Editing The Master (Doctor Who) (section)

=== Webcasts ===
In 2003, an android version of the character (resembling the Delgado version of the Master and voiced by [[Derek Jacobi]]) appeared in the animated webcast ''[[Scream of the Shalka]]''. This version of the Master exists as a companion to the Doctor, albeit a slightly sinister one. Exactly why the Doctor created an android duplicate of the Master is not stated, but it is revealed the Master was faced with the choice of permanent death or one last chance at life on a leash to make amends for the harm he had caused over the years. This version's Master possesses weak psychic abilities, and is able to pilot the Doctor's TARDIS but physically unable to leave the ship.<ref>{{cite serial |title=[[Scream of the Shalka]] |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Paul (writer) |last=Cornell |author-link=Paul Cornell |first2=Wilson (director) |last2=Milam |author-link2=Wilson Milam |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC Online|BBCi]] |date=13 November – 18 December 2003 }}</ref>

To promote the audio series ''[[List of Doctor Who spin off audio plays by Big Finish#Master! (2021–present)|Master!]]'', [[Eric Roberts]] reprised the role of the Master onscreen for the first time since 1996 in a series of video prequels posted to social media by [[Big Finish Productions]]; starting with a [[Halloween]]-themed video in November 2020 and subsequent Christmas and [[Valentine's Day]] messages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1324351260204494848|title=Listen to the voice of your Master! – Big Finish on Twitter|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref> In the final message, the Master is heard calling out to "Lila," a character from the audio series that the Master manipulates into granting his freedom from the vortex.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1361087046425718785|title=Will you be the Master's valentine...? – Big Finish on Twitter|access-date=1 April 2021}}</ref>