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Do people who haven’t seen Classic DW understand just how absolutely insane it is? I mean it starts off pretty normal, at first it’s this chill educational family show following the adventures of a crazy old man, his sunshiny granddaughter, and a couple of school teachers, as they run away from their problems together or get kidnapped. But you can tell the writers didn’t really know where to go with it as the story progresses, so they just kept making it more and more unhinged until it’s unbelievably choatic and completely spectacular. I kid you not, it ends with furries motorcycle jousting to the death and then goes off air for 16 years. It’s glorious. Please watch classic.

the initial doctor-master relationship in classic who is SO goddamn funny like even if you don’t ship it it’s objectively hilarious that the doctor’s archenemy is literally just his pal. his friend. like the theta-koschei stuff wasn’t established yet so i’m not even talking about that i’m just talking about how the master will actively smile at the doctor who will smile back with real unguarded affection and then five minutes later the master will point a gun at the doctor who will trap the master in a burning building but they’ll both show up again half an hour later and smile at each other like nothing happened. the doctor will chuckle and pat the master on the back while the master’s in the middle of threatening him. they do this every episode. and it’s just so fucking funny

Some highlights from the Colony in Space novelisation:

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what an idiot

One of many problems with attempts to explain why the Master is evil is that it was already done all the way back in Colony in Space in 1971, and no later explanation has come close to matching that initial version in my opinion.

Colony in Space is a rather dull serial with plenty of plotting issues, but the whole thing is worthwhile for that one scene where the Master offers the Doctor joint rule of the universe and tries to get him to see his point of view. The Master’s motivations are encapsulated perfectly in lines like “one must rule or serve—that’s a basic law of life”, without any need to appeal to outside influences like drums or Death or even insanity. Colony in Space rightly portrays the Master as someone who seeks power over everyone else because they genuinely think they deserve it. It shows that the Master believes the only two choices life has to offer are to be master or servant, and they absolutely refuse to be the latter.

The ethical debate the Master has with the Doctor in this serial is far, far more compelling than any of the later attempts to explain Master’s evilness.

#And if you want to factor the Doctor into the Master's motivations this scene's got you covered too#It shows how important the Doctor's approval is to the Master as he tries to get the Doctor to side with him#even though he has the upper hand by this point and has absolutely no need of the Doctor's help#And when the Doctor refuses the Master tries to kill him#Because again he sees everything in absolutes#Either the Doctor will rule the universe at his side or he has to die#It's just such a perfect scene

“The point is that one must rule or serve. That’s a basic law of life. Why do you hesitate, Doctor?”

Doctor Who: Season 8 - Colony In Space.

“You're a genius. You're stone-cold brilliant, you are. I swear, you really are, but you could be so much more. You could be beautiful. With a mind like that--we could travel the stars. It would be my honor. 'Cause you don't need to own the universe, just see it. Have the privilege of seeing the whole of time and space, that's ownership enough.”  (EoT pt.2)

“The files of the Time Lords are very comprehensive.”

Colony in Space - season 08 - 1971