DD>> Why couldn't the Master re-up as did the various iterations of
DD>> the Doctor. I'll bet that if they need the Master as a plot
DD>> device he will be found to have been metamorphed and living a
DD>> hermit's life on Gallifrey.

BK>> If they're smart they'll just come up with a new villain.
BK>> Recycling old ones is a sign of a lack of imagination.

 BL>  The Dr Who format really is quite clever... any
 BL>  impossiblity is possible, and so far as I know, they never
 BL>  really got into the time-travel paradox. I rather liked
 BL>  the master (loved his beard), but like Satan himself he
 BL>  was mostly talk and when it came to the hard yards he
 BL>  simply went away.

 That's the villain's advantage. He can always walk away from it,
 the hero can't.

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