r/DoctorWhoTheories • u/Twycross888 • Jul 06 '17

The Master's regenerations

I'm curious, if John Simm is the second regeneration of the master's new regeneration cycle, do you think that Missy is the third or do you think that there might have been more in between?

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '17

I think it was pretty clear that Missy comes directly after John Simms because Missy tells the master that she cannot remember her last regeneration. The most logical explanation for this would be if the master regenerated into Missy while in proximity of a version of the Master because the timelines would be out of sync causing the past master to not be able to remember the events including his future self. Now that doesn't mean more incarnations of the master couldn't have been between Simms and Missy, but it is less likely.