The Doctor and the Master really do have an odd relationship. In this tale, which the Doctor is telling to an assassin with a finger on a sniper rifle trigger, he has found the Master, scarred and suffering from memory loss, living as a doctor in a remote human colony. Horrible murders, prostitutes with their hearts cut out, are scaring the community, and the Doctor, the Master (going under the Doctor's usual alias of John Smith), the strange wealthy couple that have taken the Master in, and their maidservant play out a drama of manners.
Some interesting twists keep the story moving, but the limited setting and relatively non-sci-fi tale seems like a bit of a waste of the medium. But then again even the television series has low budget episodes scattered throughout.
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