I am the Master and you will obey me! Or so they say. After the tragic death of Roger Delgado and a 3 year absence of the character, the Master returns to not only threaten the Doctor, but the Time Lords, Gallifrey and all of time and space. Now a desiccated corpse with sunny-side-up eggs for eyes, this Master is a mere skeleton to the Delgado Master. Even Peter Pratt's voice sounds like it's coming from behind a mask. But on a visual level, the character's appearance matches the stage at which we meet the Master, at the end of his life, fighting to survive, and deteriorating quickly.
This story also kicks open the doors of Time Lord society and the politics of Gallifrey. Previously shown as almost omnipotent god-like people, whose judgments were sacrosanct; we now are show a race of corrupt, flawed, manipulative, men who are more concerned about maintaining and preserving their image than finding out the truth. We see that the Master isn't the only Time Lord with less than perfect morals. Placing the Doctor back in his home planet surrounded by his people illustrates quite well the reasons why he left in the first place. While the Doctor never quite fit in with his UNIT family, there was a sense of companionship and comradery. Amongst his own people, he is even more of an outsider.
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