#'what is any olive branch from you worth when i know you'll make this choice'

[corallapis]

#fifth doctor #ainley!master #doctor x master #classic who #doctor who #dw #* #LOVE this moment & it gives vital context to what happens in planet of fire i think #god. the mind games the master is playing here #things he knows the doctor is going to do: #1) refuse to kill him in a duel to the death #2) beg for the master's life #3) choose an innocent's life over the master's #this whole scenario (which the master has scripted! entirely!) is him going 'SEE. I KNOW YOU.' #it's like. i can prove you still care about me. and also. i can prove you don't care about me enough #it's not enough!!! #it's like the master saying to the doctor 'how can you ask me to change my ways when you won't change yours' #'what is any olive branch from you worth when i know you'll make this choice'