The Third Doctor vs The Master
Tensions escalate between The Third Doctor and The Master, transforming from academic rivalry to a dangerous adversarial relationship threatening universal balance.
Arc Timeline
Season 8
8 eventsThe Doctor’s frantic attempt to sever the phone connection—interrupting the Master’s Nestene infiltration—reveals the immediate danger of plastic animation. The Brigadier’s abrupt action (disconnecting the line) forces the Doctor to …
In the Telescope Control Room, the Master’s triumphant reveal of the Nestenes’ arrival as a destructive energy force is abruptly undermined by the Doctor, who exposes the Nestenes’ true intent: …
In the climax of the Nestene invasion crisis, the Doctor and the Master—former enemies now forced into uneasy cooperation—execute a desperate, high-risk maneuver to reverse the polarity of the Beacon …
The Master exploits Filer’s desperation to escape Axos’ control by manipulating him into targeting a critical nerve sector. Filer, restrained by Axos’ claw-like appendages, retrieves his gun and fires at …
The Axon Man, having secured the Master’s cooperation in delivering Earth, reveals a critical shift in his plans when he discovers the Doctor is also a Time Lord. The Master, …
In the chaotic aftermath of their escape from Axon confinement, the Brigadier and Filer overpower a UNIT guard (Harker) to secure their freedom. The Brigadier immediately assumes command, prioritizing mission …
Disguised as a high-ranking military general, the Master manipulates UNIT Sergeant Benton into isolating him in the Light Acceleration Laboratory under the pretense of a surprise inspection. Once alone, he …
In the Light Acceleration Laboratory, the Master’s desperate plan to overload Axos’s reactor by siphoning energy through the TARDIS is interrupted by Filer, who bursts in with a gun, demanding …
Season 12
3 eventsStyre subjects Sarah to brutal psychological and physical interrogation, using a device to press her for information about her origins. He dismisses her insistence that she is from Earth as …
Styre leaves Sarah imprisoned behind an invisible forcefield after brutal interrogation with a forehead device extracting information about her origins. Harry, armed with a large stick and hiding from the …
Sarah suffers escalating hallucinations from the Sontaran brainwashing device, believing rocks fall on her and that mud climbs her legs. The Doctor urgently breaks the forcefield holding the device before …
Season 13
3 eventsThe TARDIS materializes after a catastrophic miscalculation, depositing the Doctor and Sarah thirty thousand years too late to answer the distress call they had been tracking. The Doctor downplays the …
The Doctor lands on Zeta Minor and immediately quashes any doubt about his capabilities by revealing the incompetence of expedition leaders Vishinsky and Ponti. With sharp wit and condescension, he …
Commander Salamar, convinced the Doctor and Sarah are alien infiltrators, orders their immediate execution after concluding they must be responsible for the expedition’s mounting deaths. His paranoia overrides reason, turning …