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*** Good rule of thumb: the more Time Lords in a story, the bigger your serving of ham.

*** Speaking of The Master, Peri parodies this trope with him

Peri: So what? I'm Perpugilliam Brown, and I can shout just as loud as you! }}

* This especially fits [[Tom Baker]], who hams it up to almost [[Brian Blessed]] levels both in the show and off it. Apparently there's a gene in any person with the surname Baker that transforms them into concentrated ham when in the presence of a TARDIS.

{{quote|"HOME IS WHEREVER YOU LAY YOUR HAT! ''THIS IS MY HAT!'' '''THERE! I'VE LAID IT!'''" }}inter

* [[Paul McGann]], while fairly subdued as Doctors go, has his moments...

{{quote|"WHOOOOO AAAAM IIIII?!?!?!"

"The Master wants to take all my remaining lives! SO THAT HE WILL ''LIVE'' AND I WILL '''DIE'''!" }}

{{quote|"''I''... am become... '''ZAGREUS!!!'''"}}

** Though his non-hammy evil turn in ''The Natural History of Fear'' is such concentrated [[Nightmare Fuel]] that ham is almost preferable. Hammy evil!Eight is entertaining as hell, but his subdued evil manages to be utterly terrifying [[Fetish Fuel]]. Listening to him whisper while he's lobotomizing a woman who's awake, aware, and terrified...good ''grief''.

** There was his scene alone with the Dalek in "Dalek", in which Eccleston was ''literally'' foaming at the mouth by the end of his scary, awesome speech:

{{quote|"Why don't you finish the job, and make the Daleks extinct? Rid the universe of your filth! ''Why don't you just '''DIE'''?!''" }}

{{quote|"EVERYBODY LIVES, ROSE!!! JUST THIS ONCE, '''[[Everybody Lives]]!!'''"}}

** In the Previous episode "The Empty Child":

{{quote|"''Legs! I've still got legs. Good. Arms! Hands! Oooh fingers, lots of fingers! ...Hair? I'm a GIRL?!?''"}}

** In the first Dalek centered episode of his reign:

** From 'The Beast Below':

{{quote|"NO ONE HUMAN HAS ANYTHING TO SAY TO ME TODAY!"}}

*** And of course "I! Am! TAAAAAAAALKING!"

*** One of Matt Smith's great moments: "TARDIS bang bang, Daleks BOOM!"

** Anthony Ainley on playing the Master: "I'm not a ham. You can ''cure'' a ham!"

** Jonathan Pryce's Master from ''[[Affectionate Parody|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' has to be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYpaSzw1qck seen to be believed].

{{quote|"Naturally, Doctor, I wanted you to know.... that your certain death is now.... CERTAIN!"}}

** Really, ''any'' incarnation of the Master who doesn't rattle the heavens and leave tooth marks on the scenery through the sheer force of his acting is just flat-out doing it wrong.

"'''''[[I'm a Humanitarian|DINNERTIIIIIIIIIIIIME!!!!!]]'''''" }}

** [[Derek Jacobi]] during the last ten minutes of his performance in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' New Series episode "Utopia". Having given a subtle, moving performance as the kindly Professor Yana for most of the episode, {{spoiler|he then is transformed into the Doctor's uber-evil arch-foe the Master... and at the same moment, into a really [[Large Ham]]. Consequently, John Simm is a very ''very'' [[Large Ham]], albeit an evil one.}}

* [[Omnicidal Maniac|Davros]] fits this trope like a glove.

{{quote|"This! Is my ultimate victory, Doctor: {{spoiler|THE DESTRUCTION! OF REALITY!! ITSEEELLLF!!!}}"}}

{{quote|'''Dalek (To the Cyber-leader):''' IT! IS! NOT! WAR! IT! IS! PEST-CONTROL!}}

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* The [[Big Finish Doctor Who]] audio play ''Omega'' has an in-universe [[Large Ham]] in the form of Daland. A [[Classically-Trained Extra]] on a [[Show Within a Show]], he declares, upon hearing that he might be replaced by a robot: "no mere ''machine'' could do my job!!" To which [[Deadpan Snarker|Sentia]] replies: "I dunno, a fridge could do your job. You can fit a lot of ham in a fridge."

** Also from Big Finish's ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' parody ''Bang-Bang-A-Boom!'', Patricia Quinn as the outrageous Queen Angvia, the [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Green Skinned Space]]... ''Valkyrie''.

{{quote|"''Ze Universe can VAIT!'' '''I AM A VOMAN!!!'''"}}

{{quote|"''REMOVE'' all the contents of his ''MIND?'' Why not? [[Evil Laugh|Muah-ha-ha!]] ''[[Evil Laugh|Muah-HA-HA!]]'' '''[[Up to Eleven|AH-HAH-HA-HA-HAAAA!]]'''" }}

** Hell, Andrew Sachs even gives ''Adric'' a pretty hamtastic upgrade while voicing his [[Not Good with People|crazy-old-man/scorpion-king]]/[[A God Am I|God-Mode]] self (yes, [[It Makes Sense in Context|you read that right]]) in ''The Boy That Time Forgot.''

* From ''The End of Time'', {{spoiler|[[Timothy Dalton]]'s Rassilon delivers some spectacularly spittle-flecked lines.}}

{{quote|"''FOR GALLIFREY! FOR VICTORY! FOR THE END... OF TIME...'' '''''ITSELF!!!'''''"

* ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'' features Magnus Greel, an enormously hammy 51st-century time traveler kidnapping girls in Victorian London and draining their life-energy.

{{quote|'''Magnus Greel''': "Let the [[Title Drop|Talons of Weng-Chiang]] SHRED your FLEEEEEESSH! [[Evil Laugh|HAHAHAHAHAHA!]]"}}

* Lady Cassandra. ''MOIST''URIZE ME! (Keeps the Ham nice and juicy.) Also bleeds over into Billie Piper ("It's like a ''bouncy castle!!''") and David Tennant ("a little bit ''fox-ay!''") when the Doctor and Rose end up [[Body Surf|hosting Cassandra's personality]].

* Aris from ''Kinda'', when he gets taken over by the Mara and is granted the gift of <s> Ham</s> speech.

{{quote|'''Aris:''' I still control them! ''I am Aris!'' I. HAVE. VOICE!

'''Fifth Doctor:''' YES, SO I HEAR! }}

{{quote|'''Eldrad''': I CREATED THIS WOOOOOORRRRRRLLLLLLD!!!!!! IT IS MIIIINE!!! MINE BY RIIIGGGHHHT!!!}}

* Also Omega, from ''The Three Doctors'', with the help of some truly hammy scriptwriting.

* Sutekh in ''Pyramids of Mars'' and the ''[[Faction Paradox]]'' audio series manages to be a [[Large Ham]] while speaking in barely more than a whisper. This was lampooned in the DVD extra "Oh Mummy!", in which Sutekh (still voiced by Gabriel Woolfe) attempts to find work after ''Pyramids of Mars'', featuring a truly unforgettable gag in which Sutekh shows the "documentary" crew his cute little bunnyrabbit. "I call him Neil. Neil. '''NEIL BEFORE THE MIGHT OF SUTEKH!'''"