Delgado!Master is THE Master. (I'd seen all the others before I saw RD playing the Master - and I instantly thought what a crying shame it was he'd died too young...)
And though I don't normally, I confess to shipping Delgado!Master/Three just a teeny tiny bit because OMG! Their chemistry is SO hot in 'The Sea Devils'!! *giggles*
(I wish Liz had got to meet him - I'm just imagining how MUCH sarcasm she'd have used on him!)
Heh, it is a bit hard not to at least ship it one-sided from the Master's POV if nothing else... but what else explains those Rubbish Plots when he is clearly so awesome and suave and debonnair and... okay, evil, but never mind... :lol:
Yes, a fic involving Three and the Master would be rather fun.
Delgado's Master is awesome, the definitive Master - and a much more complex character than the panto villain Anthony Ainley's was, entertaining though he could be.
Isn't it funny how we can become so irrationally attached to certain characters, for no apparent reason. My biggest irrational attachment in Classic Who is Harry - another actor who died tragically too soon.
Oh aye, nothing irrational about being attached to Harry, who is adorable. What I meant was that sometimes we can get tremendously attached to certain characters in a way that far outweighs the actual importance of those character to their show, that's the irrational part. But getting attached to relatively minor characters and then mourning their minorness has always been my thing!
sometimes we can get tremendously attached to certain characters in a way that far outweighs the actual importance of those character to their show
:lol: Oh, yes. Indeed. I was just talking to somebody else on my flist about that the other day. Those one-off characters from DW serials are a particular thing for us Classic Who fans...
(And, it's okay. Like Harriet Jones, I Know Who You Are, either way. ;-D)
Agreed completely (well, maybe not the gazing adoringly bit); the charm and presence (for me, Delgado is the undoubted star of the Who stories he appears in, although I'm sure Pertwee would have begged to differ! ;D) and subtle humour he brings to what could have been a pretty thankless hammy villain sort of role make his Master the benchmark, and as you say an extremely likeable character despite all the planet-destroying and mass murder and other minor misdeeds.
And you're up to number six out of a hundred already? Blimey. I'm still sort of writing and discarding and rewriting number one (my first couple of attempts were a bit rubbish, tbh).
:lol: Actually, you're completely right! This is no. 5; I was prepared the next entry along with it and got confused. But, aw, well, you know, it's only your LJ. You can waffle on it, or just say "I like X." You're allowed. Maybe you should stop being too perfectionist and just post something this time? ;-)
And, yes. And I don't know what it is with the gazing adoringly thing. Not something I do as a rule, much as I may like looking at pictures of some people. But Roger Delgado... He is great. It's one of those rare things that most DW fans can agree on, like liking the Brigadier!
Oh, Roger Delgado. I love that Master, and love that he wasn't just a villain. Yes, he mostly was, but perhaps more of a trickster, doing it for twisted fun, always to get the Doctor's attention. (There's a moment in "Time Monster" where he actually shows a moment of concern for Jo, and though he gets over it quickly, it was there.)
Delgado (and Pertwee, too, for that matter) had a remarkable face -- it's funny that when I was a fan early on and hadn't seen the Third Doctor or Delgado's Master yet, I saw photos of them and decided that they looked great and I already loved them and couldn't wait to see their stories. :-)
It's too sad how Delgado died; it was too early and so unnecessary, and it hurt everyone who worked with him so much. It was sad to watch John Levene talking about it years later and still getting tearful, and his mentioning how Pertwee had to go off by himself and howl a bit.
I can easily understand gazing adoringly at him. I may have done this myself on occasion. *grin*
A fine, fine pick. As uncounted others have noted before, Delgado was THE Master, the genuine article, you might say. He had such a magnificent way of presenting himself and it never seemed fair that such an evil chappie could have such lovely eyes.
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And though I don't normally, I confess to shipping Delgado!Master/Three just a teeny tiny bit because OMG! Their chemistry is SO hot in 'The Sea Devils'!! *giggles*
(I wish Liz had got to meet him - I'm just imagining how MUCH sarcasm she'd have used on him!)
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Heh, it is a bit hard not to at least ship it one-sided from the Master's POV if nothing else... but what else explains those Rubbish Plots when he is clearly so awesome and suave and debonnair and... okay, evil, but never mind... :lol:
Yes, a fic involving Three and the Master would be rather fun.
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I think you mean the Master and Liz fic, don't you? (There's a Short Trip story in which they meet...)
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*head!desk* Yes! I knew I was too tired to answer comments last night, but I did anyway.
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Isn't it funny how we can become so irrationally attached to certain characters, for no apparent reason. My biggest irrational attachment in Classic Who is Harry - another actor who died tragically too soon.
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:lol: Oh, yes. Indeed. I was just talking to somebody else on my flist about that the other day. Those one-off characters from DW serials are a particular thing for us Classic Who fans...
(And, it's okay. Like Harriet Jones, I Know Who You Are, either way. ;-D)
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And you're up to number six out of a hundred already? Blimey. I'm still sort of writing and discarding and rewriting number one (my first couple of attempts were a bit rubbish, tbh).
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And, yes. And I don't know what it is with the gazing adoringly thing. Not something I do as a rule, much as I may like looking at pictures of some people. But Roger Delgado... He is great. It's one of those rare things that most DW fans can agree on, like liking the Brigadier!
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Delgado (and Pertwee, too, for that matter) had a remarkable face -- it's funny that when I was a fan early on and hadn't seen the Third Doctor or Delgado's Master yet, I saw photos of them and decided that they looked great and I already loved them and couldn't wait to see their stories. :-)
It's too sad how Delgado died; it was too early and so unnecessary, and it hurt everyone who worked with him so much. It was sad to watch John Levene talking about it years later and still getting tearful, and his mentioning how Pertwee had to go off by himself and howl a bit.
I can easily understand gazing adoringly at him. I may have done this myself on occasion. *grin*
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(Um. There may be some logic in our thinking between us there, but I don't know...!)
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