Following his regeneration into Missy, she was then killed by her previous incarnation as punishment for siding with the Doctor.Īs the precedent has previously been set, if it suits the Time Lord's, or even the Doctor's interests, then the Master will be resurrected again, mainly because he/she is a great villain. However, in the 2 part Christmas special "The End of Time", he returns using a potion of life, created by his followers.Īt some point after this, it would seem that his "condition" following using the potion of life was cured, stabilising his body. John Simm's Master died after being shot by his wife at the end of "Last of the Time Lords", and refusing to regenerate. He was later resurrected to fight in the Time War, but, to put not too fine a point on it, he freaked out and legged it to the end of the universe, and hid using a chameleon arch. In the TV movie, he fell into the Eye of Harmony, after opening it to steal the Doctor's body.
The Master has "died" properly three times: However, it wouldn't be the first time, and I doubt it will be the last. The Master him (her)self also comes back in the season 8 finale, "Dark Water/Death in Heaven"Ĭurrently (and I stress the word "currently") Yes, the master is dead. UPDATE: Just a bit of an update on this: the episode that gives them a way back is "The Time of the Doctor", which is Matt Smith's last episode. Until another episode gives them a way back, that is. The Time Lord's actions on that episode almost brought them all back from the dead, but didn't. They all died at the end of the Time War. which would potentially change the Doctor's past.ĮDIT: Now that I have watched through the end of Tennant's run, I can safely say: The Master is dead and so are all the others, including the planet of Gallifrey. That said, unless this has done something to prevent the Doctor from travelling in time, he could always run into a past version of the Master, interact with him, and potentially change the Master's future. Unfortunately, I haven't seen all the new series (I didn't see the end of Tennant's run) so I can't comment on the Temporal Loop. The Master is alive near the very end of the universe, and I'm sure he visited the very start of the universe (or close to it) at some point.Įven if his last incarnation is deceased, and he will make no further actions, his past incarnations still exist at every point in time they visited. How do you determine 'still' in a universe where so much time travel happens? Thus the potential life of the character is still long, and he's such a popular villain that if they were going to kill him off permanently, viewers would know about it.Įdit: In the wake of Twelfth Doctor's Season 8 finale, this answer is now out of date, but I will leave it as-is. However in the new 2005 series, it was stated that during the Time War, the Time Lords brought the Master back, essentially giving him a new cycle of regenerations (although this is not explained in detail). In the 1996 movie you reference, he did appear to die at the end. With the Master, after Roger Delgado (the actor who played him originally) died, the writers introduced plot-lines basically saying that the Master was at the end of his 13th and final life, and was constantly seeking ways to continue his life. In the "Whoniverse" it's safe to assume that even if you see someone die, he can come back again especially a popular recurring villain like the master. I believe this was deliberately ambiguous, to allow future writers to bring back the character without too much retconning.
The master did simply disappear with no explanation.
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