Theory:Timeline - The Master

This page lists appearances of The Master in the order in which they experienced them. It relies on much speculation to fit semi-contradictory sources together, and should absolutely not be seen as representative of this wiki's general policy.

In the body of a child

 * At some point in the Last Great Time War, the Master regenerates into the body of a small child. He also makes a pact with the War Doctor. (COMIC: The Organ Grinder)


 * COMIC: Outrun
 * The Doctor and the Master aren't aware of who coined the term "Exterminhate", setting this before they met the Volatix Cabal.


 * COMIC: The Then and the Now
 * The Doctor and the Master land on the Overcast homeworld.


 * COMIC: The Organ Grinder
 * Alice Obiefune arrives in the Master's TARDIS from the future. Ending leads into Kill God.


 * COMIC: Kill God
 * The Master attempts to flee the War in his future TARDIS, only to realise too late that he is causing a paradox, leading directly into Fast Asleep.


 * COMIC: Fast Asleep
 * Being at the centre of the paradox causes the Master to regenerate into the incarnation seen in Utopia.

The Lumiat

 * As she dies, Missy, tired of being evil, creates an Elysian field in order to kick start a new regeneration cycle and reconstructs her body into a distillation of all her goodness. This new incarnation takes on the name "the Lumiat" and seeks to do good in the universe, inspired by the Doctor. (AUDIO: The Lumiat)


 * AUDIO: The Lumiat
 * The Lumiat foils several of Missy's schemes, leading Missy to believe she is the Doctor. They spend some time travelling together, with the Lumiat trying to act as a good influence on her. However, Missy soon grows bored of the Lumiat and mortally wounds her, before abandoning her in the middle of her regeneration.

In a male body again

 * After regenerating into a male body, the Master learns the truth of the Timeless Child and destroys the Time Lord civilisation by ravaging Gallifrey. (TV: Spyfall)


 * TV: Spyfall
 * The Master confronts the Thirteenth Doctor and Team TARDIS during an alliance with Daniel Barton and the Kasaavin. Pursuing the Doctor throughout Earth's history, the Master is left stranded and without a TARDIS in 1943 Paris, where he is also taken prisoner by the Third Reich.


 * After being trapped on Earth for 77 years, the Master is exiled to the Kasaavin realm. (TV: Spyfall)


 * PROSE: The Doctor vs the Master
 * The Master has made a psychic link with the Doctor, and is still taunting her with his knowledge of the Timeless Child, setting this before Ascension of the Cybermen. He recalls his time as Missy, even referencing her imprisonment in the Vault.


 * TV: Ascension of the Cybermen
 * The Master catches up with the Doctor at the Boundary on Gallifrey, leading directly into The Timeless Children.


 * TV: The Timeless Children
 * After forming an alliance with the Cybermen to create the CyberMasters from the bodies of the dead Time Lords, the Master and his Cyber-Army are apparently destroyed by Ko Sharmus with a Death particle.

The

 * AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil


 * AUDIO: The Library in the Body


 * AUDIO: The Emporium At The End


 * AUDIO: The True Saviour of the Universe


 * AUDIO: Shockwave
 * The Master is the last being left alive in his universe, and is trapped for ten thousand years before being rescued by the Dalek Time Strategist of N-Space, leading directly into He Who Wins.


 * AUDIO: He Who Wins
 * The "Exiled" Master and join forces, and the "Exiled" Master escapes into N-Space.

Currently unplaced

 * These entries are placed here due to being part of ongoing storylines that have yet to offer sufficient enough evidence to be placed in a specific part of this Doctor's timeline, unless further evidence arises in the stories to come.

Awaiting placement

 * These entries are placed here until a suitable position in the timeline can be determined based on the available evidence.

The Doctor Who Annuals Master

 * PROSE: The Creation of Camelot
 * The Master is in the same body as described in The Radio Waves, and is recognised by the Fifth Doctor.


 * PROSE: The Fellowship of Quan


 * PROSE: The Radio Waves
 * The Master has "pale skin, prominent cheekbones, a neatly-trimmed black goatee, and voluminous hair with a widow peek", and is recognised by the Sixth Doctor.