It would have been so very easy to turn this whole scenario into something unpleasant. Too easy. While the Master may be an insane megalomaniac with a god-complex, I never saw any reason to turn him into a different kind of monster. From all the evidence I've ever seen, there's too much respect between the Master and the Doctor for something like that to happen. Trying to kill each other is one thing (or the occasional amount of physical violence, as we all know), but taking that... other direction would take him beyond any kind of redemption.
This scene takes us a little bit more into their history, if only a very small amount. It also sees the power struggle between the two hit a more complex, personal level. It isn't about saving the world at this point - that's Martha's job - it's about survival, on a mental and physical level. It's also about the Doctor's slowly growing ability to understand the way the Master works.
The next few chapters will see the Master and the Doctor swapping power plays. If I can get it right, I'll also be going into the workings of the Doctor's mind, too. So far, it's been the Master who we've been struggling to understand, but the fact is that both of them have incredibly complex histories, and the Master isn't the only one with a (canon) skeleton in his closet.
Link to the chapter is HERE
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