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Its been shown in the original series (directly stated in a trial of a timelord) that the Doctor was the Master's intellectual superior, however as Professor Yana, he learned new technologies and abilities. One thing that wasn't made clear is "yana tech" more capable than timelord science, or is it merely different. As evidenced by the doctor understanding the footprint engine, its probable that his abilities still trump the Master's on a level playing field, but the Master may have the ability to hide technologies in ways the Doctor is not able to recognise. The most important thing that i got the impression of was that firstly that the Doctor knew which timelord survived, and much more importantly that he let the Master go. He seemed apologetic towards the Master as if he had betrayed him, this suggests that possibly either before the war, or during, the Master was somehow used by the Doctor as part of one of his schemes. The fear that Yana was the Master, suggests that maybe he had some reason to suspect the Master might be alive. Alternatively its possible that the Doctor unable to kill the Master, used the chamelon arch on the Master by force to give him a chance at a non-evil existance, and did not know where in history he ended up. My conclusion about him letting the Master go is based on the fact that i strongly suspect that nobody can take off in the Doctor's Tardis when the doctor has the remote control in his hand. The Master may be a genius, but the Doctor is (A ) a greater genius (B ) guardian of the most capable powerful ship in the universe, therefore likely to have taken extremely good care to prevent anyone from using said Tardis. It is possible that the Master did outwit the Doctor, but i did get the distinct impression it was the Doctor letting the Master go rather than the other way round. As an aside, the hidden starting element this season, i actually missed, but then again it hadn't happened yet, however i was right that the Doctor triggered it. If the Doctor had never used the chamelon arch, its possible the Master would have never been released, because Martha would never have removed the perception filter, and so Professor Yana would never have noticed it as important. Its possible he would ...

The Doctor didn't let him go, The Doctor wasn't responsible for the Master's humanisation, The Doctor didn't implement appropriate security measures on the Tardis, The Master, while being generally geniuslike has not shown any greater level of knowledge than the Doctor so far. I have to say i thought the scene of the Capitol did look beautiful, first scene of galifrey in a generation. Speaking of the toclafane, the Master said that it would break the Doctor's heart to know who they were, which gives me a few ideas, but nothing very solid. I think they are related to utopia, either this is the way that the utopia project intended to survive, or this is the previous universe's utopia project, where they came from was definatly somewhere in turmoil, like perhaps the end of the universe...

There has been this sense all this season that Galifrey is very important, all the way from the Racnoss, to now, i wonder if this is all significant to the end of the season, after all badwolf, and torchwood were somewhat subtle, saxon was about as subtle as a brick shaped, city sized meteor hitting london at near-luminal speeds. I doubt the capitol is about to be rebuilt, but i think next season, we may see the begnings of a new galifrey. Under burnt orange sky, phoenix like, the new capitol will rise from the ashes of the old.

Looking at the Master, i can't help but think he's in 2 minds, there is the genuine Master, and the evil Mastermind, there is an underlying sense of he is being forced down the route he is taking, and can't turn back, that said he doesn't object being evil and all. It seems a shame, the Master, despite the name always seems to be working to someone elses masterplan, unless of course he's exploiting the Toclafane for his goal of domination. Whatever the drums are, i don't think they are to do with the Toclafane, unless they really are the gallifreyian bogeymen. I'm also confused entirely who Mrs Saxon is, she clearly knows at least most of the Master's plans and seems willing to go along, its possible she's under some kind of mind control. On the one hand she seems very ruthless, and the other hand very childlike. One final thing that i'm thinking is Professor Yana was a good, idealistic man, and the Doctor claimed that everything John Smith was capable of, so was he. Maybe burried under the layers of repression and evil that same good man might still exist in part.

Side note, from utopia, given the doctor regenerated after the war, and after holding the power from rose, he had to regenerate again. Maybe he was speaking from experience about being a vengeful god, (The master referred to him as a godlike during the war) however Rose had enough control to kill the daleks and resurect Jack, so if thats the case why could he not destroy the daleks and save Galifrey?