Doctor Who
Doctor Whogave lover a massive former clue that Harold Saxon ’s true personal identity was The Master . When the BBC revivedDoctor Whoin 2005 , it was only a matter of time until a raw translation ofThe Masterwas put in . That second amount inDoctor Whoseason 3 ’s " Utopia , " when the kind and unassuming Professor Yana was revealed to be The Master under the influence of a chameleon arch . Derek Jacobi pronto regenerate into John Simm , who rose to become Prime Minister of Great Britain and turned the Tenth Doctor into Dobby the House Elf . He even institute time for a cringe - suitable song and dance number .
The Doctor wins out in the end , of course , but the reveal of John Simm as The Master remain one of modernDoctor Who ’s best surprises . Although the Yana revelation did indeed shock viewers , The Master ’s arriver had really been teased for the entire time of year . As with " Bad Wolf " and " Torchwood " antecedently , Doctor Whoseason 3 was litter with references to " Mister Saxon " and " Vote Saxon . " Campaign notice are seeable in the scope of prospect set on mod solar day Earth , and Saxon is alluded to by name in " The Lazarus Experiment , " " The Runaway Bride " and several other episodes .
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viewer with an phylogenetic relation for wordplay might ’ve been able to influence out Saxon was secretly The Master from these subtle clew alone . " Mister Saxon " is an anagram of " Master No . Six . " Indeed , Simm is the sixth variant of the classicDoctor Whovillain after Roger Delgado , the disfigured Master , Anthony Ainley , Eric Roberts and Jacobi . calculate out the anagram also could ’ve tippytoe fans off thatanothercharacter would be introduced as the fifth Master before regenerate into his Saxon guise .
It all seems so obvious reckon back , especially when immix with the Face of Boe ’s ominous admonition that The Doctor was n’t the only Gallifreyan to survive the Time War . Russell T. Davies even had history in terms of cover major plot pull within anagrams . InDoctor Who ’s 2nd season , the Tenth Doctor and Rose keep coming across the word " Torchwood , " which finally conduct them to the villainous company who made the stupendous error of get theDaleksandthe Cybermen to Earth at the same time . " Torchwood " is an anagram of " Doctor Who " and while this is n’t as informative as " Master No . Six , " it does say fan to be on the lookout station for mysterious anagrams .
For many , season - foresightful mysteries like Saxon and Torchwood are distant and fond memories , asDoctor Whowould soon get to distribute its big mysteries over multiple time of year . The " silence will fall down " storyline dominated the Eleventh Doctor ’s tenure , but the phrase’struemeaning was n’t give away until Matt Smith ’s farewell episode . Likewise , the Timeless Child was taunt in Jodie Whittaker ’s secondDoctor Whoadventure , but not fully explained until the conclusion of the following season . The fact that Saxon and Torchwood are still popular matter of give-and-take suggests Humphrey Davy ' original format might ’ve been more in force .
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