Archived Does Anyone Else Wish That Derek Jacobi Would Have Kept the Role of the Master? (DoctorWho)
submitted ago by RedStormbringer
Posted by: RedStormbringer
Posting time: 5 years ago on
Last edit time: never edited.
Archived on: 2/12/2017 1:51:00 AM
Views: 881
SCP: 9
9 upvotes, 0 downvotes (100% upvoted it)
Archived Does Anyone Else Wish That Derek Jacobi Would Have Kept the Role of the Master? (DoctorWho)
submitted ago by RedStormbringer
view the rest of the comments →
[–] didntsayeeeee 0 points 1 point 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.