So I was watch LOTL again thinking about how the Master could return and it got me thinking that perhaps Lucy was really the Master and the Master that died in the Doctors arms was a clone (or a shape shift swap) here is my reasoning:
- The Master makes a clone (aor a shape shift swap with lucy, see below) of himself and then disguise himself as Lucy somehow. We have seen the Master disguise himself tons of time in the past (mostly with the 5th Doctor stories).
- It's not that Master did not want to regenrate in the Doctors arms, he could not because he was a clone of some type. RTD shows us in the next season two (maybe as hints) examples of Timelord copies that can't regenerate with Jenny (although she did come back to life) and Doctor 10.2.
- Lucy was always with the Master (clone). While she may have been real at one point (as the reporter talked about her past in TSOD) she may have been killed and replaced. Her dilusional state may have all been an act to gain sympathy from the Doctor and his companions (and us the audience
) .
- Lucy was the one that shot the Master, while it may have seemed natural because she was an abuse victim, if she was really the Master she shot the clone so there would be closure and the Doctor would not find out and he could slip away to fight another day (which he will later this year) . Also, it was very convienant that the body was burnt (although that was the Doctors choice I guess) so there is nothing left to examine.
- A woman with red finger nail polish picks up the Masters ring. So was it Lucy that picked up the ring?? hmm i think so. Perhaps the ring is what maintained the clone and kept it under the control of the real Master.
Instead of a clone it could be some type of shape shifting swap techology where as the Master took Lucys form but was still a Timelord inside and Lucy took the Masters form (and was sill human inside) and was controled telepathy through the ring. Once the tech was turned off the Master would look normal (John Simm) again.
So why would the Master do this when it looks like he had everything under control? Well he has been down this road many times before only to be surprisingly beaten, so it makes sense really.
- The Master makes a clone (aor a shape shift swap with lucy, see below) of himself and then disguise himself as Lucy somehow. We have seen the Master disguise himself tons of time in the past (mostly with the 5th Doctor stories).
- It's not that Master did not want to regenrate in the Doctors arms, he could not because he was a clone of some type. RTD shows us in the next season two (maybe as hints) examples of Timelord copies that can't regenerate with Jenny (although she did come back to life) and Doctor 10.2.
- Lucy was always with the Master (clone). While she may have been real at one point (as the reporter talked about her past in TSOD) she may have been killed and replaced. Her dilusional state may have all been an act to gain sympathy from the Doctor and his companions (and us the audience

- Lucy was the one that shot the Master, while it may have seemed natural because she was an abuse victim, if she was really the Master she shot the clone so there would be closure and the Doctor would not find out and he could slip away to fight another day (which he will later this year) . Also, it was very convienant that the body was burnt (although that was the Doctors choice I guess) so there is nothing left to examine.
- A woman with red finger nail polish picks up the Masters ring. So was it Lucy that picked up the ring?? hmm i think so. Perhaps the ring is what maintained the clone and kept it under the control of the real Master.
Instead of a clone it could be some type of shape shifting swap techology where as the Master took Lucys form but was still a Timelord inside and Lucy took the Masters form (and was sill human inside) and was controled telepathy through the ring. Once the tech was turned off the Master would look normal (John Simm) again.
So why would the Master do this when it looks like he had everything under control? Well he has been down this road many times before only to be surprisingly beaten, so it makes sense really.