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[–] didntsayeeeee 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I liked John Simm, at least in his first story. The "gas mask" scene was pretty fricking good. And he was a good foil to David Tennant, being a similar age, general look, et cetera.

The Master should certainly be an over-the-top scene-chewing villain, but should also be playful and funny, otherwise it just gets a bit drab.

Derek Jacobi was great as The Master but he only got, like, thirty seconds of actually playing him, and he just went for pure scenery-munching evil. Not sure he could have maintained the character on that same level for more than a few lines.