The Master grew up on Gallifrey in the House of Oakdown. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties) The Master and the Doctor shared the same heritage and upbringing. (AUDIO: UNIT: Dominion) Despite his childhood being more a life of duty, (TV: The End of Time) he had a friendship with the First Doctor; (GAME:Destiny of the Doctors) UNIT scientist Osgood describing the Master as the Doctor's "childhood friend". (TV: Death in Heaven) The two youths would play in the fields near the young Master's home which was his father's estates, with pastures of red grass near Mount Perdition. (TV: The End of Time) They used to sneak out of the Capitol and drink with the Shobogans. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors) On one of these outings, the young Master picked a fight with six drunken Shobogans. (PROSE: UNIT Christmas Part