Police 5: The Master (TV story)

Police 5: The Master (also sometimes referred to as Crime File - The Master) was a short crime file about "master criminal" the Master. It was broadcast for the 30th anniversary year of Doctor Who.

The story was a DWU edition of Shaw Taylor's long-running five-minute ITV crime prevention series Police 5 (1962-1990).

It aired on BBC One alongside a repeat airing of Planet of the Daleks episode five, as part of a series of featurettes called Doctor Who and the Daleks.

Synopsis
Shaw Taylor warns viewers to be on the lookout for a dangerous individual known as the Master.

Plot
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Cast

 * Shaw Taylor - himself

Archive footage

 * The Master - Anthony Ainley
 * The Master - Roger Delgado
 * The Master - Peter Pratt
 * Borusa - John Arnatt
 * Azal - Stephen Thorne
 * The Doctor - Jon Pertwee
 * Jo Grant - Katy Manning
 * The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy

Crew

 * Writer - Kevin Davies
 * Director - Ralph Montagu and Caroline Wright
 * Producer - Caroline Wright
 * Executive producer - John Whiston

Story notes

 * This featurette uses archive footage is from many Doctor Who stories, from Terror of the Autons to Survival.
 * Police 5: The Master has never been made available as a DVD or Blu-ray extra due to copyright and clearance problems, and this is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.
 * Along with Glorious Goodwood, Making Cocoa and The Stealers from Saiph, this is one of four DWU productions to feature no surviving cast members.

Continuity
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