The Master

The Master is a character from BBC's Doctor Who. The Master is the only other known Time Lord (other than the Doctor) who is alive. He is mentally unstable, a result of staring into the Time Vortex for too long when he was a child. He hears the 'beating of the drums' in his ears, a four pounding beat, before it pauses and repeats. What he's really hearing is the heartbeat of a Time Lord, probably his own. He has been played by many, many people, such as Roger Delgado, Peter Pratt, Geoffery Beevers, Anthony Ainley, Eric Roberts, and Derek Jacobi. However, the Master (as featured in this fanfiction) is played by John Simm, and Michelle Gomez.