Lucy Saxon (née Cole) is the secondary antagonist of Series 3 and a minor character in the 2008-2009 Special The End of Time in the television series Doctor Who.
She is the wife of Harold Saxon, aka The Master, and his accomplice in his plans for world domination, serving as a queen consort of sorts during his rule in The Year That Never Was. Although initially infatuated with him, sharing his sadistic streak and lack of empathy, she turned on him during his reign due to his domestic abuse. This led to her shooting him after his defeat, becoming the first person to succesful kill the Master.
She was portrayed by Alexandra Moen in her first villainous role.
Biography[]
Early life[]
The youngest child of Lord and Lady Cole of Tarminster, Lucy attended Rodean School, before working in the publishing industry after graduation. It was here that she first met Harold Saxon who was publishing his biography at the time. They married in 2007.
With Harold Saxon[]
Lucy became Saxon's partner, appearing beside him for the press and photos. Following the Master's appointment as Prime Minister, Lucy was interviewed in 10 Downing Street by Vivien Rook, who tried to convince Lucy that "Harold Saxon" was a false identity, and that whoever he was, he was putting both Lucy and everyone else in danger. When the Master appeared through a back door, Vivien tried to cover up what she had stated about him, but discovered that Lucy was well aware of how fake the Master's "Harold Saxon" identity was, and was killed by a group of Toclafane before she could leave. Lucy was upset and shaken by Vivien's screams.
On the day of the Toclafane invasion, Lucy appeared eager for the fulfilment of the Master's true intent. When the Toclafane appeared and killed American President Arthur Coleman Winters, she showed no signs of fear or alarm and remained calm throughout the entire duration of the events. She joined the Master on the bridge when the sky above the Valiant ripped open and the Doctor was aged, seemingly enjoying the sight of the Toclafane flying down and killing one tenth of the human race.
The Year That Never Was[]
Over the year of the Master's reign, Lucy became cold towards him due to abuse she received at his hands, prompting her to join in when the world started to chant the word "Doctor." When the Master, realising his plan had failed, tried to escape, she witnessed Francine Jones raise a gun in his direction, and when the Doctor and Jack Harkness stopped her, unseen, Lucy took the gun herself and shot him, wounding him fatally. Jack managed to disarm her, leaving her motionless, looking on with a cold, emotionless stare at the man who had broken her. After she witnessed the Master refuse to regenerate from the gunshot wound when he realised that the Doctor would keep him permanently confined to his TARDIS. Lucy was arrested and later charged with his murder. Her trial was held in secret and without a jury, and, found guilty, she was sent to Broadfell Prison where she began serving a life sentence.
Imprisonment and revenge[]
On Christmas Eve night in or around the 2000s, Lucy was released from her cell by her prison's new Governor, and brought to the basement, where a cult of the Master's loyal servants was implementing a ritual to restore him to life. One element necessary to the ritual was the Master's bio-metric imprint, something that could be extracted from Lucy's lips due to the many times that he had kissed her. To her horror, the ritual succeeded, and the partially-restored Master began draining his servants of their lifeforce. Before the Master's body was completely restored however, Lucy revealed to her former husband that she had long been aware of the ritual and had had her father's scientists develop an opposite to one of the life-restoring potions used in his resurrection. Given the potion by one of the guards, she hurled it at the Master, creating an explosion that destroyed the prison and herself.
Personality[]
Originally suggested to be a rather simple minded and naive woman by Bridget Jones, she is revealed to be rather intelligent, and in fact fully aware of her husband's identity and plans. Although shaken by Jone's death, by the time of Harold Saxon's takeover, she was revealed to be a cruel, unempathic woman, thoroughly sadistic as shown by her joyous and callous reaction to the Toflofane genocide of her planet. She seemed to be genuinely in love with Saxon, although this love turned to hate due to his domestic abuse, leading to her murder of him. Despite her turn, she showed no sign of remorse for assisting in Saxon's genocide actions, although she still sacrificed her life to prevent his ressurection. How much of this was remorse and how much was simply fear for what he would do to her or spite.
