a Master no other actor can ever really recreate just like Jackie Pearce who played arch-enemy Servalan in Blake,s Seven created a Servalan that cannot ever be recreated same with Paul Darrow who played Avon in B7 Paul created an Avon who cannot be recreated in any shape or form.
The Master's TARDIS is a later model, as in "The Claws of Axos" he refers to operating the Doctor's TARDIS as being like "trying to fly a gas stove."
Excellent acting
The master.... And he certainly was, used to frighten me to death as a kid...
65 now,,, mind you still pretty scary...😂😂😂
Did anyone get the reference to him in doctor who and the Silurians
Or just me
I think the war chief is the master i still think that to this day
Who's era is he from was it the 3rd doctor?
Yeah
The original you might say..
WHO THE HECK ARE YOU?
WELL?
Roger Delgado was the best master for me too then Anthony Ainley
He looks like Baron Mordo.
Roger Delgado is the Master
Everyone, just as Tom Baker is THE Doctor,
Roger Delgado is THE Master.
The definite article, you might say.
It's a massive shame that Baker and Delgado never got to work together on a serial.
@@nekusakura6748we could’ve in “The Five Doctors”. That episode is actually why I looked this up. Delgado was the man
@@busch4caprisun302 What do you mean "in the Five Doctors"?
A little out of nowhere in my opinion, but not all bad.
he is the first master and the best master of Dr Who. The others just cannot compete...not even series 12, with the female Doctor that is the worst Master ever.
I think Sacha Dhawan is doing a good job but yes, Roger Delgado is and (probably) always will be the best Master.
Aiden Turner should be the next Doctor and Ian MacDiarmid as The Master.
Ahh. The insolent primitive whisperer.