Master Of The Universe

Sacha Dhawan talks about returning to the role of the Doctor's arch-enemy

- STEVE O'BRIEN

AS MANY DOCTOR WHO ACTORS HAVE found over the years, even when you're done with the TV series, it doesn't mean your character's over for you. So it is with Sacha Dhawan, the latest television Master, whose last appearance was in the Thirteenth Doctor's farewell extravaganza “The Power Of The Doctor”. But for Dhawan - who popped up in five episodes of Jodie Whittaker's run - there was a nagging sense of unfinished business, that there was more to mine from this most manic incarnation of the Doctor's arch-nemesis.

“The great thing about the Master is there's still so much to cover,” the actor tells Red Alert about his return to the role for audio producers Big Finish. “Even as I left the TV version, I was like, there's still more for me to do, to present a different side to the Master, to keep the audience on their toes - and these Big Finish episodes certainly do that.”

MASTER CLASS

Dhawan makes his long-awaited return in Call Me Master, a three-story release written by Robert Valentine, Georgia Cook and Una McCormack that finally puts his version of the character front and centre. So what can we expect from these new Doctor-less Master adventures?