To put it simply, no. Paul McGann is wonderful as the Doctor but the absolute butchering of the character of the Master is just awful.
It’s worth checking out for completionist’s sake but go in with very low expectations.
Worse than turning him into a woman? 😉
Some of us can afford the upgrade.
I was miffed at the Eric Roberts interpretation back in the day but like Paul he does well with what he has. Which is a poor screenplay but as good as many RTD scripts and better than many JNT era ones. If I were to introduce the show to someone I’d go with something like The Eleventh Hour which is fun has many if the main concepts explained and is modern telly friendly. Then I’d encourage people to go back and forwards as the character does. It’s a mixed bag whenever you go but what the show has, it has an ethos… a life… It has…A spirit all of its own. Like a wine, it has a bouquet. Yeah. Like a good wine. You have to chose one of the vintage years, of course. 1996 was more of a generic house red. 2010 That’s a most good-humoured wine. A touch sardonic, perhaps, but not cynical. A most civilised wine, one after my own hearts.