User:BananaClownMan/Sandbox/The Master (War)

Given a new lease of life by the Time Lords with the intention of having him fight in the Last Great Time War, the Master initially tried to manipulate the conflict to suit his own goals. But he eventually became so horrified by his experiences that he fled to the end of the universe and turned himself into a human to escape the carnage altogether.

Post-regeneration
After having his TARDIS brought into the Time War from the future by Alice Obiefune, (COMIC: The Organ Grinder) the Master tried to escape from the Cyclors with it, unintentionally causing a paradox by using a TARDIS from an aborted timeline. When mixture with the Psilent songbox worsened the paradox, the Master was forced to regenerate (COMIC: Fast Asleep) into his seventeenth incarnation. (PROSE: Girl Power!)

Horrified by this, he swore revenge on the Doctor and his companions, but ultimately his memory of Alice's intervention in the War was erased. (COMIC: Fast Asleep) The Master's TARDIS recorded that the Master fled the event horizon in his TARDIS before the Doctor's plans were carried out, deeming them too insane even for him. (COMIC: The One) The Master then went to the Scoundrels Club to better recover from the regeneration process. (PROSE: Dismemberment)

Exploring other possibilities
While "exploring possibilities", the Master became stranded in a parallel dimension. When this dimension was invaded by Cybermen seeking to conquer the multiverse, the Master used the opportunity to obtain technology to repair his TARDIS and followed the Cybermen back to his home universe. The Master landed his TARDIS, urgently in need of repairs, on Earth during the 2010s and saw the Cybermen proceed to invade the universe of the Time War via virtual reality technology spread by the Auctioneers. The Cybermen, under the influence of Petronella Osgood, took his TARDIS and attempted to cyber-convert him. The Master collaborated with Kate Stewart and Sam Bishop to destroy the Cybermen by overloading them with power from infinite dimensions, syphoning some of it off to give his TARDIS enough energy to return to "the fray" of the war. (AUDIO: Master of Worlds)

Escapades in the Time War
During the Time War, the Master fought the Supreme Dalek on the slopes of the Never Vault, (TV: The Witch's Familiar) and considered it a worthy opponent, even showing disappointment when the Dalek Emperor didn't send it to locate him on Arcking. (AUDIO: The Good Master) At some point, he designed a laser screwdriver for his own personal use, (AUDIO: The Heavenly Paradigm) and became separated from his TARDIS. (AUDIO: Beneath the Viscoid)

The Master agreed to work with the Daleks and was sent to Gardezza. There he posed as the Doctor, using his reputation to gain the trust of the Gardezzans. The Master located his TARDIS on the planet and betrayed both the Daleks and the Gardezzans to retrieve it. Inside, he received a call to return to Gallifrey and left to answer it. (AUDIO: Beneath the Viscoid)

Arriving on Gallifrey, Romana II and Narvin sent the Master alongside Leela to interrogate Finnian Valentine, and said that they would pardon him for his crimes. On the planet, he used his laser screwdriver to stun both of the Finnians to get them back to Gallifrey. He hypnotised and killed the various Finnians until he learnt that Arcking had a power source that could fuel the Time Lords energy banks. On the way back to Gallifrey, the Master expelled Leela into the time vortex and headed to Arcking after he received a signal that originated from there. (AUDIO: The Devil You Know)

Exploits with Cole Jarnish
Travelling to hospital planet Arcking multiple times, the Master, under the alias "Dr. Keller", attempted to possess an ancient power, known as the Heart, on the planet that had resisted the ravages of the Time War, and even prevented unnatural death. It was here he met the pilot Cole Jarnish. (AUDIO: The Good Master)

After travelling with the Master for a while, Cole argued that he should do more to save the people of the universe from the effects of the Time War. The Master told Cole that while he, as a Time Lord, could not interfere, he would allow Cole a chance to save a world from destruction, and asked him to pick one amongst the many worlds threatened by the War. Cole's choice fell on a primitive farming planet. Upon landing on the planet the Master reminded Cole that he was not allowed to meddle directly, and so decided to take some time off to create his own vineyard. As several months passed, Cole's attempt to save the peaceful population of the planet went on to backfire horribly, as he inadvertently turned them into a race of warlike semi-robotic creatures. Cole escaped the planet along with the Master and begged him to help him undo his mistake. The Master assured Cole that he would. (AUDIO: The Sky Man)

The Master travelled to Stamford Bridge in the 1970s, where he located a Time Lord repository. Here he revealed his true reason for saving Cole's life and supporting his attempt to save the people of the farming planet, namely to turn him into a paradox powering a paradox. The resulting temporal energy collected in Cole would then be used to power the Heavenly Paradigm. Without any remorse, the Master killed Cole by sacrificing him to the machine, wanting to use it to create a new timeline in the universe, and thus end the War. The plan backfired, and the Master unintentionally caused both the Time Lords and Daleks to win several battles they had once lost. Because of this, he then saw the Dalek Emperor take control of the Time Lords' Cruciform, which frightened him into fleeing from the Time War, which he now considered "lost". For a time he corrected and observed changes made by the Paradigm. But, still scared and tired of the fighting, he sent his TARDIS away to Gallifrey without him and used a chameleon arch of his to turn himself into a human baby, intending to eventually resume control once the Time War had ended. (AUDIO: The Heavenly Paradigm)

Under the chameleon arch
Physically human, the Master was found as a naked child on the coast of the Silver Devastation with only an "heirloom" fob watch, which could never keep time and resulted in the Master always being late for things as he grew up under the name "Yana". Yana spent most his life moving from one refugee ship to another. Yana, having retained the Master's intellect, eventually became a professor, and became friends with another scientist, Chantho, who was thought to be the last of the Malmooth race. Together, they worked on the Utopia Project to send the remnants of humanity on Malcassairo.

Yana met the Tenth Doctor, Jack Harkness and Martha Jones when they were rescued from the Futurekind. Overhearing conversation between the Doctor and Jack about things such as time travel, Daleks, and regeneration, Yana became visibly upset. Martha drew Yana's attention to the watch in his possession and, hearing voices that commanded and entreated him, Yana opened the watch and returned to his true identity. (TV: Utopia)

Death
The Master then locked the Doctor out of Yana's lab, and opened the gate keeping the Futurekind at bay to keep the Doctor occupied as he ravaged Yana's lab. After Chantho threatened him with a gun to stop him destroying their work, the Master electrocuted her with a loose set of power cables, angered that she was never curious of the fob watch during their decades of working together, and left her for dead. However, Chantho used the last of her strength to pull a laser gun on the Master while his back was turned, and shot him in the chest before she died.

Fatally wounded, the Master slithered into the Doctor's TARDIS while the Doctor watched on and deadlock sealed the door shut to keep the Doctor out. Finding the idea of dying by the hand of "an insect and a girl" undignified, the Master decided to regenerate into a form that was as young and strong as the Doctor was. (TV: Utopia)

Personality
While he started his life declaring vengeance, (COMIC: Fast Asleep) this Master would put on a front of being kind and charming, but would drop the façade the instant it was time to act, (AUDIO: Beneath the Viscoid) though once questioned if he was truly evil. (AUDIO: The Good Master) He wished to save the universe from the Last Great Time War so that he could rule over it afterwards, (AUDIO: The Heavenly Paradigm) and "enjoy [his] victory". (AUDIO: The Devil You Know) Though usually calm and affable, the Master took the time to taunt a squad of Daleks when they were unable to harm him. (AUDIO: The Good Master)

This Master was a misogynist, considering it an embarrassment to have been killed by a girl, even calling it "inappropriate". (TV: Utopia) Although, he equally held everyone in similar disregard unless it benefited him, even planets, stating he only had allegiance to himself. (AUDIO: The Good Master) He was unable to empathise with others, yawning at a mother's drive to save her race being born from her dead husband and her son. (AUDIO: Beneath the Viscoid)

When comparing him to the degenerated body she was used to, Leela claimed that this Master was "focus[ed]", "making guesses", and "plotting". In comparison to his past self, the Master claimed he was now "civilised, pleasant, [and] reasonable", which was denied by Leela. (AUDIO: The Devil You Know)

After his use of the Heavenly Paradigm caused the Dalek Emperor to take control of the Cruciform, the Master, driven by the fear of his failure, fled the end of the universe and used a Chameleon Arch to turn himself into a human baby to hide from the Time Lords and wait out the war in a safe place. (AUDIO: The Heavenly Paradigm)

Under the Chameleon Arch, Professor Yana was a benign old man who had lost faith in the Utopia Project. His spirit was revitalised by the Tenth Doctor, and the two shared a mutual admiration. He was also somewhat scatterbrained and slightly lacking in self-confidence, at one point referring to himself as "a stupid old man." Also, like the Tenth Doctor with Martha Jones, Yana was oblivious to Chantho's feelings for him.

After returning to his true identity, the Master became cold, ruthless, and dignified, but also abusive and condescending, citing that he had the right to attack Chanto when she pointed a gun at him. He was extremely aggressive towards Chantho after regaining his memories, stating that her constant cultural ticks drove him "insane" during their time together. (TV: Utopia)

Though he thought "inappropriate" to have been killed by a female "insect", the Master welcomed his regeneration in a grandiose fashion, declaring that "the Master [was] reborn." (TV: Utopia)

Habits and quirks
When given the chance to rest from the Time War, the Master spent his time cultivating wine. (AUDIO: The Sky Man)

Appearance and clothing
In his seventeenth incarnation, (PROSE: Girl Power!) the Master originally looked like an elderly man with white hair and blue eyes. Though he started his life clean-shaven, (COMIC: Fast Asleep) he eventually grew a scruffy white goatee beard. (AUDIO: Beneath the Viscoid)

After use of the Chameleon Arch, he had regressed into a baby. (AUDIO: The Heavenly Paradigm) When Professor Yana met the Tenth Doctor, he resembled a slightly younger version of his original self, having aged naturally. (TV: Utopia)

He wore a white stiff-collard shirt, often with sleeves rolled up, (AUDIO: Beneath the Viscoid) a dark red waistcoat, a black cravat, and black trousers. (TV: Utopia) He once wore a brown tweed jacket over this attire. (AUDIO: The Heavenly Paradigm) During his encounter with UNIT, he wore a velvet coat. (AUDIO: Master of Worlds) In his waist coat, he housed a Chameleon Arch biodata module, disguised as an ordinary fob watch. (TV: Utopia)

During his expeditionary walks on Arcking, he wore a Grav-Suit over his clothes. (AUDIO: The Good Master)