episode guide
the deadly assassin
story 88 : season 14 : serial 4P : 4 episodes
Producer: Philip Hinchcliffe
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Robert Holmes
Script Editor: Robert Holmes
Designer: Roger Murray-Leach
cast information
Tom Baker (Doctor Who); Peter Pratt (The Master); Llewellyn Rees (The President); Angus Mackay (Cardinal Borusa); Bernard Horsfall (Chancellor Goth); George Pravda (Castellan Spandrell); Hugh Walters (Commentator Runcible); Erik Chitty (Co-ordinator Engin); Derek Seaton (Commander Hilred); Maurice Quick (Gold Usher); John Dawson (Time Lord); Michael Bilton (Time Lord); Peter Mayock (Solis); Helen Blatch (Voice);
crew information
Linda Graeme (Assistant Floor Manager); James Acheson (Costumes); Joan Ellacott (Costumes); Terry Walsh (Fight Arranger); Fred Hamilton (Film Cameraman); Ian McKendrick (Film Editor); Dudley Simpson (Incidental Music); Jean Williams (Make-Up); Nicholas John (Production Assistant); Chris D'Oyly-John (Production Unit Manager); Dick Mills (Special Sounds); Brian Clemett (Studio Lighting); Clive Gifford (Studio Sound); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Len Hutton (Visual Effects); Peter Day (Visual Effects);
episode information
Title | First UK Transmission | Duration | Ratings | Archive Status | |
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1 | Part One | 30 October 1976 at 18:05 | 21'13" | 11.8mil | PAL 2 inch colour videotape |
2 | Part Two | 6 November 1976 at 18:05 | 24'44" | 12.1mil | PAL 2 inch colour videotape |
3 | Part Three | 13 November 1976 at 18:05 | 24'20" | 13.0mil | PAL 2 inch colour videotape PAL U-Matic (colour) |
4 | Part Four | 20 November 1976 at 18:05 | 24'30" | 11.8mil | PAL 2 inch colour videotape |
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Part One
» Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978 -
Part Two
» Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978 -
Part Three
» Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978
» Original tape edited to remove freeze-frame ending
» U-Matic recording (complete with original ending) is held in the U-Matic Library at TVC -
Part Four
» Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978
release information
In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin
Written by: Terrance Dicks
Number 019 in the Target Doctor Who Library
Versions | |
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1977 |
Published by Allan Wingate Ltd, UK
in hardback With cover artwork by: Mike Little |
20 October 1977 |
Published by Wyndham Publications, UK
in paperback With cover artwork by: Mike Little ISBN: 0 426 11965 7 |
15 February 1979 |
Published by W. H. Allen, UK
in paperback With cover artwork by: Mike Little ISBN: 0 426 11965 7 |
plot synopsis
The Doctor has a premonition that someone is about to assassinate the President on Gallifrey, so he tries to find the murderer before he can carry out his plan. The assassination, however, goes ahead and the Doctor is framed so that he is caught with the gun in his hand. The Doctor buys time before his inevitable execution for the crime, by declaring himself as a candidate for Presidential election, and then finds that the Master is behind the whole set-up. The Doctor has to stop the Master from absorbing a new cycle of bodily regenerations from the Eye of Harmony, and stop him from destroying Gallifrey
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- Episode Guide and Production Documents: BBC Official Site -- Official episode guide entry. Based on information combined from The Television Companion and The Discontinuity Guide. Also contains links to original production documents.
- Rankings and Ratings: GEOS Listing -- Online rankings, ratings and reviews database. Vote on this story and view ratings and broadcast information of this story for over ten countries. Also contains details of production credits and summary information
- Episode Guide: Outpost Gallifrey -- A general overview of the story. Includes information from the Doctor Handbook series of books.
- Background Information: A Brief History of Time (Travel) -- Detailed background and behind-the-scenes information
- Detailed Synopsis: Dr. Who Reference Guide -- Contains an episode-by-episode detailed breakdown
- Story Reviews: The Doctor Who Ratings Guide -- Story reviews "by fans, for fans"
- Target Novelisation: On Target -- Details of the Target Novelisation for this story.
- Images: Doctor Who's Tragical History Tour -- Images from the story from "The history of Doctor Who in images."