The Good Master (audio story)

The Good Master was the second story in the audio anthology Only the Good, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jay Harley and featured Derek Jacobi as the Master.

Publisher's summary

The Time War rages around Arcking - a planet serving as a sanctuary for the sick and injured. But Arcking is protected by a mysterious, powerful force: a force the Master will stop at nothing to harness… even if time itself is against him.

Plot

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Cast

References

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Notes

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Continuity

The Master returns to his old alias "Keller". (TV: The Mind of Evil)
Arcking is protected by a planetary sized state of temporal grace. (TV: The Hand of Fear)
The Master knows that he was brought back to fight on behalf of the Time Lords. (TV: The Sound of Drums)
The Master tells Cole that going back and changing things is what started the Time War in the first place. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)

External links

Official The Good Master page at bigfinish.com

Footnotes

↑ Jay Harley was credited under a deadname at the time (see T:ACTOR).

Big Finish's Time War audios

The War Doctor

Only the Monstrous	The Innocent • The Thousand Worlds • The Heart of the Battle

Infernal Devices	Legion of the Lost • A Thing of Guile • The Neverwhen

Agents of Chaos	The Shadow Vortex • The Eternity Cage • Eye of Harmony

Casualties of War	Pretty Lies • The Lady of Obsidian • The Enigma Dimension

The Eighth Doctor:
The Time War

Series 1	The Starship of Theseus • Echoes of War • The Conscript • One Life

Series 2	The Lords of Terror • Planet of the Ogrons • In the Garden of Death • Jonah

The War Master

Only the Good	Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Sky Man • The Heavenly Paradigm

The Master of Callous	Call for the Dead • The Glittering Prize • The Persistence of Dreams • Sins of the Father

Gallifrey: Time War

Volume One	Celestial Intervention • Soldier Obscura • The Devil You Know • Desperate Measures

Volume Two	Havoc • Partisans • Collateral • Assassins

The Rulers of the Universe • The Sontaran Ordeal • Day of the Vashta Nerada • A Heart on Both Sides • All Hands on Deck • Master of Worlds • Concealed Weapon

The Master's stories

Earliest

Television	The Sound of Drums

Prose	Divided Loyalties • Celestial Intervention — A Gallifreyan Noir

Audio	The Toy

Dreyfus

Audio

The Destination Wars

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	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 • Who Killed Kennedy • The Dark Path • 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 • Anything You Can Do

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

Decayed

Television	The Deadly Assassin • The Keeper of Traken

Prose	Legacy of the Daleks • Harvest of Time

Comics	The Abominable Showmen / The Five Masters

Audio	Trail of the White Worm • The Oseidon Adventure • 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

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	Birth of a Renegade • The Creation of Camelot • The Time Savers • The Fellowship of Quan • The Radio Waves • First Frontier • 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

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

Audio	Dust Breeding • Master • Smoke and Mirrors • The End of the Line • The Toy

VNA

Prose

First Frontier • Happy Endings • Housewarming

Roberts

Television	Doctor Who

Prose	The Eight Doctors • Sometime Never... • The Deadstone Memorial • The Gallifrey Chronicles • Prologue • Forgotten

Audio	Mastermind • The Lifeboat and the Deathboat

Comics	The Fallen • The Glorious Dead • The Abominable Showmen / The Five Masters

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

Titan

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

Comics	Fast Asleep

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 • Alit in Underland

Comics	The Abominable Showmen / The Five Masters

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	Yes, Missy • Dr. Twelfth • The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy • 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

Audio	The Bekdel Test • A Spoonful of Mayhem • Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated • The Broken Clock • The Belly of the Beast

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