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I Am The Master

Main character(s):

Featuring:

Main setting:

A sound studio, Glox

Key crew

Publisher:

Big Finish Productions

Writer:

Geoffrey Beevers

Director:

Producer:

Music:

Sound:

Read by:

Geoffrey Beevers

Cover by:

Release details

Number of episodes:

1

Release number:

8.10

Release date:

27 October 2018

Format:

MP3 Download

Production code:

BFMSTDL46

ISBN:

ISBN 978-1-78703-003-9

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I Am The Master was the tenth story of the eighth season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series.

Contents

1 Publisher's summary
2 Plot
3 Characters
4 References
5 Notes
6 Continuity
7 External links

Publisher's summary[edit | edit source]

There is a message for you. It comes from a long way, from a dying world. No, not a dying world. A killed world. And the message is from the killer.

Please attend carefully. The message that follows is vital to your future...

However much longer that may be.

Plot[edit | edit source]

to be added

Characters[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

Locations[edit | edit source]

The Master once flattened Rome.
Glox is a pink planet with a large diversity of life.
In the Gloxian recording studio where the Master arrives, he decides to disguise his TARDIS as a recording booth.
The Master heads to Gloxford Campus.

Species[edit | edit source]

The Master mentions the Cloud Hangers of Galaxy 357, the Luminescence Sea Squids of Nebula 9 and the Light-Seeking Seed Pod Intelligence of Interplanetary Travel.
The Master mentions having a conversation with a Krynoid.

Individuals[edit | edit source]

The Master mentions his mother and father back on Gallifrey.
The Master mentions disliking David Attenborough and how he would like Glox.

Notes[edit | edit source]

In the style of The Companion Chronicles, this story is told from the Master's perspective.
Big Finish's Backstage description states that I Am The Master takes place after The Keeper of Traken.^[1]
While bragging about being the most intelligent creature the universe has ever produced, the Master tells the listener to not dare think of any other, remarking that, "his reputation is altogether overrated... as hers will be, in a future time you haven't yet seen", referring to the Thirteenth Doctor, whose first full-length story had aired twenty days prior to this story's release.
This story was recorded on 20 October 2017 at The Moat Studios.
This story was initially available as a download only, until it was re-released as part of the Masterful box set in 2021 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Master.

Continuity[edit | edit source]

The Master muses about the possibility of a galaxy reserved for multiplying clones of himself, before having a feeling that he will already try that at some point. (TV: The End of Time)
The Master recalls stealing multiple bodies. (TV: The Keeper of Traken, Doctor Who; PROSE: Forgotten; AUDIO: Mastermind)
The Master once again attempted to be a politician in TV: The Sound of Drums.

External links[edit | edit source]

↑ "Backstage" tab of the Official I Am The Master page at bigfinish.com

Official I Am The Master page at bigfinish.com

Big Finish audio Short Trips

Multi-Doctor

Seven to One • The Jago & Litefoot Revival • Deleted Scenes • Regeneration Impossible

Susan, Ian, Barbara	Rise and Fall • A Star is Born • A Small Semblance of Home • Home Again, Home Again

Ian, Barbara, Vicki	1963

Vicki, Steven	Etheria

Steven, Sara	The Little Drummer Boy

Steven	O Tannenbaum • Helmstone • Peace in Our Time • Out of the Deep

Steven, Dodo	This Sporting Life

Dodo	The Horror at Bletchington Station

Ben, Polly	Falling

Solo	Flywheel Revolution

Ben, Polly	Lost and Found

Jamie	The Last Day at Work

Victoria	The Way Forwards

Jamie, Victoria	Year of the Drex Olympics

Zoe	A Stain of Red in the Sand

Jamie, Zoe	One Small Step... • Lepidoptery for Beginners • The Five Dimensional Man • Penny Wise, Pound Foolish • Little Doctors • The Way of the Empty Hand • The Horror of Hy-Brasil • The British Invasion

Solo	The Piltdown Men

Liz	Walls of Confinement • A Home From Home • The Blame Game • The Christmas Dimension • Blue Boxes

Jo	The Switching • Pop-Up • Lost in the Wakefield Triangle • Time Tunnel • Sphinx Lightning • The Other Woman • Damascus • Gardeners' Worlds • Taken For Granted • Still Life

Sarah	Neptune • Decline of the Ancient Mariner • Crime at the Cinema

Solo	A True Gentleman • Landbound

Sarah, Harry	How to Win Planets and Influence People • #HarrySullivan

Sarah	Chain Reaction • The Wondrous Box • Collector's Item

Leela	Death-Dealer • Sound the Siren and I'll Come To You Comrade • String Theory • The Ghost Trap • Black Dog • The Revisionists • The Smallest Battle • The Beast of Muir

Romana I	The Doctor's First XI • The Warren Legacy

Romana II	The Old Rogue • Breadcrumbs

Adric, Romana II	A Full Life

Adric	Erasure

Solo	Only Connect • Waiting for Gadot • I Am The Master

Adric, Nyssa, Tegan	The Toy • The Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius

Nyssa	The Deep • Tweaker • The Second Oldest Question • Downward Spiral

Nyssa, Tegan	The Lions of Trafalgar • The King of the Dead • The Mistpuddle Murders

Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough	Gardens of the Dead • The Monkey House

Tegan, Turlough	Lant Land

Turlough	Trap For Fools

Peri	Wet Walls • Methuselah • A Room With No View • Rulebook • The Meaning of Red

Solo	Sock Pig

Peri	Murmurs of Earth • To Cut a Blade of Grass • The Shadows of Serenity • Prime Winner • The Authentic Experience • Under ODIN's Eye • Not Forgotten

Evelyn	Mission Improbable

Charley	These Stolen Hours

Constance	The Darkened Earth

Mel	Intuition • Mel-evolent • Loud and Proud

Solo	The Wings of a Butterfly • The Doctor's Coat

Ace	Police and Shreeves • Critical Mass • The Riparian Ripper • The Shadow Trader • Crystal Ball • Dark Convoy • Washington Burns • The Shrine of Sorrows • Forever Fallen • Doctors and Dragons • Dead Woman Walking

Mel	The Devil's Footprints

Benny	The Hesitation Deviation

Solo	Twilight's End • The Night Before Christmas

Charley	Letting Go • Foreshadowing • The Man Who Wasn't There • Hall of the Ten Thousand

Lucie	All the Fun of the Fair • Late Night Shopping • The Young Lions • The Caves of Erith • The Curse of the Fugue • Flashpoint

Molly, Liv	The World Beyond the Trees

Solo / One-off companions	Museum Peace • Running Out of Time • Quantum Heresy • A Heart on Both Sides • All Hands on Deck • The Turn of the Screw • Tuesday • An Ocean of Sawdust

Solo	Battle Scars • Her Own Bootstraps

Solo	The Shattered Hourglass • Free Speech

Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor

The Siege of Big Ben • Flight Into Hull!

Eleventh Doctor

Solo	The Infinite Today

Solo	The Astrea Conspiracy • Dead Media • The Best-Laid Plans • A Song For Running

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 the incarnation who ran away from Gallifrey.

Divided Loyalties and A Brief History of Time Lords feature or otherwise acknowledge the War Chief, but in the process of contradicting the notion put forward by other stories that he was an incarnation of the Master.

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

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 • Masterful

Webcast	The Legend of... the Master?

Audio

The Destination Wars • The Home Guard • The Psychic Circus

Television	The War Games

Prose	The Legacy of Gallifrey • Timewyrm: Exodus

Not considered part of the DWU	The Game of Time & Space

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 • Terror of the Master

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 • Masterful

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

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 • How did this creep get in here, Professor? • 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...?

Prose

First Frontier • Happy Endings • Housewarming

Television	Doctor Who

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

Television	Doctor Who

Prose	The Eight Doctors • Prologue • Forgotten

Audio	The Lifeboat and the Deathboat • Day of the Master • Masterful • Faustian • Prey • Vengeance

Comics	The Abominable Showmen / The Five Masters

Webcasts	Listen to the voice of your Master! • The Master wants to be your Santa Claus

Not considered part of the DWU	Legacy

Prose

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

Comics

The Fallen • The Glorious Dead

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 • Masterful

Prose

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

Television

The Curse of Fatal Death

Comics

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

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• Masterful

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

Comics	Fast Asleep

Webcast	The Legend of... the Master?

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

Audio	Masterful

Not considered part of the DWU	Legacy

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 • Masterful

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)

Audio

The Lumiat • Masterful

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)

Unclear incarnation

Prose

Harvest of Time

Parallel universes

Audio

Sympathy for the Devil • The Library in the Body • The Emporium At The End • The True Saviour of the Universe • Shockwave • He Who Wins • Masterful

Prose

The Face of the Enemy

From stories not considered
part of the DWU by this Wiki

Prose

Winning Designs

Games

Battle for the Universe

"Exclusive"

Prose

Exclusive!

"DWMS"

Comics

The Next 20 Years

"FASA War Chief"

Games

The Legions of Death

Home video

Do You Have A Licence to Save this Planet?

Webcast	Scream of the Shalka

Prose	The Feast of the Stone • Scream of the Shalka

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