Theory:Timeline - The Master's early life

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.

Early life

 * TV: The Sound of Drums
 * At the age of eight, the Master stares into the Untempered Schism, and reacts by being driven mad by what he sees.


 * The Masters meets the First Doctor on his first day at the Academy. (TV: World Enough and Time) They later join the Deca. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties)


 * AUDIO: Master
 * The Master and the Doctor are bullied by Torvic. After Torvic is killed, the Master becomes Death's Champion.


 * PROSE: Tomb of Valdemar
 * The Master and the Doctor travel into Gallifrey's past in search of Valdemar.


 * PROSE: Harvest of Time
 * The Master and the Doctor work on the Consolidator.


 * The Master goes on an Academy research project while the Doctor is expelled from the Academy. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties)


 * COMIC: Flashback
 * "Magnus" and "Theta Sigma" have a final falling out.


 * The Master attends a ritual in Arcadia, where he gives Susan Foreman a communication node disguised as a toy. (AUDIO: The Toy)

Fleeing Gallifrey

 * PROSE: Birth of a Renegade
 * In one account, the Master flees Gallifrey shortly before the Doctor does after failing to start a rebellion against the High Council.


 * AUDIO: The Toy
 * Immediately after the Doctor and Susan flee Gallifrey, the Master tries to use the communication node to find them.


 * PROSE: Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir
 * The Master is still living on Gallifrey and trying to find out why the Doctor has left.

Renegade Time Lord

 * AUDIO: The Destination Wars
 * Immediately after he flees Gallifrey, the Master's TARDIS breaks down and he ends up trapped at the "earliest Segment of Time" on the planet Destination.


 * AUDIO: The Psychic Circus
 * The Master encounters the the Seventh Doctor, who notes that the Master is still in his "early days".


 * AUDIO: The Home Guard
 * The Master is wearing a black Nehru jacket and is wielding a Tissue Compression Eliminator. After being defeated by the Second Doctor, the Master ends up imprisoned awaiting trial, with the Time Lords due to represent him.

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.