#decayed!master

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[roxannepolice]

Decayed!Master's fully conscious plan for his next regeneration: I am going to steal the body of a perfectly decent citizen, husband and father, but not before the Doctor meets him and gets to watch his daughter despair, MWAHAHAHA!

War!Master's fully conscious plan for his next regeneration: TWINK MODE POWER, MAKE UP!!!

[whoisthemaster]

Why does no one ask, Master Who?: (#3 - Oh No, He’s Crispy!)

Why does no one ask, Master Who?: A Character Study Series Masterlist

Our next topic to cover in the subject of the Master is his Anakin Skywalker---er, I mean, sudden change in appearance and re-appearance when he surprises us all in the Fourth Doctor’s era. I think this is where his now signature long running gag for ‘coming back from the dead’ without any explanation truly began. 

So, because of the tragedy that happened to Roger Delgado, the Master as a character was kept out of stories for quite awhile until the 4th Doctor’s era in 1976′s episode, “The Deadly Assassin.” An episode not only remarkable for bringing back the Master in a MUCH darker state, nearing the end of his regeneration cycle, but the fact this episode began a lot of the mythos of the Time Lords and Gallifrey as we know it. Played by two different actors for two different episodes years apart, the fandom has dubbed the Peter Pratt and Geoffrey Beevers Master’s as the Crispy Master or Decayed Master, due to his decaying form looking like he was fighting with a Jedi for control of the high ground and lost (Still too soon? Okay.) 

In ‘The Deadly Assassin,’ the Master’s disappearance is explained to us when he comes up with a clever plot, sending the Doctor back home to Gallifrey in order to uncover a mystery into the future premotionions of the Lord President’s death (and of course he’s behind it.) This Master is FAR more dark than his previous self, hell-bent on only his survival, even if it means taking the rest of Gallifrey with him to achieve it. Only his hate and need for revenge keeps him going. Although it may seem the Master has finally lost, this is only when we start to realize how great of a survivor he can be when it comes to death.

Making a return in ‘The Keeper of Traken,’ he’s still focused on attaining a body that can handle the presence of a Time Lord. Although he isn’t able to obtain the Doctor’s, using his cunning, the Master ends up stealing the body of Tremas of Traken, finding a way to extend his life a little longer.

Important Character Traits for Crispy!Master:

High sense of Self-Preservation. He doesn’t care what it takes to stay alive. This is the first time we see it with the Master, even if he’s going completely against the Doctor to do so.

Known for being the most ruthless of the Master’s incarnations (and that’s saying something.)

His physical state of being rotten and decayed can be used as a metaphor for how evil he is as an individual. As Geoffrey Beevers remarked; this is what the Master is like without his smooth looks and charm: as he put it, "the essence of the creature.”

However, in Big Finish, thanks to Beevers himself, and the writers, Crispy gets more of a development. Despite being just ruthless because of his current situation, ‘being faced with his own mortality also gives him plenty of poetic and calm moments.’ 

The Many Explanations for his Crispy State:

Geoffrey Beevers remarked that this is what the Master is like without his smooth looks and charm: as he put it, "the essence of the creature". This seems to be a running theme with this Master. The first Crispy Master is the ugliest and cruellest of all, while the second Crispy seems to have "healed" a little and is a step back towards Delgado behaviour (how much of the "healed" appearance is intentional and how much of it is due to the limitations of Beevers' makeup compared to Pratt's mask is unknown).

There are also many more explanations of how the Master became decayed on the TARDIS Wiki. 

[jurassicshields]

Kur, Master of Decay. HE'S A JACKAL!

[marvelmaniac715]

I’ve finally watched ‘The Deadly Assassin’ and it’s so funny seeing the Doctor going on and on about “the Master is the most evil, cunning foe I’ve ever faced, he remains at large and is very much a threat”, then it cuts to the Decayed Master, good old Skeletor, and he’s hobbling around gasping for breath, wide-eyed and in desperate need of a dermatologist. The Doctor is literally being his arch-enemy’s hype man for no reason and I love it 😭.

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Three minutes later...

[skelligaladan]

And here are the three stand-alone pieces!

once again thank a lot @dontletmeeatpears31 love so much your DTIYS

[codegreen14]

I think the Master would hate being in a body without an obvious gender binary. The Doctor seems to be most comfortable in gender neutral clothes, but I think if the Master regenerated into a butch she'd be pissed and immediately try to look fem.

Matching their sex with their gender expression seems to be very important to them.

[dcartcorner]

Six Fanarts challenge, as voted on by my ko-fi patrons!

[ambershirelle]

🌿 Happy 1yr Anniversary to Zelda Tears of the Kingdom 🌿

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Do you think the different Doctors have a preference for which Master they encounter? If they had to pick one to find mid scheme which one would it be?

There's some obvious choices, but I'd like to hear what thoughts people have.

[mx-legend-of-faye]

Someone has probably done this before but oh well

*Sky holding the decayed master sword from totk*

Sky: Who broke Fi? I’m not mad, I just wanna know.

Hyrule: I did. I broke—

Sky: No, no you didn’t. Legend?

Legend: Don’t look at me. Look at Wars.

Warriors: What? I didn’t break it.

Legend: Huh. That’s weird. How’d you even know it was broken?

Warriors: Because Sky is holding it right in front of us and it’s broken.

Legend: Suspicious…

Wind: If it matters, probably not, but Four was the last one to use it.

Four: Liar! I don’t ever wield that sword!

Wind: Oh, really? Then why did I see you next to it earlier?

Four: I’m a blacksmith, I check in on our weapons’ conditions; everyone knows that Wind!

Time: Ok boys, let’s not fight. I broke it, let me figure out how to fix her, Sky.

Sky: No! Who broke her??!

Twilight: Sky… Wild’s been awfully quiet.

Wild: REALLY TWI??

Twilight: Yeah, really!

Wild: Oh Hylia! [cue the chain arguing]

Dehydrated Ganondorf: I broke it.

[midnightedengaming]

Okay, this is officially the coolest thing I own!!!

[mercerharlan]

Metcalfe Park neighborhood of Milwaukee

October 2024

Fujifilm XT 30 II

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LAST TIME LORD ON EARTH

words from paris paloma’s ‘last woman on earth’

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