“Everyone was dying to work on the Gallifrey scene. Every time we were going over budget I'd say "Well, we could always cut the Gallifrey scene" and watch them all turn white."
Russell explains: "I wanted the Master to retain the basics really - his charm, his wit, even his sexuality, which we saw as far back as The Time Monster. I wanted to stress that he's the opposite of the tenth Doctor, with his own Tardis, albeit stolen, his own companion, who's also his wife - blonde, like an evil Rose - and his own screwdriver, and even his own suit, to mirror David's. A black costume always seemed to work; he'd just look odd in beige. We took some photos of him in an ordinary suit, for Saxon's pre-election days ofr the Saxon website, and he looked so un-Masterly.
The beard was discussed at infinite length,"remembers Russell,"It was on, it was off, John wanted it, then didn't, I didn't, then did - but in the end we decided that in strpping everything down to basics, it just wasn't needed. Also I always loved the Master's power of hypnosis, and took that up a notch with Archangel. What else? Sadly, we never got in the words "I am the Master, and you will obey me" - but you can kind of assume that that was happening on a global scale."
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