Doctor Who: 12 Greatest Master Moments Of All Time
11. I've Brought Some Old Friends Along To Meet You
Delgado’s tragic death brought a premature end to his run as
the Master. The producer had planned for a final showdown between the villain
and the Doctor, but instead, in his final scenes, the Master gives way to an
even more powerful foe, with the surprise revelation that he’d formed an unholy
alliance with the Daleks.
At first it appears that he has achieved the ultimate coupe, with the Daleks being wheeled out as if they are working for him. But we quickly find out who the real masters are when he is forced to beg them not to exterminate the Doctor.
It’s not the first nor last time that the Master has saved the Doctor’s life, and his desire to see the Doctor live on to witness the destruction of the Earth and everything he holds dear is hardly an act of kindness. But at the end of the day, the Master’s whole existence is governed by his obsessive rivalry with the Doctor, and he knows that he simply cannot live without him.
“A cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about.” (The Five Doctors).