The War Master - An Attempted Timeline

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I love the War Master range so much. And yet, I’ve never seen anyone hypothesise a timeline for this incarnation. Then again, the Master’s timeline is a very complicated thing to begin with.

So here, with the many boxsets I’ve listened to and wiki pages read, I’ve attempted to create a chronological timeline of the enigmatic War Master.

Please be aware, I haven’t listened to everything featuring the War Master (though that’s a goal) and there is a massive table in the middle with everything I have trouble placing. There are several stories that do explicitly lead into each other, so I’ve done my best to give appropriate context. This document is also spoiler free. Mostly.

You’re also more than welcome to leave comments if you have your own input/headcanon.
There’s also a MIRO link if you want pictures

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Ooh, love this!

I can give a bit of help, but it’ll create massive spoilers for Whistle and I’ll Come to You, from the latest boxset.

Spoilers under cut:

Summary

The Master telling the stories in Future Phantoms is revealed to actually be the Master’s TARDIS, after being abandoned on Earth during the events of The Heavenly Paradigm. So all the stories from that boxset take place after boxset 1!

This creates additional complications as it’s unclear when the Master actually took part in the stories his TARDIS narrates (they’re implied to be true stories, and Derek Jacobi plays a role in all of them as the Master in disguise). So this doesn’t help much, but it’s pretty fun!

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