Casting Missy - Doctor Who Extra: Series 1 Episode 12 Preview (2014) - BBC

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[@QMallow]

what the hell is wrong with you people. Michelle Gomez is PERFECT for Missy! She's brilliant

[@a_diamond]

Oh I think she's amazing as the Master too!! *Nods*

[@PotatoBag685]

Who said the opposite?

[@Elnont]

Michelle Gomez somehow manages to make every character she plays iconic.

[@MadameChristie]

I love Gomez's eyes. They're very pale with that dark outer ring. Looks unearthly and unsettling.

[@a_diamond]

... you know, I have grey/green eyes. I used to hate it because they weren't "blue" and people could never really agree on what color they actually are.. Michelle Gomez helped me appreciate my eye color :)

[@laurenjcoates]

There’s nobody on planet earth who could tackle Missy quite like Michelle Gomez. She’s truly incredible

[@MasterPlaythrough]

The real stupidity here are the thoughts that some people had that the master would never come back after the end of time. The masters' been in the show since the pertwee era, the chances that the character will be offed is as low as the chance the daleks or cybermen will be got rid off.

[@thedoctorsjenny5143]

MasterPlaythrough I'm still hoping that is somehow true and that we will somehow see more Missy or a new version of Missy/Master.

[@vullord666]

And at least it made sense here. The master was stuck on Gallifrey at the end of the time war, and was able to come back because the Doctor ended up saving Gallifrey instead of destroying it (had he chosen to destroy it the Master would have been gone forever). Comparatively speaking I’m pretty pissed that the Master came back in series 12 with no explanation or even a single reference to Missy’s incarnation. Chibnall brought the Master back WAY too soon and with no details or explanation (it’s like he just thought fans would come up with theories themselves so he didn’t have to actually bother with good writing 😩)

[@ReBeLRecKLesSs]

Missy was the best master ever! I hope she comes back!

[@fairytales1995]

Even though it was pretty clear that Missy was the Master from the beginning, It's still a great twist. I absolutely love how Michelle Gomez plays Missy. However, the master keeps giving me tenth doctor feels. Dem feels

[@gerjaison]

I thought data compression existed since 20+ years ago!

[@lydialucy1794]

youjustwastedtenormoresecondsofyourlifejusttryingtoreadmynamelolloser great name btw

[@lightkikib3355]

2014... Three years already... We're going to miss you Michelle 😭😭

[@Freshie207]

I just hope Michelle Gomez plays the role more frequently than say Simm did. I feel it helps believe them as the character more, its why Delgado and Ainley are remembered for the part over Pratt and Beevers (though he's great in big finish). Plus I'd love the Master to turn up in a non-finale episode for once. Lastly does anybody else want a Multi Master story with Jacobi, Simm and Gomez one day.

[@solmidorez8146]

That would be epic. I just don't know how Jacobi would come back, his version was terrifying but lasted all of 5 minutes. And doesn't Simm have zero interest in reprising the role (much like Eccleston)?

[@Freshie207]

Well apparently they are doing a multi master episode now!

[@userbunny14]

@@solmidorez8146 lol reading this now is just like... not interested in reprising the role my ass.

[@vullord666]

I’m from the future, I can confirm Missy was in more episodes than just the finale and I’m super happy for it. She was in a 2 part series finale, a 2 part series opener, and had multiple appearances in series 10. I’m just a bit disappointed because I feel like had Moffat, Murray Gold, Capaldi, and everyone stayed on for longer she could have gotten more episodes as part of the main cast and TARDIS crew (like series 10 could have focused on the monks and ended with Missy having to save the Doctor; instead of that rushed ending we got. Then series 11 could have focused on Missy turning good, but confronting everything she did in the past and bringing it all home when she met her past self in the series finale and ultimately chose to stand with the Doctor though it gets her killed). I love that Moffat even brought back Simms master (a multi Master Story was a first for all of the Doctor Who if I’m not mistaken). Sad that Jacobi’s Master almost definitely won’t return to the show (though I’ve heard his audio dramas are great). One thing I definitely disliked about RTD’s era is the Master felt criminally underused. He was the plot for one series finale and that was it until the last special for RTD/10. That was such a vast contrast from the classic era and I would have loved to see such a great character in more episodes. Out of all DW, Simms was only the Master for 2 episodes and 1 2 part special (technically 4; kinda 3; really only 2 stories though). With Moffat he got another 2 parter, but still. I would have enjoyed more of him

[@asentientcactus]

Love how almost all of these happened lol

[@GoldenHay1]

this woman has quite the charisma, also i love her hat :)

[@w0rldenough]

*takes her fruit off her hat and eats it* :)

[@zoppie]

We were told for quite some time that regeneration is a lottery. At one point, the Doctor kissed his legs because he still had them after a regen.(For a moment, he thought he was a girl at the time, too.) He also believes that one of these days, he'll be ginger. Certainly his accent has changed several times. (Although, if the Doctor ever became an American, the impression I get from the Britosphere is that would be the only regen that would be utterly unforgivable.) So, no, it wasn't unexpected for the Master to become the Mistress.

[@Coops1985]

yeah, and 9 said he might end up with 2 heads, or no head at all...

[@Damious100]

I once dreamed of being a actor and playing the Doctor! But then I remembered I'm American and everyone will hate me... *Sigh* I would have been awesome.

[@sweiland75]

Logic It's not because you're American. It's because you're NOT BRITISH.

[@Damious100]

sweiland75 RACCCISSST!!! Hahaha No, I get the whole British pride thing. I imagine they feel like us "amuricans" like to steel all there good ideas and ruin them.

[@zoppie]

To be fair, look at how many hit American TV shows are obvious ripoffs of British ideas. But, by gum, if the US could put a Brit as captain of the Enterprise and nobody had any conniptions about that, Whovians could at least show as much open mindedness about a non Brit Doctor, as long as he or she had the right amount of gravitas.

[@BigChiken44]

That's how you do a female version of timelord! Look at this, Chris

[@alekseyl172]

Такие люди, как она помогают преодолеть стигму, сложившуюся вокруг старости.

[@katiemartin6991]

Fr I love Jodie Whittaker as an actress, but it's abundantly clear that Chris Chibnall wasn't confident in the idea of a female Doctor and tried to make her as safe and inoffensive as possible, which only made her feel one-dimensional and inconsistent.

[@localwolf7396]

0:14 "Oh a picture?!" *shoves body up against peter* Shippers like me: "OH MY GAAAWWDDD"

[@intouchdm]

“Ma boiz!!!!!! Me and Ma boiz!!!!!” God I love her as the master!

[@SuperMarioDWfan]

I love this new incarnation!

[@jayanderson9375]

Chris164 Missy is one of my favorite fictional characters, of all time, all media!

[@Lucy-ng7cw]

I wonder who she was on the list to play. Maybe the lady from the bank episode???

[@kathish]

Missy--or as I'll call her now, The Master--was my favourite thing about 'Death in Heaven'. And this is from someone who was a) seriously leery of her series cameos b) not a fan of Simm's OTT Master. Way to go, Moff and Michelle Gomez! Also: so much Scottishness!

[@guyhenry8680]

Peter's look in the interview for this video is one I would love to see him use for the Doctor.

[@Starlight-Tale]

I really loved her performance. Hers has shades of John Simm's master.

[@solmidorez8146]

But she does it so much better. She brings so much life into it.

[@Starlight-Tale]

Sol Midorez I don't know if I'd say better, because I really liked John Simm's performance too, but she does do it really well.

[@Trisky]

1:08 capaldi with a beard ;o

[@mathieuleader8601]

12 could eventually rid the title of the Doctor and take on the title of the likewise Missy could rid herself of the title of Mistress to become the Doctor

[@mikeykean3805]

See thats what so unique about doctor who the timelord can be played by anybody

[@enidkirk5750]

I love her as Missy! She's one of the only people I think could pull it off

[@landfish7a]

Who here thinks she was supposed to play Karabraxos?

[@hend260]

Andrew Fish who's that?

[@Pardonanodrap]

Manager of that giant bank the doctor broke into.

[@mattevans4377]

Compare how they handled Missy to how they handled the 13th Doctor. It's a shame Moffat never wrote a female Doctor, honestly.....

[@rosem6604]

I LOVE Missy! She is a brilliant casting choice. Thanks for that!

[@FatNinjaWalrus]

i hope she'll be reminiscent of delgado's master. we need a good old fashioned master vs. doctor feud like the old days, and with capaldi as a pertwee-esque doctor, now is the perfect time strike it up again.

[@ursaltydog]

Gomez is extremely sharp-witted, and even dons the master's character within her female presentation..

[@q851230]

I love Master(Simms ) but I LOVE Missy,She juts ...IDK,She just so crazy and lovely

[@orxven1551]

Missy: The master 12: ...ITS A WOMAN WHAT THE HECK WHAT WHEN WHY HOW HUH?!

[@annaodonnell5]

The doctor was too stunned to speak

[@lindamuvic8110]

Best Character on Dr. Who in twenty years. Great actor, dramatically and comedically, should have kept her around longer.

[@DarkComet360]

Sweetness.

[@Munichmarty1]

I love Missy ❤️❤️❤️

[@vindurza]

please let her stay around I want more of the new master

[@SomeoneOnlyWeKnow.]

Favourite Master for sure, she was so brilliant

[@Chris-gx1ei]

I've never seen Peter Capaldi with Beard😂

[@Hi-uv7nn]

This was the best master!

[@Char10tti3]

"I think it's the one they won't see coming" most people did as soon as she called herself Missy, that was my main theory and only had "Mistress" going for it as a theory so my other ones needed more explanation really. Not sure why the BBC would purposefully spoil the cybermen storyline and then make a massive deal about it being a surprise inshow though. Also, didn't really care that Danny died until Clara called him a tiny bit but that wasn't surprising either, guessed it before the episode and when he stopped talking on the phone too. If there had been more Danny instead of Clara in their relationship scenes I would have probably cared more. Like if it was Rory for the first time in that situation Loved the episode!

[@Chengification]

Her cheek bone 0-0

[@ViperRob]

Don't watch unless you already watched the episode. Missy reveal in this video

[@idjles]

We saw it coming!

[@fionawilliams5477]

MICHELLE IS PERFECT! AGH! SHE IS GORGEOUS AND HILARIOUS AND SO SCOTTISH AND RELATABLE! Missy is one of my favourite characters! And by a long way, my favourite incarnation of the master.

[@WillowEverlight]

She was perfect.

[@TheRebelTimelord333]

Awesome!

[@harrysamuel2042]

I've just had a thought. Could the man called Dr Skarosa who believed that the static in TVs were communications from the dead have been a name made up by Missy/The Master as a reference to Skaro? I don't know if this is a stupid question and if everyone had already thought of this.

[@jdofthefunk]

Well, since the entire 3W claim seems to be a ruse by Missy and Seb to make a cyber army undercover, that could certainly be true. The Master is a fan of messing around with the Doctor.

[@mathieuleader8601]

I think Davros's mind is their it'll be downloaded as a Cyber-Controller as her got tired of his domed children

[@harrysamuel2042]

HighFunctioningSociopath Almost like the Toclafane that were made up by the Doctor and the Master as kids. Also the promised land/ the nethersphere reminds me a lot of utopia which I think was made up by the consciousness of the Master in Prof. Yana before.

[@iiiiitsmagreta1240]

I think we might hear more about this Dr. Skarosa (as during the end of the episode, the tank containing the Cuberman threatening Clara seemed to read Dr. Skarosa, so I imagine it was him in the tank.) Crazy thought - could that kid Danny killed be Skarosa, or is that taking it a bit too far?

[@garimasingh7809]

I love missy! A female doctor soon please!

[@coloradostatesenatorsteven7443]

@Wass LeCréateur just now how we wanted it 😔

[@topsyturvy1097]

Apollo holding the gift of prophecy:

[@pedrodepaca57]

Missy my beautiful Queen of Evil....❤❤

[@markgorman1951]

Nice littel piece!

[@Thornus_______]

Missy was like an evil Mary Poppins

[@sandal_thong8631]

She literally landed from the sky with a parasol.

[@gamingjoins]

Doctor Who is entirely Scottish now.

[@Jasmine-eh6cp]

I loved that

[@portmanwaite1628]

Cybermen You Are Amazing

[@whotoys]

AWESOME

[@kadin9459]

Yeah, but Steven we did see it coming, we're just to good.

[@alohahejahe___]

1:07 Aww

[@satoshikatsumoto9007]

First the Doctor's iconic enemy and now the fur wearing Devil Woman. Welcome to the role of Cruella, Michelle.

[@567secret]

Shouldn't this say Series 8?

[@LotsOfLoveFromChloe]

Why is she based on Mary poppins?

[@DarthAzabrush]

Probably because Mary Poppins is really creepy

[@iiiiitsmagreta1240]

Don't be absurd! Marry Poppins is anything but creepy.

[@BowTiesRCool]

Because a lot of the Doctors take inspiration from literary gentlemen, so it makes sense to take inspiration from Poppins for his female adversary

[@DarthAzabrush]

Mattias Westby Weird too good to be true nanny who literally appears out of thin air and takes her charges on LSD trips through the local park? How is that not creepy?

[@intouchdm]

Mary poppins also has a bigger on the inside bag, she intercepts peoples life’s to teach them lesions and help them, then disappears. She also has the ability to transport people to different places ie other dimensions/planets. Yes I am suggesting marry poppins is a Time lady. The master being based on a twisted version of her is amazing and makes compleat sense!

[@96ruiz]

I'm calling it right now, Amy and Rory are going to make a cameo.

[@Damious100]

You lost.

[@DanielBMaximoff]

The Master is Peter Pan!

[@timelordpresident7511]

What what? This isn't season 1?! It's SERIES 8!

[@Mushroom_moon_stirfry]

It's series one of "Doctor Who Extra"

[@MoonysMetamorphmagus]

I guess this is supposed to make up for Doctor Who Confidential. New behind the scenes show, much shorter, though.

[@stephjovis3469]

Could this finally end the discussion if Missy really is the Master?

[@cutlerbeckett4703]

What happened to the constant druming???

[@augustmarkvard]

Maybe you will get your answer on saturday.

[@KingLofiOne]

The drumming got stronger and stronger as the Master got closer to the point in time where it actually served its purpose, that is to say, when the Time Lords wanted him to help restore Gallifrey. Remember, they retroactively inserted it in his head on the last day of the Time War by tampering with the Untempered Schism in their past when he was looking through it. Back when he began, it was hardly noticeable even to himself (That's why there is no remark about it in the Classic Series). Now that that moment's passed, it's likely the drumming has stopped.

[@anilportakal6181]

Master missy

[@antoniof.8614]

Please make an episode with that beard. Pleeeeeeaaaase :3

[@Firemaker007]

Too bad for Moffat that we all saw this coming.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Will we ever see a regeneration sequence from Simms to Gomez I think though that Gomez might be an earlier incarnation brought into the future

[@KingLofiOne]

I'd actually say a direct regeneration from Simm to Gomez wouldn't work at all, because the Simm body was dying all throughout End of Time. That's why the whole "Immortality Gate" and "Master Race" plan was so important to the Master. It was once again a story where he seeked to prolong his life. If he could have just regenerated, he surely would have done so. My guess is that he's once again gone bodysnatching and that Missy's body is actually that of a nearby Time Lady that just had the misfortune of being the closest target. Maybe even one the Doctor knows. Maybe "The Woman" from EoT. Since we never learned the identity of that Time Lady (though RTD wanted her to play the part as if she was the Doctor's mother), it would be a less predictable twist that Missy is actually: The Masters Consciousness + "The Woman"'s (Romana, Susan, the Doctor's mother...) body.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Gernot Kappeskopp Here's an interesting thought what if the Time Lady that the Master inhabits is Paitence the Other's Wife

[@KingLofiOne]

Mathieu Leader I don't think they're ever going to bring up the Other in the TV show, sadly. It would require too much background knowledge from out-of-print novels, and the BBC has this rule that you shouldn't have to buy any supplementary material to understand a TV show.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Gernot Kappeskopp I thought the War Doctor was the final incarnation of the Other brought out by Rassilon to be his right hand. But found out about his final solution and rebelled that was my idea for the war doctor

[@KingLofiOne]

Mathieu Leader But the canonical explanation is that he is the true ninth incarnation of the Doctor, this one just renounced his title so he doesn't count as "The Doctor". Still doesn't change that the Other hasn't appeared in televised media yet.

[@austinitsua]

Is anyone going to talk about that beard? No? Okay

[@FlawlessLearning]

"And that i thought is maybe the one they wont see coming" Yeahh it was soo unexpected (!)

[@doctordimension020]

Bring back The Rani!!!!!!

[@MrPARADOXPICS]

This doesn't make any sense, Roger Delgardo's Master was on his last regeneration then the master turned into a walking crinkle cut crisp and then took on the Anthony Ainley version of him by transfering his mind into his body. The Master has no more regenerations left! John Simm's master shouldn't exist of this female version. How can you expect the new series to continue from the old when they forget vital parts of a character's history. It's ridiculous!!

[@JeekayTenn]

After the Doctor Who Movie, (where the Master stole yet another body), he was killed finally. Apparently the Time Lords resurrected him for the Time War, giving him a new regeneration cycle. However, the Master fled to the end of the universe and we know what happened from there.

[@MrPARADOXPICS]

emphasis on the apparently though

[@JeekayTenn]

Sam Tuxford​ Never mind, it was confirmed in a Tennant Episode.

[@KarateStereo]

Jeekay Tenn Yeah, the Master strait up says it. I remember that.

[@maxwright9733]

"And that, I thought, is maybe the one they won't see coming" Yes and no. I think nobody saw it coming because when the idea popped into our heads we all saw it as too profoundly simple and stupid.

[@Char10tti3]

Yeah! I've just said that! That was the theory that didn't need a whole lot of explanation but people avoided because Moffat said his story was over. I think he actually said *his* though ;)

[@sweiland75]

Max Wright Apparently, many viewers are simple and stupid because they didn't see it coming before the reveal.

[@Char10tti3]

No the idea is simple and stupid that's why many of them wrote it off. I did to begin with. Then I found no reason not to believe i it by the second appearance of Missy.

[@maxwright9733]

I'd love to see a Robert Carlyle Master! A fantastic actor, plus: Scot on Scot.

[@24karatsDiggers]

So... Not Rani? Or all this intro is a fake?? lol

[@ekt8750]

I was hoping she was The Rani too but since she only appeared in two stories in the classic series I guess they didn't think she'd have the name recognition as the Master would (and Moffat's on record as saying he didn't like her). If you think about it though Missy is kinda a combination of them both. The Rani was basically just like The Master she was more clever and more of a scientific nut job than The Master.

[@jamieriley8444]

Everything Doctor Who does these days is "controversial." I don't care if the Master's a woman.

[@sandal_thong8631]

Very disappointing how she ended (along with Nardole, Bill and this Doctor). It would have been interesting to see her opposite the female Doctor, (before I lost interest in her series, probably the episode the Master came back). I also didn't like that Danny was ended so pointlessly and abruptly, especially when they were teasing that his grandson might be a time-traveler.

[@wisam111]

She did a great job unlike Jodie Kidd who was the worst doctor

[@D1gitalDan]

😱

[@computergroup1]

234 Watching!

[@crunch1757]

First and 11th view

[@BreebrixStudio]

They weren't blatantly trying to push some political wokeness. They were focused on the suspense. That's why people loved her yet never gave jodie a chance

[@Megacon64]

We all saw it coming, all of us that had brains anyway. Kids have an excuse for not seeing it coming, but adults, not so much. Very, very predictable.

[@Megacon64]

Thanks for the kind words friend.

[@GBD1000]

You basically said that every person who gussed incorrectly is a lesser human being to you in terms if intelligence, did you really exact kind words?

[@0304dina]

I'm entirely okay with Missy being the Master. Or better: the Master being a woman. Michelle Gomez is a wonderful actress and I quite enjoyed her performance. But I really don't want a female Doctor. I think it is a part a man should play because it always was so. I'm not saying I don't like a strong female character. Not at all. But it wouldn't feel right for me. It would be like James Bond suddenly being played by an actress. Also it wouldn't fit to the previous history of Doctors. 13 regenerations (including War Doctor and 10's meta-crisis) without being a woman and then suddenly there is one? I'd rather like to see the female companions who manage to keep the Doctor under control and being smart and witty in their own way. But what about a male Doctor who feels like a woman? A transgender Doctor? I'd love to see them pulling that off.

[@sweiland75]

0304dina I didn't know James Bond was a Time Lord. I will have to start watching those movies.

[@0304dina]

sweiland75 Thanks for your interest in my stylistic device. Yes, it was a simile. Congratulations for almost mastering sarcasm.

[@landfish7a]

+0304dina Honestly I don't think a female Doctor would be so bad. The only reason Missy is so stereotypically feminine is because the Master is a misogynistic character and would naturally choose to be this typical archetype of an evil mistress. I think a female Doctor wouldn't be much different than any other Doctor.

[@sweiland75]

Andrew Fish "I think a female Doctor wouldn't be much different than any other Doctor." Which has been said many times before.

[@stuntmen75]

+Andrew Fish (Werdnae) I don't think he's misogynistic as much as he (now she) is campy and old fashion, also she basically things she's better than anyone else, time lord or not with the possible exception of the doctor since he's his friend, plus he was friends with the Rani and she's not really a old fashion gal, she will experiment on your brain while you sleep, so I think his choice is more of "bananas" type of choice.

[@MegaEvilwizard]

The female of the species is the deadliest of them all! Of course the Master now has to be a female!

[@lillyblossom3361]

I really enjoy capaldi ! But I would like to see someone like Hinchcliffe take over as show runner! Moffatt needs to retire But I suppose he is better than nobody! Thanks,,,,,

[@mreboric8406]

umm no...... pretty much everyone saw it coming

[@catstaffell]

Yep, Michelle Gomez NAILED it. Unlike Jodi Whittaker, whose silly voice is going to be a disaster..,..

[@GRIEF3RUK]

I swear to god, if the next doctor is female, I am done! Not being chauvanistic but the doctor should be male because it suits him.

[@thedoctor8547]

I hope I'm ginger next time...

[@LokiHiddlestone13]

The Twelfth Doctor Amen

[@mathieuleader8601]

The Twelfth Doctor Perhaps Karen Gillgan could be cast as the Doctor

[@iiiiitsmagreta1240]

I dunno about you, but I'd pay good money to see Lara Pulver in the role.

[@australianmyth1727]

they didn't do the ginger joke in deep breath or at the end of time of the doctor

[@michaelmarzano2759]

Missy worked brilliantly, but leave the doctor alone, it’s just not the same!

[@TheSmesh100]

I know she is a good actor but I think moffat has ruined dr who with his "time lords can change gender" I was hoping she would of played the rani but thats another chance moffat has ruined

[@JeekayTenn]

Moffat didn't invent it. It was technically Neil Gailman, who wrote the episode where it was first mentioned Time Lords could change sex.

[@windynichya]

***** Agreed. I for one think Missy was a much more enjoyable incarnation than John Simm's later portrayal. I just wish it had been the Rani though. The master has been done a lot and it would have made sense for the Rani to be using humans to experiment on as she cares about science and only that. I do agree that it was a missed opportunity to bring back someone much more interesting now that we know Gallifrey isn't lost.

[@RoyalGuard503]

Yes. He ruined Doctor Who forever by adding the possibility of other great actors playing the role, regardless of their gender. How horrible. RUINED 54ever. But, you know, you were okay with the master turning into a weird skeleton monster, or being half-feline. Also, Big Finish Doctor Who is what first introduced the idea of a female Doctor, back in 2003, so no. Get the fuck over yourself.

[@MarioRossiAncora]

Not only all of the above, but writers wanted to make the 7th doctor a woman but there was pushback, meaning that the idea, while not outright stated, was not to be discounted ever.

[@cambo338]

The doctor cannot be female! It is wrong! No no no! I love the idea of having Michelle as the master as she's crash and does play the part very well! But the doctor cannot ever be female! It will ruin it and many people I'm sure will stop watching! Not me tho!!! Just saying g my opinion! :) I'd maybe still watch it but stick with guys :)

[@mollyc6941]

Marvlotte this comment didn’t age well

[@PoissonVisageStudios]

Moffat made a TERRIBLE decision. There are hundreds of British actors who would do a much better job.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Charles Dance for the Master

[@martydee]

Nah, Michelle Gomez is fantastic as the Master. Great idea from Moffat.

[@PoissonVisageStudios]

Mathieu Leader YES! He would be so evil and Mastery. A perfect casting for a Master opposite Capaldi. Michelle Gomez removes all fear that people might have towards the Master.

[@WhovianRoxas]

Matt, King of the North Why don't we all wait until after "Death in Heaven" to say our full thoughts on Gomez's Mistress, eh? From what I've read in the spoiler free reviews, she's amazing and terrifying in the role.

[@LapisGarter]

Matt, King of the North Have you seen her in anything? She's one of the most underrated actresses in the UK. The Master always had an element of comedy to him and Michelle Gomez is going to nail the part.