Talk:The Master (Doctor Who)
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Laser Screwdriver x 2
[edit]Why are there two entries for the laser screwdriver. The first dosent have as much detail so the second should be kept.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.72.210 (talk • contribs) 12:32, 24 June 2007
"Too long" templates
[edit]I have a few ideas of how the "too long" templates could be handled.
I think the easiest way would be to spin off the "history" section into its own article. This would also mean that it could be split up either by Doctor/Season or by media type
Otherwise one small way would be to remove the non-Master actors names from that section. I know that this is the MOS for plot summaries for movies etc. Contrawwftw (talk) 11:28, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
New section for all the actors?
[edit]Should there be a section e.g. a table, that lists all the actors chronologically for all the media types? Contrawwftw (talk) 11:29, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
- Hiya. It's been a few days since your last edit. I've restored a few things to the status quo. Feel free to continue your restructuring of this page when you get the chance. DonQuixote (talk) 11:42, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
"The Master"
[edit]The page for The Doctor names him "the Doctor", capitalising only the latter word across the page. Yet "The Master" page capitalises the "The" throughout the page. Is there a good reason for this discrepancy? ButterCashier (talk) 07:53, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
- Articles (the, a, an) should not be capitalised unless they begin a sentence. This is the general rule for written English. – Dyolf87 (talk) 10:05, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
- the Doctor is often referred to as 'Doctor', and not 'The Doctor', and it is mentioned that they chose the name 'Doctor' when they left Gallifrey. The Master on the other hand is only referred to as Master once or twice, at least in the reboot. This is almost certainly because he appears far less frequently, and thus is almost always third person. While in the pursuit of consistency, we should either keep the article on both, or drop it, The Master is far better known by his articled name. Sebimus (talk) 16:04, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
Comic strips
[edit]I'll tackle this later to better organise the 20th century part. One key point - "Magnus" in Flashback in the 1992 DWM Winter Special is a mess. It seems that at the time he was intended to be a young Master but drawn as a young War Chief and this was unclear to fans at the time - a letter printed asked explicitly and got no answer. There's also the great fan debate about whether the War Chief was an earlier Master though at the time the New Adventures (which the DWM strip was then explicitly tying into) confirmed the War Chief as a separate character. Some of the mid year New & Missing Adventures (including ones written by Gary Russell who wrote Flashback) mentioned "Magnus" with hints this was the Master's name but then The Dark Path established his name as "Koschei" and subsequent now BBC books (again including ones by Russell) instead established Koschei and Magnus as separate characters with the latter being the War Chief. Timrollpickering (talk) 09:28, 26 March 2026 (UTC)
- What do RS say? Slatersteven (talk) 10:35, 26 March 2026 (UTC)