Harold Saxon
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Harold Saxon is an alias used by the Master, a recurring Time Lord villain in the Doctor Who television series, during his tenure as a manipulative British politician.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harold Saxon canonical | 11 |
| Harold Saxon arc | 1 |
| The Master as Prime Minister Harold Saxon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T566200 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold Saxon Context triple: [The Master, alsoKnownAs, Harold Saxon]
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A.
Geoffrey
Geoffrey is a masculine given name of English origin, famously borne by pioneering computer scientist and AI researcher Geoffrey Hinton.
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B.
Henry Howard
Henry Howard was an American architect known for designing San Francisco’s landmark Coit Tower.
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C.
Harold Godwinson
Harold Godwinson was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England, best known for his defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which led to the Norman Conquest.
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D.
Alphonso, Earl of Chester
Alphonso, Earl of Chester was a 13th-century English prince, the second son and heir apparent of King Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, whose early death altered the line of succession to the English throne.
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E.
William of Hatfield
William of Hatfield was a short-lived English prince of the 14th century, one of the younger sons of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold Saxon Target entity description: Harold Saxon is an alias used by the Master, a recurring Time Lord villain in the Doctor Who television series, during his tenure as a manipulative British politician.
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A.
Geoffrey
Geoffrey is a masculine given name of English origin, famously borne by pioneering computer scientist and AI researcher Geoffrey Hinton.
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B.
Henry Howard
Henry Howard was an American architect known for designing San Francisco’s landmark Coit Tower.
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C.
Harold Godwinson
Harold Godwinson was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England, best known for his defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which led to the Norman Conquest.
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D.
Alphonso, Earl of Chester
Alphonso, Earl of Chester was a 13th-century English prince, the second son and heir apparent of King Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, whose early death altered the line of succession to the English throne.
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E.
William of Hatfield
William of Hatfield was a short-lived English prince of the 14th century, one of the younger sons of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alias
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ |
| aliasOf | The Master ⓘ |
| antagonistIn |
Doctor Who series 3 finale
ⓘ
linked to:
Doctor Who series 3
|
| appearsIn | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| appearsInEpisode |
"Last of the Time Lords"
ⓘ
linked to:
Last of the Time Lords
"The Runaway Bride" ⓘ
linked to:
Runaway Bride
"The Sound of Drums" ⓘ
linked to:
The Sound of Drums
|
| appearsInSeries |
Doctor Who series 3 (2007)
ⓘ
linked to:
Doctor Who series 3
|
| associatedWith |
Toclafane
ⓘ
Valiant (UNIT airship) ⓘ
linked to:
Zeppelin airships
|
| campaignSlogan | "Vote Saxon" ⓘ |
| controls | Archangel Network ⓘ |
| createdBy | Russell T Davies ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Jack Harkness
ⓘ
linked to:
Captain Jack Harkness
Martha Jones ⓘ The Doctor ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
"The Runaway Bride"
ⓘ
linked to:
Runaway Bride
|
| firstFullAppearance |
"The Sound of Drums"
ⓘ
linked to:
The Sound of Drums
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasMindControlMethod | subliminal messaging via Archangel Network ⓘ |
| homePlanet | Gallifrey ⓘ |
| killedBy | Lucy Saxon ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| nationality | British (cover identity) ⓘ |
| notablePlot | attempted conquest of Earth using the Toclafane ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
charismatic manipulation
ⓘ
political ambition ⓘ sadistic behavior ⓘ |
| occupation |
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| politicalParty | fictional British political party ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | John Simm ⓘ |
| positionObtainedBy |
manipulation of public perception
ⓘ
use of Archangel Network ⓘ |
| realIdentity | The Master ⓘ |
| regeneratesInto |
The Master (subsequent incarnation)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Master
|
| setInCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| species | Time Lord ⓘ |
| spouse | Lucy Saxon ⓘ |
| temporalStatus | time traveler (as The Master) ⓘ |
| universe |
Doctor Who universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Doctor Who expanded universe
|
| usesTechnology | laser screwdriver ⓘ |
| usesTitle | Mr Saxon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Harold Saxon Description of subject: Harold Saxon is an alias used by the Master, a recurring Time Lord villain in the Doctor Who television series, during his tenure as a manipulative British politician.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.