John Simm, Time Traveller - Again

I've had it spelled it to me by somebody who really understands Dr. Who that two different actors will play The Master in this series. I'm about to reveal all, so look away if you want to play at home.

Apparently, Derek Jacobi is playing a character called The Professor. He's actually The Master, and when he regenerates, he's going to be John Simm - apparently, the tabloids have already covered this bit and I'm rather late to the party. The Master is currently using the alias of Saxon on the show - and, I'm told this is because Mister Saxon is an anagram of Master No. Six - which, if Russell T Davies' maths is correct, is the amount of actors to have played the Master in canon, up to and including Jacobi's Professor, the originator of the Saxon pseudonym. There is reportedly a tradition of using anagrams whenever and wherever The Master is concerned. How 1960's Batman of them.

Some clips of Simm in the role have been screened to a select few - Johnathon Ross amongst them - and, apparently, he was absolutely fantastic.