Wow . I had completely forgotten this episode and that highly satisfying scene with the Master being swarmed by his creations in the dying universe he'd created to , of course , murder his obsession in .
As a kid I really disregarded this tale as ‘boring’; it’s really aged well. The very science-grounded theme of science fiction concepts is something that doesn’t exist in modern _Doctor Who_ anymore. And yes - this ‘demise’ of the Master is a particularly horrible one.
Though this was the last time Adric saw the Doctor's arch-foe, it wasn't the last time for Nyssa and Tegan, who would later find out that the Master managed to escape from Castrovalva.
Oh the cosmic and psychological horror this arc was. Could you imagine being brought into existence? Living a life of flesh and blood, falling in love and living life only to realize that not only is everything you thought was real, isn’t, it’s all been brought about as a disposable means of killing someone you’ve never even met. That scene at 3:31 where Mergrave holds back the Master, as the screams of his fellow citizens perishing into nonexistence, permeates the air behind the Doctor has always haunted me.
Reminds me of the idea of religion Being created by a powerful being that demands eternal subservience and worship despite committing atrocities across the world
Surely one or two of the Castrovalvans survived the collapse of their city? Perhaps a few were out hunting, survived and now live in caves beneath the rocky summit.
Guest staring "Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade" star Michael Sheard (Hitler [3rd time]) as Mergrave. The "Daily Star" newspaper in the UK; once reported in the early 90's that Michael had filmed a pilot for a new series of "Doctor Who"? Then again; it also reported that actress Daniela Nardini had also filmed one; making her the first female incarnation before Joanna Lumley in 1999, Arabella Weir in 2003 and Jodie Whittaker in 2017!
I think after this story the Master was over used like the arch-villain Servalan herself was in season 4 of Blake's Seven in the sense of appearing too frequently and in episodes where neither villain does very much
Blake’s seven, a series they should remake. It’s actually a perfect fit for bbc current woke credentials. A fascist power and rebels with a cause. I would love to see Blake back.
the master yelling word after them you fool after them after the 17 doctors Torchwood Three's Bannerman Road gang and coal hill defenders got a party stuff before next week sometime
“ A trick! The Doctor's here. Are you sure of that, Master? Enough of your deceptions! Where are you? I'll fetch you out wherever you are. “ “ Yes, a trap has now been sprung. We can begin to dispose of all the bait. “ “ Shardovan, get back! Don't touch the web. It's holding Castrovalva in balance. You do not have the will! You made us, man of evil, but we are free. My web! My web! The Master! Look! The fireplace. It's his TARDIS. “ “ My web! Goodbye, Doctor. Bring it to me, boy. My web! Doctor, quickly, we've got to leave before it closes again. Doctor! Adric! Please hurry! Mergrave, we have got to leave. No! You can't beat me! Traitors! “
This version of the Master could still be out there in some way after all the Master has altered his timeline many times so it remains possible any version could also appear in any tiny way of course that depends on if the actor is still around? That is if not done as a animated film?
@@retnavybrat Yes I discovered this earlier but I was wondering what else did this fine actor appear in over the years on television I think he might of appeared in Space 1999 and think he worked in Crossroads and possibly appeared in a few films including a horror film for Hammer?
Every single so called DR WHO FAN channel on RUclips should watch this and understand what DR WHO actually is before they do there many negative reviews 😡 I'm a life long DR fan 30+ years DR WHO is beyond logic it's entertainment with a subplot its stupidity is what it makes it unique even with new WHO
@@FreeTheDonbas I've been a _Doctor Who_ fan since the early 1980s and have seen almost every story available from every Classic Doctor. I don't think New Who is trash. I'm not saying that every episode of New Who has been a masterpiece of television, but overall, I've been happy with it.
I have always wondered why the BBC hasn't taken a stance like other networks who get their shows downloaded. BBC never once said it's ok, but also never heard of them saying no either and wondered why, until I subscribed to the box to watch the old Doctor Whose, and then it hit me. This series started in 1962, and Star Trek 1966. The monsters in Doctor who, at least the old ones are in Star Trek. Have our networks been taking BBC content all these years and calling it their own? If so, I can understand BBC standing back while people in the USA watch episodes like John Pertwee and the Daleks, which their monsters resemble the Klingons to a Tea! Serous fines for downloading StarTrek, but with Doctor who, the BBC can just sit back and turn a blinds eye, at least for now.
What were you babbling about? Doctor Who was, and is, NOTHING like Star Trek. And absolutely no characters; villains; or anything else from Doctor Who has ever appeared in Star Trek.
Ainley is, in retrospect, a very underappreciated Master, as he was still quite imposing like Delgado was, but fused with an unpredictable mania
Low key one of the best emotional scenes in Doctor Who tho. The way Shardovan sacrifices himself to defy the Master and save the Doctor.
Ainley is always having such fun playing the master!
My favorite Master, but possibly because I have not seen any of the Missy episodes yet.
Seeing all the enraged Castrovalvans claw away at the Master is timeless.
Wow . I had completely forgotten this episode and that highly satisfying scene with the Master being swarmed by his creations in the dying universe he'd created to , of course , murder his obsession in .
And somehow he escapes.
@@rowanc88 He'll explain how he did it later !
As a kid I really disregarded this tale as ‘boring’; it’s really aged well. The very science-grounded theme of science fiction concepts is something that doesn’t exist in modern _Doctor Who_ anymore. And yes - this ‘demise’ of the Master is a particularly horrible one.
I’ll never forget it. That trilogy is STILL my favorite!
@@vasp99 I asked Anthony Ainley about it. He replied that he always an escape route, no matter how dire the situation.
1:41
*Spiders* *when* *you* *accidentally* *walk* *into* *their* *web.*
why did that make me giggle
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂
The score for this serial was amazing
“You made us, man of evil, but we are free!”
My Web. MY WEEEEEEEEBB
@@dangrimwade2419 goes into the fireplace
(Tegan) the fireplace it’s his TARDIS
"Don't touch the web, it's holding Castrovalva in balance. You do not have the will!"
"You made us, man of evil. But we are free."
"MY WEB... MY WEEEEEEEEBBUH!!!!"
HIS WEBBBBBBB
Can't watch this without thinking of the masters over dramatic yell of MY WEEEEEEEB and then you hear it repeated later.
I do enjoy this epsiode
Did the Master bribe the Architect before the Doctor arrive?
Yes took them out for nice lunch lovely reference
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'll explain later
1:40 My web. MY WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEBBBB
One of my favorite lines in Doctor Who.
Classic who out of context is great
My web. MY WEEEEEEEEB
Let's not joke- that web means a lot to him.
Imagine Jhiaxus’ (from Transformers) reaction but it’s to his and Liege Maximo’s Hub network.
Jhiaxus: My Hub! MY HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUB!!!!
He really does love his web doesn’t he
Though this was the last time Adric saw the Doctor's arch-foe, it wasn't the last time for Nyssa and Tegan, who would later find out that the Master managed to escape from Castrovalva.
I love the music from this era.
0:15 A very Scooby Doo reaction from the Master there.
Oh the cosmic and psychological horror this arc was.
Could you imagine being brought into existence? Living a life of flesh and blood, falling in love and living life only to realize that not only is everything you thought was real, isn’t, it’s all been brought about as a disposable means of killing someone you’ve never even met.
That scene at 3:31 where Mergrave holds back the Master, as the screams of his fellow citizens perishing into nonexistence, permeates the air behind the Doctor has always haunted me.
Reminds me of the idea of religion
Being created by a powerful being that demands eternal subservience and worship despite committing atrocities across the world
YOU DO NOT HAVE THE WILL!
Killed by mathematics…
Adric was the Wesley Crusher of the WHOniverse..
That explains the love/hate fanbase.
Yes, but Adric's pants didn't zip up the back - so far as we know.
More like Jason Todd
MY WEB! MY WEEEEEEEEBBUH!!!!!!!
One day in the future: ''Public toilet, it's his/her TARDIS!''
No, that's a TURDIS: Turd/Urine Relief Device/Interdimensional Sewer. It's the device of which the Timelords never speak. Never.
Surely one or two of the Castrovalvans survived the collapse of their city? Perhaps a few were out hunting, survived and now live in caves beneath the rocky summit.
The Castrovalvans were brilliant. A real shame that they were just deleted out of existence.
Black orchid is definitely my favorite from this season
Same!
@@whovian1055 yay I'm not on my own 😂
Heh, Yes!! Black Orchid deserves so much more appreciation
@@whovian1055 I agree!!!
I love it
Didn’t appreciate black orchid. Must watch.
The chameleon circuit is quite useful, you can park in plain site and make an easy escape for yourself.
Love this
Guest staring "Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade" star Michael Sheard (Hitler [3rd time]) as Mergrave.
The "Daily Star" newspaper in the UK; once reported in the early 90's that Michael had filmed a pilot for a new series of "Doctor Who"?
Then again; it also reported that actress Daniela Nardini had also filmed one; making her the first female incarnation before Joanna Lumley in 1999, Arabella Weir in 2003 and Jodie Whittaker in 2017!
I think after this story the Master was over used like the arch-villain Servalan herself was in season 4 of Blake's Seven in the sense of appearing too frequently and in episodes where neither villain does very much
Blake’s seven, a series they should remake. It’s actually a perfect fit for bbc current woke credentials. A fascist power and rebels with a cause.
I would love to see Blake back.
Blake's 7 has so much untapped potential.
Once again the Master is defeated by a doctor, only this time it's Mergrave.
1:41
*Nice Doctor Who Clip!*
Would you like a jelly baby?
Deep down they love each other
the master yelling word after them you fool after them after the 17 doctors Torchwood Three's Bannerman Road gang and coal hill defenders got a party stuff before next week sometime
1:12 there was no call for that
“ A trick! The Doctor's here. Are you sure of that, Master? Enough of your deceptions! Where are you? I'll fetch you out wherever you are. “
“ Yes, a trap has now been sprung. We can begin to dispose of all the bait. “
“ Shardovan, get back! Don't touch the web. It's holding Castrovalva in balance. You do not have the will! You made us, man of evil, but we are free. My web! My web! The Master! Look! The fireplace. It's his TARDIS. “
“ My web! Goodbye, Doctor. Bring it to me, boy. My web! Doctor, quickly, we've got to leave before it closes again. Doctor! Adric! Please hurry! Mergrave, we have got to leave. No! You can't beat me! Traitors! “
So good
Foreshadowing
We win👏👏👏 well done doctor
I just watched this.
MY WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEB
The master always escapes from the doctor brilliant 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he needs to come back for Xmas special
That would be a neat trick since there isn’t one. New Year now
you made us man of evil...BUT WE ARE FREE!
that 17 doctors and robinson family have enemy
with the Master wife the rani with missy and spymaster
Puts the current series to shame even if it doesn't have the flash modern special effects
You don't find that the more recent writers are superior?
This version of the Master could still be out there in some way after all the Master has altered his timeline many times so it remains possible any version could also appear in any tiny way of course that depends on if the actor is still around? That is if not done as a animated film?
Sadly, Anthony Ainley passed away in 2004.
@@retnavybrat Yes I discovered this earlier but I was wondering what else did this fine actor appear in over the years on television I think he might of appeared in Space 1999 and think he worked in Crossroads and possibly appeared in a few films including a horror film for Hammer?
Every single so called DR WHO FAN channel on RUclips should watch this and understand what DR WHO actually is before they do there many negative reviews 😡 I'm a life long DR fan 30+ years DR WHO is beyond logic it's entertainment with a subplot its stupidity is what it makes it unique even with new WHO
@@FreeTheDonbas I've been a _Doctor Who_ fan since the early 1980s and have seen almost every story available from every Classic Doctor. I don't think New Who is trash.
I'm not saying that every episode of New Who has been a masterpiece of television, but overall, I've been happy with it.
@@retnavybrat new who or any who isn't trash if your a Dr who fan
Is it possible the production values were worse than the Tom Baker era?
Even the Peter Davison Target books looked cheap and tacky.
I've never been more confused in my life.
LMAO THE EFFECTS, sorry I'm gen Z so I grew up seeing good effects, this scene is cool though
I have always wondered why the BBC hasn't taken a stance like other networks who get their shows downloaded. BBC never once said it's ok, but also never heard of them saying no either and wondered why, until I subscribed to the box to watch the old Doctor Whose, and then it hit me. This series started in 1962, and Star Trek 1966. The monsters in Doctor who, at least the old ones are in Star Trek. Have our networks been taking BBC content all these years and calling it their own? If so, I can understand BBC standing back while people in the USA watch episodes like John Pertwee and the Daleks, which their monsters resemble the Klingons to a Tea! Serous fines for downloading StarTrek, but with Doctor who, the BBC can just sit back and turn a blinds eye, at least for now.
1963*
What were you babbling about?
Doctor Who was, and is, NOTHING like Star Trek.
And absolutely no characters; villains; or anything else from Doctor Who has ever appeared in Star Trek.
The finest master. Apart from missy. Who was a real laugh.
Eh, the Master seemed too out of control, IMHO. Also, I didn't like the Doctor actually calling him Master.
You didn't like the Doctor calling him Master?
What was he supposed to call him?
is that you Elon?
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It is so difficult for Anthony Ainley to try and be menacing in those goofy robes
@@candyman4778 idk man. I don't have a lot going on right now and I just needed this.