The Five Masters was a backup comic printed in the back of Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor issue 12. It continued the story printed in the previous three back up stories of the Doctor and Clara being forced to perform in a music competition in order to save their lives. Like The Abominable Showmen before it, this story is notable as one of the few Multi-Master stories -- featuring five incarnations of the Time Lord competing to attempt to take over the universe.
The Doctor refers to the band as consisting of "Five Masters" before being quickly corrected by Clara, who notes that it is better to say "Four Masters, and Missy."
The Doctor says "I didn't know when I was well off" upon seeing the many Masters, noting that it is something that he has always heard others say and has always wanted to say himself. (TV: The Three Doctors, The Day of the Doctor)
When the Doctor shows little care in the plan concocted by Missy and the Masters, Missy comes close to begging the Doctor to ask what their scheme is. The Master has noted his dependance of seeing the Doctor's reactions to his plans before. (PROSE: Legacy of the Daleks, TV: Castrovalva)
The Doctor easily guesses that the Masters and Missy's plan revolves around using the show to hypnotize viewers across the galaxy, and is not impressed by its predictability. (TV: Logopolis, et. al)
As with the previous issue, the only lines spoken by the "Saxon" Master are "the drums" over and over again. (TV: Utopia, et. al)
The Doctor and Clara recall their previous discussions of the creative differences which had befallen a band of the first four Doctors as the five Masters fight. (COMIC: Day of the Tune)
As the pair prepare to go on, the Doctor notes "brave heart Clara."
According to one account, the Master had the appearance of Roger Delgado while on Gallifrey. According to another, he had Anthony Ainley's likeness. According to another one, the one with James Dreyfus's appearance was the incarnation who ran away from Gallifrey.
While fighting to extend his life at the end of his regeneration cycle, many bodies were possessed by the Beevers incarnation, but all kept somehow reverting to his real being until he finally regenerated into the MacQueen one. Hence, these sections cannot be strictly chronological
