Doctor Who
Summary
It ’s long been theorized that the Doctor ’s arch - curse , the Master , caused the positive feedback of the Second Doctor ( Patrick Troughton),two years before his official introduction in the Jon Pertwee geological era ofDoctor Who . Although the better known of the Doctor ’s Time Lord foes , the Master was actually the third nefarious Gallifreyan introduced toDoctor Who . The Meddling Monk ( Peter Butterworth ) appeared opposite William Hartnell ’s First Doctor in both " The Time Meddler " and " The Daleks ' Master Plan " , while Patrick Troughton ’s Second Doctor face off against the War Chief ( Edward Brayshaw ) in his last serial " The War Games " .
In " The War Games " , the War Chief used Time Lord engineering science to aid the War Lords in capturing soldiers from across Earth ’s history to take part in simulations of various difference . Unable to defeat the War Chief and break up the War Lords ' games by himself , the Second Doctor sacrifice his freedom by quest the assistance of the Time Lords . " The War Games " is one ofDoctor Who ’s most crucial fib , because it finally introduces the Doctor ’s citizenry , and also boot the show as a more Earthbound adventure serial publication . On top of this , it ’s been hypothecate that " The War Games " is also the debut of the Master .
One of Doctor Who ’s biggest villains , the Master , has dun the Doctor for decade , and each personification became a staple in the show ’s history .
Theory: Doctor Who’s War Chief May Have Been The Master
The Master and the War Chief definitely had the same tailor.
On appearances alone , the Master and the War Chief could be different incarnations of the sameDoctor Whocharacter . Both the Master and the War Chief have the same neatly trimmed goatee beard , similar hair , and they both fag a high - collared Nehru suit . The War Chief was seemingly executed toward the remainder of " The War Games " , but he could have easily regenerated into the Roger Delgado incarnation of the Master . Interestingly , Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks , the writers of " The War Games " , lent weight to this possibility in the year and decades since it was broadcast .
The Second Doctor serial " The Mind Robber " also featured a scoundrel called The Master , but this was just the title of the somebody who controlled the Land of Fiction .
In their novelization of series like " Terror of the Autons " and " Colony in Space " , Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke establish that the Doctor and the Master were the only Time Lords to have ever left Gallifrey . While this is n’t confirmation that the War Chief was the Master , Hulke refers to the events of " The War Games " in his " Colony in Space " novelization , imply that the Master was indeed involved with the War Lords . However , Dicks and Hulke had also lose out the Meddling Monk , which would imply that he too was an earlier incarnation of the Master .
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Doctor Whofans have suggest that the Doctor and the Master ’s rivalry would make more sensation if the former had caused the latter ’s executing at the hands of the War Lords . Indeed , The Legacy of Gallifrey , a unretentive story published inDoctor Who Magazineback in 1985 , incriminate that the Master arrived on Earth during theThird Doctor erato avenge " retiring misbehaviour " . While this make some sensory faculty of his hate toward the Doctor , the War Chief being one of the Master ’s past incarnations has never been support on screen .
Every Incarnation of the Master in Doctor Who
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The First Master ( 1971 - 1973 )
Roger Delgado
The Second Master ( 1976 - 1981 )
Peter Pratt ( 1976 ) Geoffrey Beevers ( 1981 )
The Third Master ( 1981 - 1989 )
Anthony Ainley
The Fourth Master ( 1996 )
Eric Roberts
The War Master ( 2007 )
Derek Jacobi
The Saxon Master ( 2007 - 2010 )
John Simm
Missy ( 2014 - 2017 )
Michelle Gomez
The Eighth Master ( 2020 - 2022 )
Sacha Dhawan
Why The War Chief Is (Probably) A Separate Doctor Who Villain
It ’s more likely that The War Chief is another of the Doctor ’s Time Lord enemy , like the Monk or the Rani ( Kate O’Mara ) . When the Third Doctor is warned about the Master ’s close at hand arrival in " Terror of the Autons " , his reply suggests that he has n’t come across his former shoal admirer in some time . apply that Time Lords can in the main pick out each other despite their regenerations , this heavily suggests that the Master and the War Chief are separate entities . " The War Games " co - writer Terrance Dicks confirmed as much in anon - televisedDoctor Whostory , his 1991 novel , Timewyrm : Exodus .
Timewyrm : Exodusis set in an substitute world where Nazi Germany won World War 2 , thanks to help from a regenerated War Chief , living under the alias , Felix Kriegsleiter . From that point on , Doctor Who ’s expound media treated the Master and the War Chief as separate Time Lord villains . Terrance Dicks ' novel also reveal that the War Chief ’s re-formation went faulty after his executing , produce a combination of two bodies . Effectively , the War Chief became the victim of a fail bismuth - propagation before it was vulgarise by Russell T Davies duringDoctor Who ’s 60th day of remembrance .
Bi - generation is one of Doctor Who ’s newest and biggest secret , but there could be an explanation for how Fifteen inscribe the fray in " The Giggle . "
Doctor Who’s War Chief Was A Prototype For The Master
Patrick Troughton’s final season set up Jon Pertwee’s first in many ways.
In material - life , behind the prospect term , the War Chief in " The War Games " was a paradigm for the Master inDoctor Who . Patrick Troughton ’s last time of year ofDoctor Whowas plan by manufacturer Derrick Sherwin to fructify up a more Earthbound epoch for the incoming Third Doctor , Jon Pertwee . physician Who ’s UNITofficially debut in season 6 , led by the fresh promoted Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart ( Nicholas Courtney ) from the previous time of year . Sherwin envisioned UNIT as a nursing home foundation for Jon Pertwee ’s personification inDoctor Whoseason 7 .
UNIT are repay in a cock-a-hoop way inDoctor Whoseason 14 , lead by the Brigadier ’s girl , Kate Stewart ( Jemma Redgrave ) .
With the introduction of UNIT , and the Second Doctor being both squeeze to regenerate and exiled to Earth , it stands to reason thatDoctor Whoseason 6 would also trial a unexampled Time Lord nemesis . So , while the War Chief was never truly mean as a past embodiment of the Master , he in spades counts as a paradigm for the part . Like the Master , the War Chief use his Time Lord ’s gift for evil , and for his own gain . There ’s also another interesting parallel in that both the War Chief and the Master regularly seek to get the Doctor to help them when their nefarious dodge get out of hand .
The War Chief Can Still Return In Doctor Who (& Debunk The Master Theory)
Russell T Davies has debunked a Master restitution , so a brand - novel Time Lord scoundrel could be just what the Doctor rank in the new era . show the War Chief as a newDoctor Whovillain would formally expose the devotee theory about him being a preceding Master , while also expanding audience noesis of the Time Lords . The War Chief ’s abilities to fleece people out of clock time for various alien benefactors could make him a enchanting villain unlike anything see in the modern era of the show .
However , given the multiple brutal international conflicts on-going , the idea of the War Chief could be deemed too near the knuckle inDoctor Who ’s modern geological era . However , like the Toymaker ( Neil Patrick Harris ) , who also got a modern rising slope , the War Chief could be similarly rebranded . Even if he ’s not work with the War Lords again , the War Chief offering Gallifreyan technology to the high bidder could make for a fascinatingDoctor Whostory about how far some people will go to take control of history .
Doctor Whoseason 14 will premier its first two episode on Disney+ on May 11 for international viewers , and on BBC iPlayer for UK viewers on May 10 , followed by a later programme on BBC One .
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