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best_enemiesSome thoughts on 'The Mind of Evil' and a Slight mention of 'Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords' for spoiler concious folks out there who might not have seen the episodes (yeah, but you never know. It might happen!)
I've never come across this version of the Master before and he's rather interesting. I forget how much I like the Master when he’s, you know, slightly sane. Welll in a Master understanding of the word. I’ve always been more interested in his actually insanity than the manic one Simm!Master has. Saying that though I adored Simm!Master, because I love how he echoes the tenth Doctor so well. Which I think, getting back to the episode at hand, I get the impression is the same with these guys too
My absolute favourite thing though? The revelation of what exactly the Masters greatest fear is - a god-like Doctor lording it over him and laughing! - which completely made the episode for me. I have a slight increased respect for the finale because of that. I laughed SO hard when that was revealed. It also says something VERY interesting about the Master. Namely that his fear is not so much the Doctor being more powerful than him, but the Doctor thinking of him as insignificant, laughing at him. I think that’s such a wonderful piece of characterisation. The Master is so so concerned with the Doctor that the idea the Doctor thinking of him as insignificant is utterly horrifying.
So, Where do I go from here? (This is the right place to ask that I think XD). I’ve seen all of the fifth Doctor episodes and all the new series episodes + the movie oh and Scream of the Shalka which I adored.
Okay, so. I've just finished 'The Mind of Evil' and am left with one overwhelming impression:
I've never come across this version of the Master before and he's rather interesting. I forget how much I like the Master when he’s, you know, slightly sane. Welll in a Master understanding of the word. I’ve always been more interested in his actually insanity than the manic one Simm!Master has. Saying that though I adored Simm!Master, because I love how he echoes the tenth Doctor so well. Which I think, getting back to the episode at hand, I get the impression is the same with these guys too
My absolute favourite thing though? The revelation of what exactly the Masters greatest fear is - a god-like Doctor lording it over him and laughing! - which completely made the episode for me. I have a slight increased respect for the finale because of that. I laughed SO hard when that was revealed. It also says something VERY interesting about the Master. Namely that his fear is not so much the Doctor being more powerful than him, but the Doctor thinking of him as insignificant, laughing at him. I think that’s such a wonderful piece of characterisation. The Master is so so concerned with the Doctor that the idea the Doctor thinking of him as insignificant is utterly horrifying.
So, Where do I go from here? (This is the right place to ask that I think XD). I’ve seen all of the fifth Doctor episodes and all the new series episodes + the movie oh and Scream of the Shalka which I adored.
