12.4 - The Blue Shift Ritual

Gallifrey's most evil Time Lord has become so dangerous that both sides of the Time War agree on one thing: the Master must be destroyed!

However, even as the Daleks and the Time Lords conspire, the Master is about to pull his greatest trick.

12.1 The Grievance Bureau by Lizzie Hopley
Like many a top-class criminal, the Master has been caught on a misdemeanour. Both the Time Lords and the Daleks intend to destroy him forever but they can’t do it alone. Can the two sides of the deadly Time War come together to eradicate a mutual enemy? But as the Master’s show trial commences, there’s a danger that his 'misdemeanour' may not be as minor as they thought...

12.2 Last Girl Standing by Katharine Armitage
The Master has taken charge of an exclusive alien girls' school, where he's lying low in comfort. But when pushed by a suspicious colleague, he weaves a treacherous web around students and teachers alike.

Under the guise of choosing a new Head Girl, the 'Head Master' sets off a twisted competition; a race for survival where there can only ever be one winner...

12.3 The Worst of All Evils by Ian Winterton
Damaged by a Dalek time-destructor, the Master's TARDIS is spat from the vortex onto Horoka - the hub of Earth Empire's transmat network, and the site of a refugee camp. Injured, the Master is taken to a hospital run by the ever-hopeful activist Carla Zheng.

Their situation is desperate, but to the Master there is one thing even worse than despair...

12.4 The Blue Shift Ritual by Adam Christopher
On the run from both the Daleks and the Time Lords, the Master stumbles across an out-of-control time capsule. The crew are on a mission from Ancient Gallifrey to the legendary planet of Arkheparas, where they hope to prevent the Cult of the Infinite from activating their great Engine - a device which the seers foresaw would end all of time. But with both factions of the Time War on his tail, the apocalypse is just what the Master needs...

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