The War Master | |
Publisher: | Big Finish Productions |
Series: | The Worlds of Doctor Who |
Featuring: | The Master |
Starring: | Sir Derek Jacobi |
Director: | Scott Handcock |
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Producer: | Scott Handcock (2017–2024) Robert Valentine (2024–present) |
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]
Actor | Character | Appearances | ||||||||||
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S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | S11 | ||
Sir Derek Jacobi | The Master | colspan="11" | ||||||||||
Professor Yana | colspan="1" | |||||||||||
Mark Gatiss | Alternate-Universe Master | colspan="7" | ||||||||||
Seán Carlsen | Narvin | colspan="6" | ||||||||||
Paul McGann | The Doctor | colspan="6" | ||||||||||
David Tennant | colspan="4" | |||||||||||
Jonny Green | Cole Jarnish | colspan="4" | ||||||||||
Nicholas Briggs | The Daleks | |||||||||||
Sherlock Holmes |
Year | Category | Work(s) | Result | |||
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BBC Audio Drama Awards | 2019 | Best Actor | Derek Jacobi (Beneath the Viscoid) | [9] | ||
Scribe Awards | 2019 | Best Audio | The Master of Callous | [10] |