The official Doctor Who website has now been updated with the news of John Simm’s return as the Master in David Tennant’s last episodes.

While it’s been common knowledge for the minority of fans for a while now (most notably the ones who savage the vast corners of the interweb in search of spoilers - *cough*!), his comeback hasn’t been confirmed by any official sources until now (David Tennant announced the news yesterday at the San Diego Comic-Con). It’s nice to see the words written in a 100% canonical article, though, and as the old saying goes - canonical news is good news!

But more importantly, just HOW has he survived after the events of Last of the Time Lords? Could it have something to do with the ring that was picked out from his ashes, perhaps? Alexandra Moen, who played his wife, Lucy Saxon, will also be back this Christmas, so maybe his return has something to do with her? Whatever happens (and we’ll have to wait until December to find out for sure…), as the Master himself once said, revenge is a thing best served hot, and no doubt he’ll have a few harsh words for the Doctor following the events of the Series 3 finale! Let’s just hope the consequences aren’t too severe for our beloved Time Lord… *gulps*. Speculate away!

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