The Master – John Simm
Lucy Saxon – Alexandra Moen
Francine Jones – Adjoa Andoh
Clive Jones – Trevor Laird
Tish Jones – Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Leo Jones – Reggie Yates
Tom Milligan – Tom Ellis
Professor Docherty – Ellie Haddington
Lad – Tom Golding
Woman – Natasha Alexander
Toclafane voices – Zoe Thorne, Gerard Logan, and Johnnie Lyne-Pirkis
General production staff
Production Manager – Tracie Simpson
Location Manager – Antonia Grant
Unit Manager – Rhys Griffiths
Production Co-ordinator – Jess van Niekerk
Senior Production Accountant – Endaf Emyr Williams
Production Accountant – Oliver Ager
Contracts Assistant – Bethan Britton
Finance Manager – Chris Rogers
Camera and lighting department
1st Assistant Director – Peter Bennett
2nd Assistant Director – Steffan Morris
3rd Assistant Director – Sarah Davies
Floor Runners – Lowri Denman, Heddi Joy Taylor
Continuity – Non Eleri Hughes
2nd Camera Operator – Erik Wilson
Focus Puller – Steve Rees
2nd Focus Puller – Jamie Southcott
Grip – John Robinson
Camera Assistant – Tom Hartley
Boom Operators – Jon Thomas, Bryn Thomas
Gaffer – Mark Hutchings
Best Boy – Peter Chester
Art department
Chief Supervising Art Director – Stephen Nicholas
Supervising Art Director – Arwel Wyn Jones
Art Department Production Manager – Jonathan Marquand Allison
Associate Designer – James North
Set Decorator – Tristan Peatfield
Props Buyer – Catherine Samuel
Storyboard Artist – Shaun Williams
Design Assistants – Peter McKinstry, Ian Bunting, Al Roberts
Standby Props – Phill Shellard, Nick Murray
Standby Carpenter – Paul Jones
Standby Art Director – Lisa McDiarmid
Standby Rigger – Bryan Griffiths
Standby Painter – Ellen Woods
Chief Props Master – Adrian Anscombe
Props Master – Paul Aitken
Props Chargehand – Gareth Jeanne
Chief Props Maker – Barry Jones
Construction Manager – Matthew Hywel-Davies
Practical Electrician – Albert James
Graphics – BBC Wales Graphics
Costume department
Costume Supervisor – Lindsay Bonaccorsi
Assistant Costume Designer – Marnie Ormiston
Costume Assistants – Sheenagh O’Marah, Kirsty Wilkinson
Make-up and prosthetics
Make-up Artists – Pam Mullins, Steve Smith, John Munro
Prosthetics – Millennium FX
Prosthetics Designer – Neill Gorton
Prosthetics Supervisor – Rob Mayor
Prosthetics Technicians – Anthony Parker, Gustav Hoegen
Movement
Stunt Co-ordinators – Tom Lucy, Crispin Layfield
Casting
Casting Associates – Andy Brierley, Kirsty Robertson
General post-production staff
Post-production Supervisors – Chris Blatchford, Samantha Hall
Post-production Co-ordinator – Marie Brown
Assistant Editor – Tim Hodges
On-line Editor – Mark Bright
Special and visual effects
Visual FX Producers – Will Cohen, Marie Jones
Visual FX Supervisor – Dave Houghton
VFX Editor – Ceres Doyle
VFX Co-ordinators – Rebecca Johnson, Jenna Powell
VFX Production Assistant – Marianne Paton
On-set VFX Supervisor – Barney Curnow
SFX Co-ordinator – Ben Ashmore
SFX Supervisor – Danny Hargreaves
SFX Technicians – Richard Magrin, Dan Bentley
3D Artists – Nicholas Hernandez, Jean-Claude Deguara, Neil Roche, Adam Burnett, Jean Yves Audouard, Will Pryor, Nick Webber, Andy Guest, Mark Wallman
2D Artists – Sara Bennett, Simon C. Holden, Melissa Butler-Adams, Joseph Courtis, Greg Spencer
Colourist – Mick Vincent
Digital Matte Painters – Simon Wicker, Charlie Bennett
Sound
Sound Recordist – Julian Howarth
Dubbing Mixer – Tim Ricketts
Supervising Sound Editor – Paul McFadden
Sound FX Editor – Paul Jefferies
Sound Editor – Doug Sinclair
A full year has passed under the Master’s brutal rule, with the Toclafane enslaving humanity and the Doctor kept aged and caged aboard the Master’s airship. Martha has spent the year walking the Earth alone, seeding a secret plan the Doctor gave her. The resolution, built around the psychic resonance of the Archangel network and the power of collective belief, is ambitious if divisive. The Master is shot by his long-suffering wife Lucy. He dies defiantly, refusing to regenerate. The episode ends with a stunning shock as the bow of the Titanic crashes into the TARDIS.
ΓÇ£The Last of the Time LordsΓÇ¥ concludes the Series 3 finale. The Master has conquered Earth, and the Doctor is left powerless and imprisoned while Martha Jones travels the world to inspire resistance.
The Doctor is physically weakened and trapped by the Master. He is reduced to a near-powerless state, relying on MarthaΓÇÖs actions and human belief to survive and regain control.
Martha spends a year travelling across a devastated Earth, spreading the idea of the Doctor as a symbol of hope. This collective belief becomes the key to breaking the MasterΓÇÖs control.
The Master is ultimately defeated when his control collapses due to the psychic network created by humanityΓÇÖs belief in the Doctor. His fate becomes unresolved in a final emotional moment involving the Doctor.
This finale explores faith, identity, and hope within Doctor Who. It marks a major emotional arc for the Tenth Doctor, while solidifying Martha Jones as a companion defined by resilience and intelligence under extreme pressure.
