Joshua Naismith was a telecommunications billionaire who used his money and influence to obtain black market alien technology. One item, taken from the defunct Torchwood organisation, was a device which he called the "Immortality Gate". Experiments had found that this could repair damaged human tissue, and Naismith sought to get it working fully so that he could make his spoilt daughter Abigail immortal.
Donna Noble felt compelled, subconsciously, to buy his autobiography - Fight The Future - for her grandfather, Wilf, as a Christmas gift.
He employed a private army at his country estate, and sent them to capture the resurrected Master, who had been brought back to life in London's Broadfell Prison just before it burned to the ground.
Brought to his home, the Master was tasked with repairing the Gate and make it fully functional.
However, the Master knew what it was capable of and ensured that it would help him rather than the businessman. Rather than heal individuals, the Gate could be used to restructure the genetic code of entire planets. He turned everyone on Earth into versions of himself - including Naismith and his daughter.
The Doctor had seen fleeting mental images of Naismith when communing with the Ood Elder, warning him of the Master's return. Wilf's book allowed him to realise where the Master had been taken, but he and Wilf were too late to stop the Master's transformation of the world's population.
After the Time Lord Rassilon had undone the Master's work, Naismith tried to flee but was captured along with Abigail and imprisoned.
Played by: David Harewood (Joshua), Tracy Ifeachor (Abigail). Appearances: The End of Time I (2009), The End of Time II (2010).
- Harewood played Friar Tuck in the BBC's 2000's version of Robin Hood.
- He was a regular on the Supergirl TV series, as well as guesting in its stable-mates Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.
- Ifeachor also appeared in an episode of Legends of Tomorrow. She has recently featured in Wonka.
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