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- In 2017, Jacobi reprised his role from "Utopia" in the audio drama series The War Master.
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The episode marks the return of the Master, who last appeared during the 1996 television movie Doctor Who. Derek Jacobi plays the fifth version of the Master whom the Doctor has encountered on screen, and John Simm is the sixth. [2]
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was the eleventh episode of series 3 of Doctor Who.
It notably featured the first televised re-appearance of the Master, now in an incarnation portrayed by Derek Jacobi, since 1999's The Curse of Fatal Death, and the first on-screen re-appearance of the Master after 2003's Scream of the Shalka, which also starred Derek Jacobi as another incarnation of the Master. Furthermore, it was the first regular story to feature the character since 1996's Doctor Who, and the first regular episode of the series to feature the Master since the last episode of the classic series in 1989's
The story is notable as it marked the first time the Master was seen properly regenerating on-screen, and marked the first time a Time Lord who had used up all their previous regenerations is shown having a new regeneration cycle, with the concept that a Time Lord could be given a second cycle of regenerations being introduced and offered to the Tremas Master in The Five Doctors. With the regeneration of the Master, the story features the final chronological appearance of Jacobi's incarnation of the Master, and introduces John Simm as the Saxon Master in the final moments of the episode.
As Jacobi's incarnation made his only on-screen appearance in Utopia, it wasn't known what role this particular incarnation had in the Master's life, The War Master audio series would be released ten years following this story's airing by Big Finish Productions in 2017 and featured Jacobi's incarnation of the Master as the main character, and would reveal him to have been an incarnation of the Master who was fought in the Time War, known simply as the War Master.
As Captain Jack comes into the Doctor's life again, the TARDIS is thrown to the end of the universe. As the last remnants of humanity struggle to reach "Utopia", unknown to all, the Doctor's greatest enemy is about to rise again...
The TARDIS arrives at Cardiff to refuel at the Rift. The Tenth Doctor notes in surprise that the Rift has been active, and so refuelling should only take 20 seconds. Martha asks about the earthquake that happened in Cardiff, to which the Doctor replies, "A bit of trouble with the Slitheen." A figure suddenly bolts toward the TARDIS screaming "DOCTOR!" from the distance...
The Doctor, shocked, sees Jack Harkness running towards the TARDIS on the monitor and takes off. Jack leaps onto the TARDIS as it dematerialises, and the TARDIS console sends out sparks, knocking the Doctor and Martha to the floor. The Doctor is astonished that they are accelerating towards the future, ending up at the year 100 trillion — the end of the universe. Jack holds on tightly to the TARDIS, screaming for the Doctor as they hurtle through the time vortex... Somewhere else, a humanoid face with fangs turns and announces that "humans are coming!"
In a desolate area, a human is running from the Futurekind. Within his laboratory, Professor Yana notes that there is movement on the surface: a "human hunt". His assistant, Chantho, asks if she should alert the guards. Yana tells her not to, as they can't spare them. Yana is asked for a progress report over the radio but evades it by having Chantho answer. While she speaks, he is unable to focus due to the sound of drums in his head. Chantho gains his attention to show him that the surface scanner has now detected the TARDIS. He remarks, "It would seem something new has arrived..."
The Doctor tells Martha that he doesn't know what is outside — none of the Time Lords ever came this far. Gleeful at seeing the unknown, they leave the TARDIS. Outside, they find Jack on the ground. While Martha rushes back into the TARDIS to get a medical kit, the Doctor apologises to the unconscious Jack. Martha returns and, after examining him, says that Jack is dead, but Jack then takes a deep breath and sits up, grabbing a shocked Martha by the arms. Jack immediately begins flirting with Martha, and an annoyed Doctor tells him not to.
The Doctor and Jack greet each other tersely. The Doctor playfully asks if Jack has had any surgery, which Jack scoffs "you can talk", referring to the Doctor's regeneration. Jack accuses the Doctor of abandoning him, which the Doctor shrugs off. Jack asks after Rose, having seen her on the list of the dead after the Battle of Canary Wharf. The Doctor happily tells Jack that she is safe and sound on a parallel world along with Mickey and Jackie. Jack and the Doctor embrace in relief, while Martha shows subtle bitterness and jealousy over the mention of Rose again.
As they explore the planet, Jack tells Martha of being stranded in the year 200,100 after the Doctor had left without him, much to her indignation. In response, the Doctor coolly claims that he had been "busy". Jack shows Martha his vortex manipulator — which an unimpressed Doctor considers a space-hopper in comparison to his "sports car" TARDIS — and explains that he had used the manipulator to try to get back to the 21st century, but ended up in 1869 and had to live through the following decades, basing himself at the Rift until his life coincided with one of the Doctor's incarnations that would know who he was. Martha asks if the Doctor just gets bored of his companions and dumps them. Jack says, "Not if you're blonde", to which Martha displays sarcastic surprise at the fact Rose was blonde, causing the Doctor to become irritated at their complaining and scold them for their callous, hypocritical blogging.
•The Doctor - David Tennant
•Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman
•Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
•Professor Yana/The Master - Derek Jacobi
•Chantho - Chipo Chung
•Padra - Rene Zagger
Individuals
•Rose Tyler is mentioned, including reference to the Battle of Canary Wharf and that she lives now in a parallel world with Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler. •Yana asks how the Doctor could be a hermit with friends. •Chantho became Yana's assistant 17 years ago.
Timeline
•The Doctor lists the years 1,000,000,000, 5,000,000,000, 5,000,000,000,000, and 50,000,000,000,000 as the TARDIS accelerates into the far future until it finally settles at the end of the universe.
Time Lords
•Yana is an acronym of the Face of Boe's last words "You Are Not Alone." •The Time Lords never travelled far enough to see the End of the Universe.
•This episode is part of a continuous arc that begins in the Torchwood episode Captain Jack Harkness, develops in the Torchwood episode End of Days, switches over to Doctor Who in this one, continues in The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords and Time Crash, before ending in Voyage of the Damned.
•This episode marks the start of the first three-part story since Survival, which also featured the Master. In terms of actual screen time, it is actually more the equivalent of an old-style six-part episode, making this the first story of that sort since The Two Doctors, which was also a three-part story consiting of 45-minute episodes. Additionally, while there are multiple other stories that could be and sometimes are considered as three-parters in the revived series, the story starting here is the only one generally numbered as such by official sources.
•This episode was not originally promoted as being connected to the finale two-parter.
•This episode shows flashbacks from The Parting of the Ways, The Christmas Invasion, Gridlock, and Human Nature.
•Each sentence heard from the watch were spoken by Derek Jacobi and Roger Delgado respectively, the latter taken from an audio clip from classic series episode The Dæmons, wherein the Master is bargaining with Azal and utters the line “Destroy Him! And you will give your power to me!”. The chuckle is Anthony Ainley's trademark laugh from his classic series appearances, though it is not (currently) known which specific episode the audio clip is taken from. Delgado and Ainley (both now deceased) portrayed the Master. Eric Roberts gave permission to use audio of him as the Master from the Doctor Who TV movie, but Fox refused permission, so the clip was cut.
•Graeme Harper's penchant for including a distorted image of a main character is present in this story. Though not included in every single story he's directed for BBC Wales, it's seen often enough to be considered something of a directorial "signature". Similar distortion is achieved through the use of other magnifying glasses in The Unicorn and the Wasp and Army of Ghosts, a curved window in Journey's End, and with mirrors in Turn Left. This time, it's the Master that's under the magnifying glass.
•When Martha asks about the Cardiff Earthquake, the Doctor claims that he "had a little trouble with the Slitheen." Additionally, he claims he was a "different man" back then. (TV: Boom Town, PROSE: Cardiff Earthquake)
•Jack isn't fazed by the idea of regeneration, having previously met the Sixth Doctor. (AUDIO: Piece of Mind)
•Jack scoffs at the Doctor for asking if he's had any cosmetic work done, referring to the Doctor having regenerated since he last saw him. (TV: The Parting of the Ways) Cassandra made a similar remark when she saw the Tenth Doctor, (TV: New Earth) believing the Ninth Doctor underwent plastic surgery since their last encounter. (TV: The End of the World)
•Jack recalls how Rose Tyler’s name is on the list of the dead for the Battle of Canary Wharf but the Doctor corrects him that she is really alive on a parallel world. (TV: Doomsday [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006).)
•Jack refers to the human race as "fantastic", to the delight of the Doctor. (TV: Rose - The Christmas Invasion)
•Jack refers to himself as “the man that can never die”, citing his numerous deaths, particularly the deaths and near instant resurrections displayed in TV: The Parting of the Ways [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., Everything Changes [+]Russell T Davies, Torchwood series 1 (BBC Three, 2006). and End of Days [+]Chris Chibnall, Torchwood series 1 (BBC Three, 2007).. Furthermore, he is able to stay alive in the radiation chamber without even dying at all, something he has occasionally demonstrated, like in TV: Out of Time [+]Catherine Tregenna, Torchwood series 1 (BBC Three, 2006)..
•This story was released along with The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords on the Series 3 Volume 4 DVD.
•It was also released as part of the series 3 box set.
Sep 21, 2007 · Utopia: Directed by Graeme Harper. With David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, John Barrowman, Derek Jacobi. Soon after bumping into old friend Jack Harkness, Martha and The Doctor head off to Malcassairo, a distant planet where an old professor will do anything he can to keep his people alive...
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- Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Graeme Harper
- 2007-09-21
Oct 6, 2016 · Derek Jacobi (Professor Yana) was no stranger to Doctor Who, having already played a screenwriter called Martin Bannister who has reason to associate himself strongly with the Doctor in "Deadline," a Big Finish audio drama from 2003. Shortly afterwards he played a robot incarnation of the Master, in the BBC webcast "Scream of the Shalka."
Jun 13, 2017 · Following his first unforgettable performance in the 2007 Doctor Who episode, Utopia, crafting an iconic role that thrilled viewers ten years ago, Sir Derek is once again taking on the mantle of the Master. His return will bring joy to fans, but disaster for the Doctor Who universe!
Sir Derek Jacobi, CBE (born 22 October 1938 [1]) voiced an alternative Master in the animated webcast Scream of the Shalka before returning as a version of the Master (billed as "Professor Yana") in the televised Doctor Who episode Utopia.
The episode marks the return of the Master, who last appeared during the 1996 television movie Doctor Who. Derek Jacobi plays the fifth version of the Master whom the Doctor has encountered on screen, and John Simm is the sixth.
