Yeah, sure. Maybe it would be more useful in later stories? Unless...

You are the Master from the future after he finds out The Doctor has helped this alien, who is second in technological advancement to the Gallifrey. He thinks they will become even more powerful and destroy the Time Lords, so he waits outside their planet and when a stray one (Al'Klin) leaves you chase him to Earth and then you mind control the humans to help you kill him.