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|novelisation = Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin | |novelisation = Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin | ||
|image = PRD.jpg | |image = PRD.jpg | ||
|series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | |series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | ||
|season number = Season 14 | |season number = Season 14 (Doctor Who 1963) | ||
|season serial number = 3 | |season serial number = 3 | ||
|story number = 88 | |story number = 88 | ||
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|featuring = Spandrell | |featuring = Spandrell | ||
|enemy = The [[Decayed Master]] | |enemy = The [[Decayed Master]] | ||
|setting = [[Gallifrey]], [[APC Net | |setting = [[Gallifrey]], [[APC Net]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Robert Holmes | ||
|director = [[David Maloney]] | |director = [[David Maloney]] | ||
|producer = [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] | |producer = [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] | ||
|epcount = 4 | |epcount = 4 | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 30 October - 20 November 1976 | ||
|network = | |network = BBC1 | ||
|format = 4x25-minute episodes | |format = 4x25-minute episodes | ||
|serial production code = [[List of production codes|4P]] | |serial production code = [[List of production codes|4P]] | ||
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|next = The Face of Evil (TV story) | |next = The Face of Evil (TV story) | ||
|clip = Premonition of death - Doctor Who - The Deadly Assassin - BBC|thwr=1 | |clip = Premonition of death - Doctor Who - The Deadly Assassin - BBC|thwr=1 | ||
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}}{{you may|The Deadly Assassin (reference book)|n1=the reference book of the same name}} | |||
'''''The Deadly Assassin''''' was the third serial of [[season 14]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was the only televised story in the original run of ''Doctor Who'' to feature the Doctor without a [[companion]]. Tom Baker had told [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] he could hold the show on his own. With this story already in place, it was seen as a pilot for such companion-less stories. However, it was deemed that a companion was a necessary feature of the show. | '''''The Deadly Assassin''''' was the third serial of [[Season 14 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 14]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was the only televised story in the original run of ''Doctor Who'' to feature the Doctor without a [[companion]]. Tom Baker had told [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] he could hold the show on his own. With this story already in place, it was seen as a pilot for such companion-less stories. However, it was deemed that a companion was a necessary feature of the show. | ||
This serial saw the return of the Doctor's nemesis, [[Decayed Master|the Master]], but in a heavily decayed state played by [[Peter Pratt]]. [[Roger Delgado]] had died in an automobile accident three years earlier, requiring a new actor to take his place. Afterwards, the Master became subject to a change in appearance and other changes as needed when an actor replaced the role, much like the Doctor, although, from an in-universe perspective, which change of actors should be considered a change of "incarnation" is far less clear-cut. | This serial saw the return of the Doctor's nemesis, [[Decayed Master|the Master]], but in a heavily decayed state played by [[Peter Pratt]]. [[Roger Delgado]] had died in an automobile accident three years earlier, requiring a new actor to take his place. Afterwards, the Master became subject to a change in appearance and other changes as needed when an actor replaced the role, much like the Doctor, although, from an in-universe perspective, which change of actors should be considered a change of "incarnation" is far less clear-cut. | ||
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* [[Solis]] - [[Peter Mayock]] | * [[Solis]] - [[Peter Mayock]] | ||
* Voice - [[Helen Blatch]] | * Voice - [[Helen Blatch]] | ||
=== Uncredited cast === | |||
* Public Register Video cameraman - [[Brian Nolan]] | |||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
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* The [[Decayed Master]] returns to using the [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]], once used by the [[The Master (Terror of the Autons)|"UNIT era" Master]] in [[TV]]: {{cite source|Terror of the Autons (TV story)}}, and the Doctor recognises the weapon's effects. Tissue compression would become one of the Master's default M.O.s in his [[Tremas Master|next incarnation]]. | * The [[Decayed Master]] returns to using the [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]], once used by the [[The Master (Terror of the Autons)|"UNIT era" Master]] in [[TV]]: {{cite source|Terror of the Autons (TV story)}}, and the Doctor recognises the weapon's effects. Tissue compression would become one of the Master's default M.O.s in his [[Tremas Master|next incarnation]]. | ||
* This story introduces the [[Eye of Harmony]], the singularity from the heart of a [[black hole]] which an ancient [[Founders of Gallifrey|Gallifreyan founder]] brought back to [[Gallifrey]]. Its narrative of events echoes, but does not quite match, the history of [[Omega]]'s experiments as given in [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Three Doctors (TV story)}}, and gives [[Rassilon]] as the name of the Founder. Later sources would solidify the idea that Omega and Rassilon were contemporaries who worked together on the experiment. The creation of the Eye and [[disappearance of Omega]] would be depicted or referenced in many later stories including [[COMIC]]: {{cite source|Star Death (comic story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cite source|The Final Chapter (comic story)}} and [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Book of the War (novel)}}. | * This story introduces the [[Eye of Harmony]], the singularity from the heart of a [[black hole]] which an ancient [[Founders of Gallifrey|Gallifreyan founder]] brought back to [[Gallifrey]]. Its narrative of events echoes, but does not quite match, the history of [[Omega]]'s experiments as given in [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Three Doctors (TV story)}}, and gives [[Rassilon]] as the name of the Founder. Later sources would solidify the idea that Omega and Rassilon were contemporaries who worked together on the experiment. The creation of the Eye and [[disappearance of Omega]] would be depicted or referenced in many later stories including [[COMIC]]: {{cite source|Star Death (comic story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cite source|The Final Chapter (comic story)}} and [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Book of the War (novel)}}. | ||
* The Doctor recalls that Time Lords are telepathic; [[Susan Foreman]] was depicted with psychic abilities as early as [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Edge of Destruction (TV story)}} and [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Sensorites (TV story)}}, and the idea had also recently been referenced in {{cite source|The Brain of Morbius (TV story)}}, where the Doctor instinctively recognises [[Morbius]]'s mental presence even before they physically meet. | * The Doctor recalls that Time Lords are telepathic; [[Susan Foreman]] was depicted with psychic abilities as early as [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Edge of Destruction (TV story)}} and [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Sensorites (TV story)}}, and the idea had also recently been referenced in [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Brain of Morbius (TV story)}}, where the Doctor instinctively recognises [[Morbius]]'s mental presence even before they physically meet. | ||
* This story introduces the idea that Time Lords have finite [[regeneration cycle]]s adding up to only twelve [[regeneration]]s. Acquiring more regenerations would remain a key part of the Master's motivation in eras to come, starting with his next televised appearance in [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Keeper of Traken (TV story)}} and as late as [[TV]]: {{cite source|Doctor Who (TV story)}}. The regeneration limit would also become a major plot point for [[the Doctor]] themself in [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}. | * This story introduces the idea that Time Lords have finite [[regeneration cycle]]s adding up to only twelve [[regeneration]]s. Acquiring more regenerations would remain a key part of the Master's motivation in eras to come, starting with his next televised appearance in [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Keeper of Traken (TV story)}} and as late as [[TV]]: {{cite source|Doctor Who (TV story)}}. The regeneration limit would also become a major plot point for [[the Doctor]] themself in [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}. | ||
* A great number of stories went on to address the circumstances which reduced the Master to his [[Decayed Master|decayed]] form, including [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Legacy of the Daleks (novel)}} and [[AUDIO]]: {{cite source|The Two Masters (audio story)}}, both of which also attempt to address how and why Goth found him on the planet [[Tersurus]]. | * A great number of stories went on to address the circumstances which reduced the Master to his [[Decayed Master|decayed]] form, including [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Legacy of the Daleks (novel)}} and [[AUDIO]]: {{cite source|The Two Masters (audio story)}}, both of which also attempt to address how and why Goth found him on the planet [[Tersurus]]. | ||
* The planet Tersurus, only mentioned here, would also serve as the setting of the notorious comedic special [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)}}. | * The planet Tersurus, only mentioned here, would also serve as the setting of the notorious comedic special [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)}}. | ||
* The Master escapes Gallifrey in [[Goth's TARDIS|a TARDIS disguised as a grandfather clock]]; he is still using it when he next appears on television in [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Keeper of Traken (TV story)}}, in addition to [[Melkur (The Keeper of Traken)|another, more advanced TARDIS]]. [[AUDIO]]: {{cite source|Dominion (audio story)}} would later clarify that this clock-TARDIS was Goth's own TARDIS, easily stolen by the Master with Goth now dead. | * The Master escapes Gallifrey in [[Goth's TARDIS|a TARDIS disguised as a grandfather clock]]; he is still using it when he next appears on television in [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Keeper of Traken (TV story)}}, in addition to [[Melkur (The Keeper of Traken)|another, more advanced TARDIS]]. [[AUDIO]]: {{cite source|Dominion (audio story)}} would later clarify that this clock-TARDIS was Goth's own TARDIS, easily stolen by the Master with Goth now dead. | ||
* Goth's brother [[Rath]] appears in [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Blood Harvest (novel)}}. | * Goth's brother [[Rath]] appears in [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Blood Harvest (novel)}}. | ||
* [[Coordinator]] [[Engin]] reappeared in [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Eight Doctors (novel)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Dalek Combat Training Manual ( | * [[Coordinator]] [[Engin]] reappeared in [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Eight Doctors (novel)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cite source|Sky Jacks (comic story)}} and [[WC]]: {{cite source|Incoming Transmission (webcast)}}. | ||
* [[Borusa]] reappeared a number of times, starting with [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Invasion of Time (TV story)}}, being revealed to have taken on the Presidency after the Doctor ran off. | * [[Borusa]] reappeared a number of times, starting with [[TV]]: {{cite source|The Invasion of Time (TV story)}}, being revealed to have taken on the Presidency after the Doctor ran off. | ||
* One of the entries in the [[Masterplan Journal]] given in [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Secret Diary of the Master (short story)}} was set in the lead-up to this story, while the Master and Goth were formulating their evil plan. | |||
== Home video and audio releases == | == Home video and audio releases == | ||
=== DVD releases === | === DVD releases === | ||
The DVD was released on 11 May 2009 in the UK. | |||
Special Features | ==== Special Features ==== | ||
* Commentary by [[Tom Baker]], [[Bernard Horsfall]] and [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] | * Commentary by [[Tom Baker]] ([[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]]), [[Bernard Horsfall]] ([[Goth]]) and [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] (Producer) | ||
* [[The Matrix Revisited]] — Cast, crew and critics look back at the making of this story, featuring director [[David Maloney]], designer Roger Murray-Leach and the founder of the National Viewers and Listeners Association, Mary Whitehouse | * ''[[The Matrix Revisited (documentary)|The Matrix Revisited]]'' — Cast, crew and critics look back at the making of this story, featuring director [[David Maloney]], designer [[Roger Murray-Leach]] and the founder of the National Viewers and Listeners Association, [[Mary Whitehouse]] | ||
* [[The Gallifreyan Candidate]] — A look at Richard Condon's novel ''The Manchurian Candidate'', a major influence on the plot of ''The Deadly Assassin'' | * ''[[The Gallifreyan Candidate (documentary)|The Gallifreyan Candidate]]'' — A look at Richard Condon's novel ''The Manchurian Candidate'', a major influence on the plot of ''The Deadly Assassin'' | ||
* [[The Frighten Factor]] — What exactly is Doctor Who's | * ''[[The Frighten Factor (documentary)|The Frighten Factor]]'' — What exactly is ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s 'Frighten Factor'? A diverse panel of experts try to answer the question. | ||
* Radio Times Billings — Listings for this story presented in a PDF file [DVD-ROM – PC/Mac] | * ''[[Radio Times]]'' Billings — Listings for this story presented in a PDF file [DVD-ROM – PC/Mac] | ||
* Photo Gallery | * Photo Gallery | ||
* Coming Soon Trailer | * Coming Soon Trailer - ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'' | ||
* Production Information Subtitles | * Production Information Subtitles | ||
* Easter Egg | * [[Easter Egg]]: Original BBC teaser for the serial. To access this hidden feature, press left at Photo Gallery on the Special Features menu to reveal a hidden ''Doctor Who'' logo. | ||
Editing for the DVD release was completed by the [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]]. | |||
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