Animal Instinct (audio story)

River uses a sonic pen torch.
The Master entered his tomb on Cheska Minor, but woke up on Cheska Major.
The Master possesses an Obsidian Mirror.
River compares the Master's style to Moriarty.
The Master asks, "Who was it said 'Humans should never invite their ancestors round for dinner?'" This both a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and its author, the late Douglas Adams who both wrote and script-edited episodes of the classic series. This is also asked by the Seventh Doctor in the Season 26 story Ghost Light.

Notes[edit | edit source]

The scene where Luke Sullieman and River Song discover the Master was illustrated by Jamie Lenman for The DWM Review in DWM 535.

Continuity[edit | edit source]

River reveals to the Master that she married the Doctor. (TV: The Wedding of River Song)
The Master suggests that he should look into River's background. He will eventually do so by the time of his "War" incarnation. (AUDIO: Concealed Weapon)
The Master will later be stranded on another planet inhabited by human-feline hybrids, the Cheetah World. (TV: Survival)

External links[edit | edit source]

Official Animal Instinct page at bigfinish.com

v • e The Diary of River Song audio series

Series One	The Boundless Sea • I Went to a Marvellous Party • Signs • The Rulers of the Universe

Series Two	The Unknown • Five Twenty-Nine • World Enough and Time • The Eye of the Storm

Series Three	The Lady in the Lake • A Requiem for the Doctor • My Dinner with Andrew • The Furies

Series Four	Time in a Bottle • Kings of Infinite Space • Whodunnit? • Someone I Once Knew

Series Five	The Bekdel Test • Animal Instinct • The Lifeboat and the Deathboat • Concealed Weapon

Special	The Eighth of March: Emancipation

Series Six	An Unearthly Woman • The Web of Time • Peepshow • The Talents of Greel

Series Seven	Colony of Strangers • Abbey of Heretics • Barrister to the Stars • Carnival of Angels

The Master stories

According to one account, the Master had the appearance of Roger Delgado while on Gallifrey. According to another, he had Anthony Ainley's likeness. According to another one, the one with James Dreyfus's appearance was his original incarnation.

One account suggests that the incarnation portrayed by Roger Delgado may be the same as the one portrayed by Peter Pratt while some others distinguish them.

According to one account, the incarnation portrayed by Gordon Tipple is the one portrayed by Anthony Ainley, while some others state that the Ainley one was already lost by then.

While fighting to extend his life at the end of his regeneration cycle, many bodies were possessed by the Beevers incarnation but all kept somehow reverting to his real being until he finally regenerated into the MacQueen one. Hence, these sections cannot be strictly chronological

Early life

Television	The Sound of Drums

Prose	Birth of a Renegade • The Legacy of Gallifrey • The Dark Path • Divided Loyalties • Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir • Harvest of Time • Rebel Rebel

Audio	The Toy

Webcast	The Legend of... the Master?

Dreyfus

Audio

The Destination Wars • The Home Guard • The Psychic Circus

Delgado

Television	Terror of the Autons • The Mind of Evil • The Claws of Axos • Colony in Space • The Dæmons • The Sea Devils • The Time Monster • Frontier in Space

Prose	The Legacy of Gallifrey • Doctor Who Fights Masterplan "Q" • Smash Hit • The One Second Hour • Doorway into Nowhere • Listen - The Stars • Out of the Green Mist • The Duke of Dominoes • Night Flight to Nowhere • Reconnaissance • The Dragon of Hyacinth Lodge • Who Killed Kennedy • The Eight Doctors • The Face of the Enemy • Freedom • Legacy of the Daleks • Last of the Gaderene • Verdigris • The Switching • Hidden Talent • The Touch of the Nurazh • Deadly Reunion • UNIT Christmas Parties: Christmas Truce • The Seismologist's Story • The Nameless City • The Spear of Destiny • Harvest of Time • The Christmas Inversion • The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy • Winning • Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe • Anything You Can Do • Anger Management

Comics	The Glen of Sleeping • The Time Thief • Fogbound • Party Animals • The Man in the Ion Mask • Character Assassin • The Birthday Boy • The Judas Goatee • The One • The Heralds of Destruction • Doorway to Hell

Audio	The Same Face • Master Thief

Not considered part of the DWU	Doctor Who Pinball: Time Streams • Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time • Legacy • Doctor Who? (150) • Nix' View (165 • 199) • 50 Years

The cycle ending

Pratt /
Beevers

Television	The Deadly Assassin • The Keeper of Traken

Prose	The Legacy of Gallifrey • Legacy of the Daleks • The Quantum Archangel • The Velvet Dark • Harvest of Time • The Dead Travel Fast

Comics	The Abominable Showmen / The Five Masters

Audio	Dust Breeding • Master • Trail of the White Worm • The Oseidon Adventure • Mastermind • The Light at the End • The Evil One • Requiem for the Rocket Men • Death Match • The Museum of Curiosities • Vampire of the Mind • Jago & Son • Maurice • The Woman in White • Masterpiece • The Two Masters • I Am The Master • Animal Instinct • Planet of Dust • Day of the Master

Not considered part of the DWU	Legacy • Doctor Who? (187) • The Comic Assassins Meet The Deadly Assassin

Ainley

Television	The Keeper of Traken • Logopolis • Castrovalva • Time-Flight • The King's Demons • The Five Doctors • Planet of Fire • The Caves of Androzani • The Mark of the Rani • The Ultimate Foe • Survival

Video games	Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror • Destiny of the Doctors

Prose	The Legacy of Gallifrey • Birth of a Renegade • The Time Savers • First Frontier • The Eight Doctors • Stop the Pigeon • A Town Called Eternity • Prime Time • The Velvet Dark • Omegamorphosis • The Quantum Archangel • A Handful of Stardust • Master Faustus • The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy • Dr. Seventh • Dr. Fifth • Winning • A Master of Disguise

Comics	Façades • Cat and Mouse • The Choice • Endgame • The Abominable Showmen / The Five Masters • Crossing the Rubicon

Audio	Smoke and Mirrors • The End of the Line • Lesser Evils

Not considered part of the DWU	Doctor Who? (66 • 70 • 107 • 210) • What If Doctor Who Was Produced By...?

"Rathbone"

Prose

First Frontier • Happy Endings • Housewarming

Tipple

Television	Doctor Who

Prose	The Eight Doctors • Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe

Roberts

Television	Doctor Who

Prose	The Eight Doctors • Prologue • Forgotten

Audio	The Lifeboat and the Deathboat • Day of the Master

Comics	The Abominable Showmen / The Five Masters

Webcasts	Listen to the voice of your Master!

Not considered part of the DWU	Legacy

"Echo"

Prose

Sometime Never... • The Deadstone Memorial • The Gallifrey Chronicles

"Preacher"

Comics

The Fallen • The Glorious Dead

Macqueen

Audio

Dominion • Time's Horizon • Eyes of the Master • The Death of Hope • The Reviled • Masterplan • Rule of the Eminence • The Monster of Montmartre • Master of the Daleks • And You Will Obey Me • The Two Masters

"Merlin"

Prose

The Creation of Camelot • The Fellowship of Quan • The Radio Waves

Pryce

Television

The Curse of Fatal Death

"War Child"

Comics

The Then and the Now • Pull to Open • Outrun • Downtime • First Rule • The Organ Grinder • Kill God • Fast Asleep

Jacobi

Television	Utopia

Audio	Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Sky Man • The Heavenly Paradigm • The Devil You Know • Master of Worlds • Call for the Dead • The Glittering Prize • The Persistence of Dreams • Sins of the Father • Concealed Weapon • The Survivor • The Coney Island Chameleon • The Missing Link • Darkness and Light • Day of the Master • From the Flames • The Master's Dalek Plan • Shockwave • He Who Wins • The Scaramancer • The Castle of Kuron 5 • The Cognition Shift

Prose	Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe

Comics	Fast Asleep

Webcast	The Legend of... the Master?

Simm

Television	Utopia / The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords • The End of Time • World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls

Prose	Speech Day • The Story of Martha • Harvest of Time • The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy • Winning • Alit in Underland • The Paradox Moon • The Night Harvest

Comics	The Abominable Showmen / The Five Masters

Not considered part of the DWU	Legacy

Gomez

Television	Deep Breath • Into the Dalek • The Caretaker • Flatline • In the Forest of the Night • Dark Water / Death in Heaven • The Magician's Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar • Extremis • The Lie of the Land • Empress of Mars • The Eaters of Light • World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls

Prose	Meet Missy! • Yes, Missy • Dr. Twelfth • The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy • The Master's Beard • Winning • Doctor Who and the Horror of Coal Hill • Dismemberment • Lords and Masters • Teddy Sparkles Must Die! • The Liar, the Glitch and the War Zone • Girl Power! • Alit in Underland • Citation Needed • Pain Management • Missing Habitas Frond • Missy's Magical Mystery Mission

Audio	The Bekdel Test • A Spoonful of Mayhem • Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated • The Broken Clock • The Belly of the Beast • Day of the Master • The Lumiat • Brimstone and Terror • Treason and Plot • Too Many Masters

Comics	The Abominable Showmen / The Five Masters • Missy Loves Ghostie • The Great Shopping Bill • A Confusion of Angels • The Road To...

Webcast	Who Is The Master?

Not considered part of the DWU	Legacy • Master of Time • LEGO Dimensions • Doctor Who Game Maker • The Dalek Invasion of Time • The Daft Dimension (490 • 514)

McKee

Audio

The Lumiat

Dhawan

TV	Spyfall • Ascension of the Cybermen • The Timeless Children

Prose	The Doctor vs the Master • The Master and Margarita

Not considered part of the DWU	The Daft Dimension (551)