Third Doctor and the Master
Multiple encounters between the Third Doctor and the Master ranging from schemes involving Lunar penal colonies to Time Lord conflicts, often entangling Jo Grant or other allies. The recurring antagonism centers on the Master's manipulations and the Doctor's attempts to thwart them.
Arc Timeline
Season 9
23 eventsSergeant Benton receives a telephone call from Dr. Percival claiming to be acting on the Brigadier’s orders to recall him from the lab. The unexpected demand immediately raises Benton’s suspicions …
With Benton temporarily lured away and out of earshot, the Master pivots to his next pawn within the Newton Institute. Dr. Percival, already under subtle influence, voices his astonishment as …
The Master unveils his ruthless design to Krasis, a high priest burdened by sacred duty. By claiming authority over Kronos and dangling the perverse reward of universal mastery, he twists …
The Master turns to the Atlantean crystal to force Kronos into servitude, ignoring Krasis’ warnings that the entity rules time itself. When Kronos manifests—cloaked in white and capable of instantaneous …
The Doctor’s crude time-controlling device collapses into failure, a momentary distraction from the true threat unfolding elsewhere. As he grapples with his ineffectual invention, the Master remains absorbed in dismantling …
The Master’s plan reaches its crux as his contempt for Yates’ tactics becomes visible. While Krasis voices concern over the machine’s purpose—drawing only mockery—the Captain’s failed counterattack with a grenade …
The Master surveys the wreckage of the TARDIS with cold satisfaction, terminating the TOM-TIT device that enabled Krasis’s temporal sabotage. His boast reveals his pleasure in destruction and proves his …
The Master brings Krasis into the TARDIS to initiate the final phase of his scheme. Using the crystal module from the Newton Institute lab, he prepares to travel to Atlantis …
The TARDIS continues to shudder as the Doctor attempts to stabilize the ship while chasing the Master toward Atlantis. Jo’s pain from a previous injury becomes a minor distraction as …
Trapped inside the Master’s corrupted TARDIS, the Third Doctor and his nemesis engage in a battle of wits through the scanner scanlink. The Master reveals his time lock on the …
Trapped within the claustrophobic confines of the Master’s TARDIS, the Doctor makes a last-ditch effort to reason with his oldest foe, depicting the unleashing of Kronos as an act that …
The Master completes his centuries-old obsession by summoning Kronos, the ancient temporal entity, through the crystal amplifier. As the white figure erupts from dimensional rift, the Doctor warns of universal …
The Master and Krasis refine the landing strategy for their TARDIS, with the Master insisting on a dramatic entrance smack in the middle of the Atlantean temple. The Master’s insistence …
King Dalios meets the Master, who arrives claiming divine authority over Kronos and attempts to hypnotize the Atlantean monarch into submission through mesmeric assertions. Instead of succumbing, Dalios dismantles the …
Dalios seizes the first opportunity to separate the Doctor and Jo, disguising his intrusion into their fragile alliance as royal etiquette. He assigns Hippias to escort Jo to Queen Galleia …
Dalios fractures the Doctor and Jo’s alliance by tasking Hippias with escorting Jo to Queen Galleia while he detains the Doctor for private discussion. Sensing Hippias’ role as a threat …
Galleia exploits the Master’s offer of a volunteer to take a direct hand in the retrieval of the crystal of Kronos, selecting Hippias as the expendable pawn. Her cold calculus …
The Master publicly declares himself King of Atlantis while revealing King Dalios remains imprisoned but alive. The Doctor presses for Dalios’ fate as Galleia enters, disrupting the Master’s claim to …
Jo’s confirmation of King Dalios’s death shatters the brittle alliance between Lady Galleia and the Master. Beneath the coronation’s hollow pageantry, Galleia discovers the sacred pact shielding his rule was …
The Master activates the crystal, summoning Kronos—a ravenous force of cosmic destruction—that descends upon Atlantis Plaza in a cataclysmic display of power. The ancient deity reduces the plaza to ruins …
As Kronos rises in cataclysmic ruin above Atlantis Plaza the Doctor realizes the Master cannot control the deity and pleads futilely for the moment to be stopped. The renegade Time …
After the Doctor initiates a time ram that locks both TARDISes together, the Master jockeys for position with threats and bluffs. Jo urges the Doctor to push the control past …
The Doctor traps the Master by activating the time ram mechanism, forcing both TARDISes to share the same temporal space. As the Master’s TARDIS nears collapse, the Doctor offers him …