The Master's Beard (short story)

The Master's Beard

Main character(s):

Missy

Key crew

Writer:

James Goss

Illustrator:

Russell T Davies

Release details

Printed in:

Now We Are Six Hundred


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The Master's Beard was a poem in the anthology Now We Are Six Hundred.

Summary[]

Missy has a lovely new beard, that means a lot to her.

References[]

Missy uses hypnotism.

Notes[]

The premise of the poem is a reference to the many versions of the Master that have possessed a beard, as is the illustration of Missy pretending to have a moustache.

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

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 • Masterful

Webcast	The Legend of... the Master?

Dreyfus

Audio

The Destination Wars • The Home Guard • The Psychic Circus

Brayshaw

Television	The War Games

Prose	The Legacy of Gallifrey • Timewyrm: Exodus

Considered not part of the DWU	The Game of Time & Space

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 • The Master Plan

Audio	The Same Face • Master Thief • Terror of the Master

Considered not 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

Decayed
Master

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

Considered not 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 • 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

Considered not part of the DWU	A Call from the Master • 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 • 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

Considered not 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 • Masterful

"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

War Master

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 • The Sincerest Form of Flattery • A Quiet Night In • The Orphan • Unfinished Business

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

Audio	Masterful

Considered not part of the DWU	Legacy

Missy

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 • The Wonderful Doctor of Oz

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 • Body and Soulless • War Seed • Two Monks, One Mistress

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

Webcast	Who Is The Master?

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

The Lumiat

Audio

The Lumiat • Masterful

Spy Master

TV	Spyfall • Ascension of the Cybermen • The Timeless Children

Prose	The Doctor vs the Master • The Master and Margarita

Considered not part of the DWU	The Daft Dimension (551)

Unclear
incarnation

Prose

Enjoy the Game • Harvest of Time

Parallel
universes

Unbound
Master

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

Inferno
Earth

Prose

The Face of the Enemy

From stories
not considered
part of the DWU
by this Wiki

"DWM"

Prose

Winning Designs

"Battle"

Games

Battle for the Universe

"Exclusive"

Prose