Sarcasm is an adjusted stress reaction.

I like to think that the Master comes up with plans that work on several levels beyond the basic question of will he get to shag the Doctor. We just, um, never get to see these plans.

And yes, that's Bev Tarrant. She winds up running the Collection in Braxiatel's absence.

ALSO, I think you should at least give them a go, otherwise you're the equivalent of a chipper who can't cope with the fact that Rose is a bit selfish sometimes. Not that Rose has committed genocide -- wait, yes she did -- but still. There's good and bad, and there's the head!Pandora to excuse all major crimes.