Talk:Police 5: The Master (TV story)

What is this?
Is this a DWU story or not? It sounds like a different tv show that happens to feature a DW character. Shambala108 ☎  02:37, October 14, 2017 (UTC)


 * It appears to be a Doctor Who themed episode of an unrelated TV show. Having just watched it, I don't think it should be taken seriously as the episode looks like it's supposed to be an in-universe version of Police 5, yet they use old footage from the show that should not be available to the in-universe editors, such as scenes on Gallifrey, and similar things, which is why I don't think it should be valid.
 * https://youtu.be/fP79hoS8hG8
 * Epsilon the Eternal ☎  21:23, June 1, 2020 (UTC)
 * Stories use footage which doesn't seem like it should exist all the time as an excuse to use stock footage from old episodes. The Eleventh Hour, for one — where did the Atraxxi get all these shots that just so happent to be shots from old Doctor Who story?


 * But more to the point, I don't think all that footage is necessarily supposed to "actually" be there in-universe. It's an equally valid reading of the TV story that we're looking at the classic flashback trick, of the relevant footage being played back for the viewers when characters talk about past events.


 * This isn't a "Doctor Who-themed episode of another show", it's essentially a crossover between that show and Doctor Who. There is no question that it takes place in the Doctor Who universe. Basically, it's like the "newscast sections" in e.g. The Power of Three and Army of Ghosts, where the Beeb would get famous news anchors and celebrities to act as themselves to give viewers a window into what their show is like within the DWU. Except in this particular instance, the story wholly consists of us being shown the in-universe broadcast, without a specific "real" Master story on either end of it. --Scrooge MacDuck ☎  23:43, June 1, 2020 (UTC)


 * I also said "and similar things" becuase at the end, the presenter refers to the Master as a "character", instead of criminal (or something similar), which does sound like an unexplained fourth wall break. He also possesses knowledge that he honestly would never have, like the Master's age.
 * The Atraxi could've easily had the technology to scan the universe for those flashbacks, whereas a nineties TV presenter surely wouldn't.
 * Epsilon the Eternal ☎  00:30, June 2, 2020 (UTC)


 * Oh, and somehow he knew that the Master attended the Time Lord Academy with the Doctor, on Gallifrey. Seems this guy is more knowledgable than some of the Doctor's friends and foes. Epsilon the Eternal ☎  00:34, June 2, 2020 (UTC)