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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* The story had a working title of ''The Dangerous Assassin''. | * The story had a working title of ''The Dangerous Assassin''. | ||
* The title is generally considered a [[tautology]] — an assassin is, by definition, deadly. This redundancy was parodied in the spoof ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]''. However, [[Robert Holmes]] denied that the title was tautological, saying, "There are plenty of incompetent assassins." ([[INFO]]: ''The Deadly Assassin'') | * The title is generally considered a [[tautology]] — an assassin is, by definition, deadly. This redundancy was parodied in the spoof ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]''. However, [[Robert Holmes]] denied that the title was tautological, saying, "There are plenty of incompetent assassins." ([[INFO]]: ''The Deadly Assassin'') | ||
* This is the first TV story to feature the Doctor without a companion and the only one during the 1963-89 original series. The [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 telefilm]] and revival series featured the Doctor on occasion collaborating with "one-off" companions (such as [[Donna Noble]] in ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') and in ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'', the Doctor has an adventure by himself, away from his companion. All that said, ''The Deadly Assassin'' remains unique as the only televised ''Doctor Who'' adventure to date in which the Doctor appears but there is no companion or companion-surrogate at all. The episode ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]] ''also features an entire story with only the Doctor and no companions, but the actress [[Jenna Coleman]] appears in the episode as part of the Doctor's mind manifestation. | * This is the first TV story to feature the Doctor without a companion and the only one during the 1963-89 original series. The [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 telefilm]] and revival series featured the Doctor on occasion collaborating with "one-off" companions (such as [[Donna Noble]] in ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') and in ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'', the Doctor has an adventure by himself, away from his companion. All that said, ''The Deadly Assassin'' remains unique as the only televised ''Doctor Who'' adventure to date in which the Doctor appears but there is no companion or companion-surrogate at all. The episode ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]] ''also features an entire story with only the Doctor and no companions, but the actress [[Jenna Coleman]] appears in the episode as part of the Doctor's mind manifestation. | ||
* This story features an exclusively male cast, except for the female computer voice provided by [[Helen Blatch]]. | * This story features an exclusively male cast, except for the female computer voice provided by [[Helen Blatch]]. | ||