Moved to @starwrittenfates

Indie Roleplay blog of the Master from Doctor Who. Written by Serenity. 21+

[iamthemaster]

The Master has been transferred over to @starwrittenfates!

[iamthemaster]

The Master has been transferred over to @starwrittenfates!

[iamthemaster]

The Master has been transferred over to @starwrittenfates!

[iamthemaster]

The Master has been transferred over to @starwrittenfates!

[iamthemaster]

The Master has been transferred over to @starwrittenfates!

[thirddoctor]

Delgado!Master + silliness

[greelin]

when i say “bye forever” i’m not really leaving forever (as many may have noticed.) i just have a flair for theatrics. it’s more potent than a simple Bye. but you will be seeing me again. always

[iamthemaster]

𝐎𝐎𝐂 — What if I actually logged into here and re-vamped this Time Lord? What would you think of that?

[nyctosaurid]

the most bullshit phrase ever conceived is ‘time lords have a strict non-interference policy’

[gallifreyinstituteforlearning]

Do companions besides the doctor take companions? Is it common for time lords to travel with people who well. ARENT from their planet?

Do Time Lords* besides the Doctor have companions?

*I'm assuming you meant Time Lords and not companions as written

🦹‍♂️ The Master's Companions

The Master has had a variety of companions.

Koschei (before becoming the Master) travelled with Ailla, who Koschei thought was a 28th-century human, but was actually a Time Lady sent to spy on the Master.

In later incarnations, the Master took on "companions" like Kamelion, an android, and even people like Sabalom Glitz and Chang Lee, though I invert those commas because these companions weren't exactly there to see the wonders of the Universe, more to be used and discarded. Ah, typical Master.

🐼 Iris Wildthyme’s Companions

It's quite hard to define Iris Wildthyme, but if we all nod our heads and say 'yes, Time Lord', she's has had a pretty wild array of companions, including a traffic warden, a retired Mexican luchador, and the art critic Panda (who is literally a stuffed panda, but don't mention that). Her companions have varied between species.

👑 Romana's Companions

Romana continued to have companions after her time with the Doctor. She travelled with K9 Mark II and later had some adventures with Leela. In her fourth incarnation, she even travelled with a psychic genetically modified human named Ponch (previously Huvan).

🌌 Other Renegade Time Lords and Their Companions

Many agents of the Celestial Intervention Agency often have companions from various time periods. For example, Rollo travelled with a mix of Time Lords and humans.

The Monk managed to convince Lucie Miller and later Tamsin Drew to travel with them.

During the War in Heaven, it became common for Time Lords to form close partnerships with their TARDISes, which were often humanoid in form, crossing that line.

🏫 So ...

Companions aren't exclusive to the Doctor, and it's not uncommon for Time Lords to travel with beings who aren't from Gallifrey. Thought with all this said, it's not a crazy assumption to say that the Doctor may have kicked off this particular trend.

Related:

Factoid: Do long-term companions of Time Lords biologically change?

Who is the Meddling Monk?: A look at Gallifrey’s most amusing Time Lord.

How long until the Earth might reach the technological age of Gallifrey?: Handy guide for humans wishing to progress.

Hope that helped! 😃

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[uptonogoodindiememes]

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[mcflymemes]

PROMPTS FOR ACTION, CHAOS, AND DRAMA *  a collection of lines for the more dramatic adventures

put the gun down. now.

nobody leaves unless i say so.

quick! hide!

everyone's out to get you.

can you still walk?

how much money did you lose?

looks like we're stuck in here for a while.

someone has to stay behind.

get down!

i think i'm gonna be sick.

you have my word.

it's too dark in here. i can't see anything.

we're gonna have company!

did you kill them?

shut your eyes. don't look.

is there a problem here?

drop your weapons.

we'll never make it in time.

i think he's one of them.

we can figure this out! stay with me!

hold your breath!

let me make you an offer.

wait, do you hear that? something's wrong.

when i say go, go!

can you think of a better plan?

i'm taking you to the hospital.

i'll get the money, i swear.

someone started all this, and i'm going to find them.

i'll get you out of here. i promise.

we're running out of road!

if you kill me, there'll be nowhere else to hide.

i'll tell you how this is gonna go.

brace yourself!

give me your gun.

where the hell do you think you're going?

i don't know! i'm all turned around. i can't remember where we came from.

give me the password.

i never should have come here. this was a mistake.

do you even know why you're supposed to kill me?

don't give up. please don't give up.

this is going to get nasty.

you should sit down.

i'll cover you.

what's the combination?

shit! the door's jammed!

think i broke something.

this is a terrible disguise. i'm going to get caught.

we need to find something to stick under it to keep it open!

we both know what has to happen here.

i'm staying! i'm right here! i'm staying!

nobody has to get hurt.

we can't let them win.

someone's been here.

this was your idea!

you take the left, i'll take the right.

is that the best you can do?

please just let me live.

hold on! there's more of them!

i'm ready whenever you are.

they're dead, and it's all my fault.

i can't walk. can you carry me?

it's time to end this.

quick, through that door. i hear someone coming.

you just blew our cover!

i'm afraid it's a bit more complicated than that.

can you hotwire a car?

is the wall moving, or is that just me?

no! i'm not leaving without you!

i'm not against you, if that's what you're asking.

the current's too strong!

i think that's blood.

shit, it's a dead end! we're trapped!

hold my hand. we can make the jump together.

oh my god. he's reaching for something.

why didn't you take the shot?

we should get moving before they come back.

this isn't what i signed up for.

do you smell that? what is that?

are you with me?

let's go over the plan one more time.

we've got a serious problem here.

these people will kill you if they have to.

the door's locked. it needs a six digit code.

i think we lost them.

we might be stuck.

which way did they go?

i can't wait to get you back to the room.

let me drive this thing.

there's not enough room for both of us.

it wasn't supposed to happen like this.

you're bleeding.

i'm not sticking around to see what happens.

[thirddoctor]

Some of my favourite expanded universe Master things:

Delgado!Master legitimately thinking he’s the same height as Three (Harvest of Time)

That time Cheetah!Ainley sat sipping a glass of wine while watching someone get eaten by jackals (Prime Time)

The fact that Crispy’s entire existence is Macqueen’s fault (The Two Masters)

Delgado trying to take over the world through a talent show (Hidden Talent)

That time Ainley tried (and failed) to form his own Velociraptor squad (A Town Called Eternity)

Delgado sending Three a postcard from the seaside saying, “Wish you were here!” (Fogbound)

The Master calling Professor Moriarty a “mere plot device” and then dumping him over the Reichenbach Falls (Character Assassin)

“The Magistrate [aka Master] had known the Doctor all his life, and although they’d had their differences in the past, it was clear that they loved one another.” (The Infinity Doctors)

That time the Master’s evil scheme failed, his TARDIS got stolen, his bootleg whiskey operation got shut down, he was on the run from gangsters, stuck out in the rain with no umbrella, and he suddenly remembered to his delight that he still had thirty dollars left—and then he got mugged a moment later (The Duke of Dominoes)

Crispy killing everyone before Macqueen had a chance to make puns about it (The Two Masters)

The existence of a Three/Delgado bodyswap story, and the fact that the only difference anyone noted in the Doctor’s behaviour after the Master secretly swapped places with him was how much nicer he seemed to be (The Switching)

Ainley using Masterman as an alias (The Time Savers)

That time Delgado gatecrashes the UNIT Christmas party to visit the Doctor (Christmas Truce)

Benny punching the Master in the face for trying to ruin her wedding (Happy Endings)

Ainley saying “my dear Doctor” no less than nine times in one short story (Birth of a Renegade)

That time Delgado and Three were both trying to bluff each other with holographic versions of themselves (The Man in the Ion Mask)

The Master and the Doctor being in a band together in the Academy—the Master played the drums (Deadly Reunion)

This

[nethnad]

thinking about time lords and their fucked up little society again and i just realized how devastating the revelation of the drums in the end of time is in relation to the master's character.

because of all the renegade time lords in the universe, i think it's the master who most exemplifies the philosophical outlook that the time lords have towards the rest of the universe. they're stuffy observers, administrators, yes - but this position is one they've decided for themselves because of this concept of supremacy over other life forms. imposed and upheld this idea that other species that lack a time sense are less-than, primitive. and the master buys into this hard.

and i mean... compared to the doctor, the master is good at being a time lord. he buys into these supremacist concepts, this idea that every other species (and especially humans) is practically a meaningless ant in the grand scheme of the universe. takes it to the extreme, yes, but its the same underlying principle. he's a good student (despite whatever chibnall might think) - that one time lord from terror of the autons (identity forever a mystery) (its brax) even says "he did receive a higher degree of cosmic science than you." the master could play their game if he wanted to. he's remarkably comfortable with being on gallifrey/the idea of gallifrey(in eot/tlotl) than the doctor ever is. where the doctor avoids the subject of the lord presidency like the plague, the master is like "well if you kill the president you ARE the president! and then you have all of gallifrey!" and when the doctor destroys gallifrey (nominally), the master tries to rebuild it in the sound of drums/last of the time lords. tries to emulate their society. honor them in his little fucked up way. he brings them back from the time war!

and what does he get for it? how did the time lords treat him in response?

they decide to implant the sound of drums in his head, stretching back until he's a child. puts this insufferable noise, this splitting headache, in his head for his entire life. all so that they may live while he dies. because he is diseased, because of them. he has swallowed the pill, bought their propaganda, he has followed the rules, he tried to rebuild them he tried. and in response he is chewed up and spit out like trash so that rassilon's god complex can survive while the universe crumbles.

how crushing must that be to someone? to have your whole worldview - that you are better, you are chosen, you are special - come crumbling down in a few short moments? to see the revered founder-god of the civilization you have so desperately tried to revive look at you and say "you are diseased," even though he was the one to poison you in the first place?

and as his heart is torn to pieces... when rassilon says "no more," and charges his gauntlet, the master - who has spent countless lives fighting death with his bare hands - does not move.

part of me thinks he does not want to.

[valtsv]

accidentally went and got myself killed yesterday but god wont let me die so im back

[iamthemaster]

This is me, once again, begging the BBC for another release of a Master-Focused story (or stories.) This collection of short stories about the Master in their six different incarnations is one of my faves and I'm hoping for more (maybe with all their other incarnations too.)

[theresastargirl]

“There isn’t any tea. Ask Nardole, he hears more I’m sure he’s got some. And he’d likely actually bring you tea too.” She sighed, glancing towards the door. She really needed to find more exciting hobbies than babysitting her father’s enemy. “It does seem a bit unfair how they made it not a planet anymore. Like, it’s still there. It shouldn’t not be a planet anymore.” Phee tried to think of anything to offer before turning back to Missy. “You tell me a story. Spill your tea. That’s got to be far more exciting.”

[iamthemaster]

Missy tuts, frowning. The last thing she wanted to do was sit around with the cyborg, although she didn't doubt he would provide entertaining comic relief. Was Ophelia not enjoying spending time with her when the Time Lady had been looking forward to every visit, just as she did with the Doctor. "I don't know if it would be appropriate. I'm supposed to be working on rehabilitating myself after all." She pauses thoughtfully. There were many stories she had to tell. "Hmm...I know! How would you feel about hearing embarrassing stories of your father during our times back in the Academy? Oh, I've got plenty! One of my favorite's involves our rebellious years in the Deca involving a goat."