The Master

[donutsweeper]

Delgado vs Ainley.

Over the past week the kids and I have watched "Claws of Axos" and  "Logopolis."   And, I have to admit, I didn't see a huge difference in the two Masters. 

Simm!Master was an entirely different character, but these two seems almost the same.  What sort of differences do you see between Delgado and Ainley's Masters?

Comments

[pointytilly.livejournal.com]

To me...Delgado is classier (if dramatic), Ainley a bit more flashy/camp depending on the writing. They're both very classic villain and smooth, but with a slightly different feel to 'em. Uh. Somehow. I don't describe it well, do I?

Ainley Master was also flat-out nasty in Survival, which I really need a copy of.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I didn't see that much difference either, but I haven't seen a *lot* of either of them. My main impression was that he was more ineffective than I expected. But fun! And obsessed with the Doctor. :)

[becky-h.livejournal.com]

The big differences for me are :

1-) Ainley's way, way, more angry and less 'in love with'/obsessed with the Doctor than Delgado.

2-) Ainely is a less restrained and more straight up *mean*, no holds barred, batshit and sadistic than Delgado. Ainley is less the 'gentleman' villian, I guess.

[secbeth.livejournal.com]

Oooo Stop it!! I really want to write that essay on the Master!!

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Ainley Master was more of a nutjob bascially. His regenerations had failed and he'd spent some rather unpleasant times as a rotting almost-corpse before nicking Tremas' body and starting afresh. If that wasn't enough to make someone crazy I don't know what is.

This is why I'll excuse Ainley master his excessive evil cackling - he'd flipped his lid completely as opposed to being just a nice classy common or garden sociopathic psychotic megalomaniac.

Delgado master had *style* but Ainley was more unpredictable and downright nasty (even with the evil cackling).