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====The Master====
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The Master is the Doctor's [[archenemy]], a renegade [[Time Lord]] who desires to rule the universe. Conceived as "[[Professor Moriarty]] to the Doctor's [[Sherlock Holmes]]",<ref>''Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition'' No. 2, 5 September 2002, [subtitled ''The Complete Third Doctor''], p. 14.</ref> the character first appeared in 1971. As with the Doctor, the role has been portrayed by several actors, since the Master is a Time Lord as well and able to regenerate; the first of these actors was [[Roger Delgado]], who continued in the role until his death in 1973. The Master was briefly played by [[Peter Pratt]] and [[Geoffrey Beevers]] until [[Anthony Ainley]] took over and continued to play the character until ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s hiatus in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who: Who is the Master? |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-who-is-the-master/ |access-date=12 October 2024 |website=RadioTimes |language=en-GB}}</ref> The Master returned in the 1996 television movie of ''[[Doctor Who (1996 film)|Doctor Who]]'', and was played by American actor [[Eric Roberts]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eric Roberts plays Doctor Who villain The Master in live-action for first time in 24 years |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-eric-roberts-master/ |access-date=10 September 2024 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Following the series revival in 2005, [[Derek Jacobi]] provided the character's reintroduction in the 2007 episode "[[Utopia (Doctor Who)|Utopia]]". During that story, the role was then assumed by [[John Simm]], who returned to the role multiple times throughout the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s tenure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Simm Returns for the Finale! |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/090728_news_02 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418055321/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/090728_news_02 |archive-date=18 April 2012 |access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> In the 2014 episode "[[Dark Water (Doctor Who)|Dark Water]]", it was revealed that the Master had become a female incarnation or "Time Lady", going by the name of "Missy" (short for Mistress, the feminine equivalent of "Master"). This incarnation is played by [[Michelle Gomez]]. Simm returned to his role as the Master alongside Gomez in the [[Doctor Who (series 10)|tenth series]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 2017 |title=John Simm to return as the Master in Doctor Who |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/9ecdaaa1-10e1-45a7-a266-bdd7a1adcdf2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406155936/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/9ecdaaa1-10e1-45a7-a266-bdd7a1adcdf2 |archive-date=6 April 2017 |access-date=6 April 2017 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> The Master returned for the 2020 [[Doctor Who (series 12)|twelfth series]] with [[Sacha Dhawan]] in the role.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siede |first=Caroline |date=1 January 2020 |title=Doctor Who's New Year's special kicks off the new season with a bang |url=https://www.avclub.com/doctor-who-s-new-year-s-special-kicks-off-the-new-seaso-1840726984 |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref> This incarnation dubbed himself the "Spy Master" referencing a role he had taken with [[MI6]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeffery |first=Morgan |title=Doctor Who: How did Missy become Sacha Dhawan's Master? |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-missy-master-sacha-dhawan/ |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=Radio Times}}</ref>