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Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto (1 March 1918 – 18 June 1973) was a British actor. He played many roles on television, radio and in films, and had "a long history of playing minor villains" [1] before becoming best known as the first actor to play the Master in Doctor Who (1971–73).
Roger Delgado (1918-1973) was a British actor of Spanish and French descent, best known for playing the Master in Doctor Who. He also appeared in many other TV shows, radio programs, and films, and was a voice actor and a pantomime performer.
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- near Neveshir, Turkey
Roger Delgado (born Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo de Roberto on 1 March 1918, died 18 June 1973[1]) portrayed the first on-screen incarnation of the Master in Doctor Who. He was born in Whitechapel, London; his father was Spanish and his mother French.
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Roger Delgado was a British actor of Spanish and French descent, best known for playing the villainous Master in Doctor Who (1963). He died in a car accident in Turkey in 1973, leaving a legacy of voice acting and friendship with Jon Pertwee and Katy Manning.
- March 1, 1918
- June 18, 1973
- World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls. Series 10 is arguably one long Master story, as Series 1 is one long Dalek story, which is not only true but also a handy excuse for not wanting to watch ‘The Lie of the Land’.
- Dark Water / Death in Heaven. Missy is something of a patchwork creation by necessity. In some respects she’s an evolution of John Simm’s Master, a manic figure concocting season finale-scale schemes and building on the Tenth Doctor’s frustration that they aren’t friends.
- The Keeper of Traken. I know what you’re thinking. Putting this story ahead of ‘The Deadly Assassin’ is madness. Well, that’s subjective opinions for you.
- The Deadly Assassin. Writer Robert Holmes hadn’t written for the Master since the character’s first story, and since then the character’s sadism had been downplayed.
Apr 29, 2022 · This episode was Roger Delgado's final appearance as the Master. This is one of his final scenes. Sadly, due to the tragic death of Roger Delgado in 1973, his character was never given a...
From the Worlds of Doctor Who - The Immortal Destiny commemorates fifty years since the death of Roger Delgado, the Master during the Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who.
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