| The War Master | |
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| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | The Worlds of Doctor Who |
| Featuring | The Master |
| Written by | various |
| Directed by | Scott Handcock |
| Produced by |
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| Executive producer(s) |
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| Starring | Sir Derek Jacobi |
| Music |
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| Release date | December 2017 |
The War Master, announced in June 2017, is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the TV show Doctor Who . It sees the return of Sir Derek Jacobi as the Master, a role he previously portrayed in the TV story "Utopia". The first volume consists of a four-CD box set; it was released in December 2017. [1] In July 2018, a further 3 series were confirmed for release between December 2018 – December 2019. [2] [3]
In January 2019, Paul McGann was confirmed as an appearance within the third series, Rage of the Time Lords, as the Eighth Doctor alongside Jacobi. [4] [5] [6] Seán Carlsen reprised his role as Narvin from the Gallifrey series alongside Pippa Bennett-Warner and Nicholas Briggs as Livia and the Daleks.
The series was created by Scott Handcock, who is the producer of the range as well as director and script-editor for sets released between 2017 and 2024. It was announced that he will be succeeded by Robert Valentine, after Handcock became a script editor for future series of Doctor Who on screen. [7] [8]
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in at least one season.
| Actor | Character | Appearances | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | S11 | ||
| Sir Derek Jacobi | The Master | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Professor Yana | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Mark Gatiss | Alternate-Universe Master | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Seán Carlsen | Narvin | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Paul McGann | The Doctor | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| David Tennant | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Jonny Green | Cole Jarnish | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Nicholas Briggs | The Daleks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Sherlock Holmes | ✓ | |||||||||||
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Beneath the Viscoid" | Scott Handcock | Nicholas Briggs | Daleks | December 2017 |
| 2 | "The Good Master" | Janine H Jones | Cole Jarnish, Daleks | ||
| 3 | "The Sky Man" | James Goss | Cole Jarnish | ||
| 4 | "The Heavenly Paradigm" | Guy Adams | Cole Jarnish | ||
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Call for the Dead" | Scott Handcock | James Goss | Ood,Martine King,Cassandra King | December 2018 |
| 2 | "The Glittering Prize" | James Goss | Ood,Martine King,Cassandra King | ||
| 3 | "The Persistence of Dreams" | Guy Adams | Ood,Martine King,Cassandra King | ||
| 4 | "Sins of the Father" | Guy Adams | Ood,Narvin,Cassandra King | ||
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Survivor" | Scott Handcock | Tim Foley | Alice Pritchard | July 2019 |
| 2 | "The Coney Island Chameleon" | David Llewellyn | Giuseppe Sabatini | ||
| 3 | "The Missing Link" | Tim Foley | Eighth Doctor,Alice Pritchard | ||
| 4 | "Darkness and Light" | David Llewellyn | Eighth Doctor | ||
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "From the Flames" | Scott Handcock | Nicholas Briggs | Narvin,Livia | December 2019 |
| 2 | "The Master's Dalek Plan" | Alan Barnes | Narvin,Livia,Daleks | ||
| 3 | "Shockwave" | Alan Barnes | Narvin,Livia,Daleks,The Master (Unbound) | ||
| 4 | "He Who Wins" | Nicholas Briggs | Narvin,Livia,Daleks,The Master (Unbound) | ||
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Edge of Redemption" [9] | Scott Handcock | David Llewellyn | Narvin | October 2020 |
| 2 | "The Scaramancer" [9] | Lisa McMullin | – | ||
| 3 | "The Castle of Kurnos 5" [9] | David Llewellyn | Eighth Doctor | ||
| 4 | "The Cognition Shift" [9] | Lisa McMullin | Eighth Doctor | ||
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Sincerest Form of Flattery" | Scott Handcock | James Goss | – | August 2021 |
| 2 | "A Quiet Night In" | Lou Morgan | Jo Jones | ||
| 3 | "The Orphan" | Lou Morgan | Nyssa | ||
| 4 | "Unfinished Business" | James Goss | – | ||
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Forest of Penitence" [10] | Scott Handcock | Lou Morgan | – | June 2022 |
| 2 | "The Players" [10] | Una McCormack | – | ||
| 3 | "Boundaries" [10] | Lizbeth Myles | Cole Jarnish | ||
| 4 | "The Last Line" [10] | Lizzie Hopley | Tenth Doctor | ||
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Wrath of Medusa" [11] | Scott Handcock | Rochana Patel | Daleks,Medusa,Perseus,Hecate | December 2022 |
| 2 | "The Shadow Master" [11] | Lizzie Hopley | The Shadow | ||
| 3 | "The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor" [11] | Alfie Shaw | Sherlock Holmes,Dr. Watson | ||
| 4 | "The Master of Dorian Gray" [11] | David Llewellyn | Dorian Gray | ||
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | "The Walls of Absence" | Scott Handcock | James Goss | – | June 2023 |
| 3 | "The Long Despair" | Tim Foley | |||
| 4 | "The Life and Loves of Mr Alexander Bennett" | Alfie Shaw | |||
| N/A | "The Kicker" | Trevor Baxendale | |||
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Runtime" | Scott Handcock | Tim Foley | Daleks | December 2023 |
| 2 | "Manhunt" | Rochana Patel | N/A | ||
| 3 | "The Sublime Porte" | James Goss | Bilis Manger | ||
| 4 | "Alone" | Scott Handcock | Professor Yana | ||
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "His Close Companions" | Scott Handcock | Jonathan Barnes | TBA | November 2024 |
| 2 | "The Foxglove Cylinders" | James Goss | |||
| 3 | "The Sitter" | Lizzie Hopley | |||
| 4 | "Signal and I’ll Come to You" | Tim Foley | |||
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | TBD | TBD | TBA | October 2025 [12] |
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | TBD | TBD | TBA | October 2026 [12] |
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Work(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| BBC Audio Drama Awards | 2019 | Best Actor | Derek Jacobi (Beneath the Viscoid) | Shortlisted | [13] |
| Scribe Awards | 2019 | Best Audio | The Master of Callous | Nominated | [14] |