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Why does no one ask, Master Who?: (#3 - Oh No, He’s Crispy!)

Why does no one ask, Master Who?: A Character Study Series Masterlist
Our next topic to cover in the subject of the Master is his Anakin Skywalker---er, I mean, sudden change in appearance and re-appearance when he surprises us all in the Fourth Doctor’s era. I think this is where his now signature long running gag for ‘coming back from the dead’ without any explanation truly began.
So, because of the tragedy that happened to Roger Delgado, the Master as a character was kept out of stories for quite awhile until the 4th Doctor’s era in 1976′s episode, “The Deadly Assassin.” An episode not only remarkable for bringing back the Master in a MUCH darker state, nearing the end of his regeneration cycle, but the fact this episode began a lot of the mythos of the Time Lords and Gallifrey as we know it. Played by two different actors for two different episodes years apart, the fandom has dubbed the Peter Pratt and Geoffrey Beevers Master’s as the Crispy Master or Decayed Master, due to his decaying form looking like he was fighting with a Jedi for control of the high ground and lost (Still too soon? Okay.)
In ‘The Deadly Assassin,’ the Master’s disappearance is explained to us when he comes up with a clever plot, sending the Doctor back home to Gallifrey in order to uncover a mystery into the future premotionions of the Lord President’s death (and of course he’s behind it.) This Master is FAR more dark than his previous self, hell-bent on only his survival, even if it means taking the rest of Gallifrey with him to achieve it. Only his hate and need for revenge keeps him going. Although it may seem the Master has finally lost, this is only when we start to realize how great of a survivor he can be when it comes to death.
Making a return in ‘The Keeper of Traken,’ he’s still focused on attaining a body that can handle the presence of a Time Lord. Although he isn’t able to obtain the Doctor’s, using his cunning, the Master ends up stealing the body of Tremas of Traken, finding a way to extend his life a little longer.
Important Character Traits for Crispy!Master:
High sense of Self-Preservation. He doesn’t care what it takes to stay alive. This is the first time we see it with the Master, even if he’s going completely against the Doctor to do so.
Known for being the most ruthless of the Master’s incarnations (and that’s saying something.)
His physical state of being rotten and decayed can be used as a metaphor for how evil he is as an individual. As Geoffrey Beevers remarked; this is what the Master is like without his smooth looks and charm: as he put it, "the essence of the creature.”
However, in Big Finish, thanks to Beevers himself, and the writers, Crispy gets more of a development. Despite being just ruthless because of his current situation, ‘being faced with his own mortality also gives him plenty of poetic and calm moments.’
The Many Explanations for his Crispy State:
Geoffrey Beevers remarked that this is what the Master is like without his smooth looks and charm: as he put it, "the essence of the creature". This seems to be a running theme with this Master. The first Crispy Master is the ugliest and cruellest of all, while the second Crispy seems to have "healed" a little and is a step back towards Delgado behaviour (how much of the "healed" appearance is intentional and how much of it is due to the limitations of Beevers' makeup compared to Pratt's mask is unknown).
There are also many more explanations of how the Master became decayed on the TARDIS Wiki.
#the master#crsipy!master#beevers!Master#Pratt!master#Decayed!master#master who series#classic who#geoffrey beevers#peter pratt#doctor who#master meta#doctor who meta
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The Moon and the President's Wife // BOOM
Bonus:
#I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS HELLOOOOOO#i spent like 2 hours on this omg gifs take so long i am not good at it#doctor who#dw spoilers#missy#the mistress#best enemies#thoschei#15th doctor#fifteenth doctor#season 14#series 14#boom#gif#gifset#gif making#spoilers#the master#the moon and the President's wife#parallels#the magician's apprentice#the doctor falls#dw edit
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[Day 180]
I started what I wanted to draw tdy too late so have more preening ft. the Christmas sweaters :D
#dddaily4sherin#desert duo#Merry Christmas eve (legit 16 min left here but) and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!!#happy holidays🌟🌟🌟#isdoodles#at this point im gonna start a preening series until i master how to draw it real
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Thinking about how Doctor Who took the comforting sentiment that is "you are not alone" and turned it into a threat.
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The tardis dynamic of all time tbh
#I’m sooooooo twelvepilled guys#doctor who#12th doctor#bill potts#missy doctor who#the master#twissy#doctor who series 10
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Best part of the sound of drums/ last of the time lords is the shared arc Martha and Jack have of pining hard for the doctor despite believing him to be immortal and timeless and above such things as romantic connection only to see him simp big time for the genocidal megalomaniacal sadistic bigot who made their lives hell for a year and simultaneously realise
‘Wait, seriously?!!! THAT GUY???!!! That’s the guy we’re playing second fiddle to?!’
And both of them decide ‘hmm you know what? Maybe he ain’t worth it. He really ain’t all that.’
#lmao#doctor who#dr who#dw#doctor who series 3#the sound of drums#last of the time lords#the doctor#tenth doctor#the master#simm!master#tensimm#thoschei#captain jack harkness#martha jones#character arcs
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missy doesn’t understand that she’s in the wrong genre. she believes she’s in a darkly alluring gothic romance instead of an optimistic sci-fi show. in her genre, gifting your estranged ex/enemy/lover/best friend/twin flame an indestructible undead army to prove to him that your will to power is identical is the most romantic gesture imaginable. it’s victory via surrender, it’s control through abdication. all her scheming to “corrupt” him, to demonstrate that they’re the same deep down, that his sanctimonious morality is nothing but a method of keeping his own conscience clean, that’s the hannibal gene, the lestat gene (*obviously the dynamics aren’t 1-to-1 similar, but… close enough) and missy’s tragedy in death in heaven is in that, within the narrative format she’s trapped in, she can never succeed
#dw#jamie catches up#death in heaven#missy#twissy#the narrative#thoschei#twelfth doctor#twelve#doctor who meta#dark water#doctor who series 8#the master
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Hello doctor who tumblr please take the worst thing I have ever made okay goodbye
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This is how series nine went right.
#doctor who#12th doctor#peter capaldi#the doctor#twelth doctor#doctor who series 9#doctor who master#Thoschei#twissy#Tensimm#the master#the master doctor who#missy doctor who#Missy#Youtube
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Inspired writing choice to have Maestro trap the Doctor inside a beating drum of all things
#moooom Thoschei is haunting the narrative again#the fate swap theory is looking very tasty atm#doctor who spoilers#doctor who series 14#dw spoilers#Doctor who#Thoschei#the master#the Doctor#Rusty whatcha up to#dw series 14 spoilers
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who tf names themselves “lord president”, anyway? get zapped, loser
#like ik that’s not his name. but it’s such a stupid title aksjaksj#there’s the horrors. but also the sillies. and doctor who brings both :3#doctor who#dw#dw spoilers#dw series 4#doctor who spoilers#tenth doctor#the tenth doctor#David tennant#time lords#the doctor and the master#the master#dw shitpost#doctor who shitpost#doctor who meme#shitpost#dw meme#doctor who angst
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been watching doctor who (2005) for the first time. umm. ?????? ??????????
#my art#doctor who#unnnnnsure what tags to use for this uhhh#tenth doctor#the master#? will edit in tags once i know what to be using#just a study gonna have to take some time doing studies and figuring out how to refine and simplify#ive just started series 4 and its all soooo cwayyyzyyyyy wild#whats up with.....these two......im sure theres lots of writing about it.........#anyway something something halo in the window false saviour you (doctor)#this pose is so intense. mindblowing. wwwwowie#if/when i rewatch any episodes. utopia/the sound of drums/last of the timelords is top of the list yupyup#tensimm
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The Master always bringing in diagetic music, (I Can't Decide, Hey Missy, Rasputin, etc) because they've always been a little miffed that THEY couldn't hear the non-diagetic theme music like the Doctor could.
Imagine your best friend swore up and down they could sometimes hear situationally relavent music. Yet you were stuck with a 4 beat pounding in your head or nothing.
Like sooooo unfair. Hand me the aux, I'm leveling the playing field
#i think they'd be pissy#not just on a not the same not equal angsty level. i think theyd also be childishly jealous#doctor who#dw spoilers#the master#dw#the devil's chord#series 15#season 15#best enemies#thoschei#cant be non-diagetic if you down it out with pure bangers
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Michesticker + dollsticker yay
#evillious#evillious chronicles#vocaloid#michelle marlon#clockworker's doll#master of the court#uh idk who to tag#hatsune miku#ec sticker series
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Oh Ncuti, you know us so well!!! so when does he come back?
#does this mean we will see him in series 15/season 2#let me hope#doctor who#dhawan!master#dhawan master#the master#doctor who master#sacha dhawan#ncuti gatwa#15th doctor#spymaster#spy!master#spy master#sacha!master#millie gibson#rtd#russell t davies
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Doctor Who - The Timeless Children
#doctor who#dr who#the doctor#the timeless children#dw#doctor who series 12#13th doctor#thirteenth doctor#the master#yasmin khan#ryan sinclair#graham o'brien#cyberman#cybermen#gallifrey#time lords#the tardis#tardis#time and relative dimension in space#sonic screwdriver#tv#tv shows#british#british tv#british tv shows#tv series#screencaps#screencap#whoniverse
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who are these divas
#kirby series#kirby gijinka#master crown monday#master crown#magolor#traitor magolor#those who wear the master crown will gain power but so will the sluttiness in their hearts#its so hard not to give him ears and a tail wtf#in exchange he can have energy sphearrings
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