.you must be mad, or else you wouldn't have come here

I . . . I really don't want to know HOW he dies, but at the same time I'm curious . . .
I know what you mean. To this day, I'm frightened of even trying to find out through Wikipedia or some other research method, let alone watching it. Pat should not die, ever - not even while playing the most gruesome villain.
(which makes me think - how would the Master have been like played by Pat? *ponders*)

It IS, but it's probably one of my most boring & rather shallow ones ever. ;)
That's okay - if you're not satisfied, you can later on read a more in-depth and detailed recap when you check out alouzon's thoughts on the serial in those links I gave you. And I'm not mentioning it just because I proof-read it and provided her with some screencaps I took. :P