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== Known instances ==
== Known instances ==
* [[James Stevens]] and the [[Ninth Doctor]] were present at the [[Kennedy assassination]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
* [[James Stevens]] and the [[Ninth Doctor]] were present at the [[Kennedy assassination]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] was accused of assassinating the [[Lord President]] on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] was accused of assassinating the [[Lord President]] on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* Queen [[Victoria (Queen)|Victoria]] had several assassination attempts made on her life. ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')
* Queen [[Victoria (Queen)|Victoria]] had several assassination attempts made on her life. ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')
* [[Kevin (The Resurrection Casket)|Kevin]] was a hired assassin sent by [[Drel McCavity]]. ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Resurrection Casket]]'')
* [[Kevin (The Resurrection Casket)|Kevin]] was a hired assassin sent by [[Drel McCavity]]. ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Resurrection Casket (novel)|The Resurrection Casket]]'')
* [[The Master]] used the [[Toclafane]] to assassinate [[President of the United States|President]] [[Arthur Coleman Winters]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')
* [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|The Master]] used the [[Toclafane]] to assassinate [[President of the United States|President]] [[Arthur Coleman Winters]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
* The [[First Doctor]] witnessed the assassination of [[President of the United States|President]] [[William McKinley]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]'')
* The [[First Doctor]] witnessed the assassination of [[President of the United States|President]] [[William McKinley]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'')
* The [[Fifth Doctor]] averted an assassination attempt upon the life of [[president of the United States|President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] in [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]] in early [[April]] [[1865]]. ([[TN]]: ''[[Blood and Hope]]'')
* The [[Fifth Doctor]] averted an assassination attempt upon the life of [[president of the United States|President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] in [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]] in early [[April]] [[1865]]. ([[TN]]: ''[[Blood and Hope (novel)|Blood and Hope]]'')
* [[Stephen Keyser]] and [[Walter Jacobs]] made separate attempts to assassinate [[Sherilyn Harper]], both of which failed. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Fearmonger]]'')
* [[Stephen Keyser]] and [[Walter Jacobs]] made separate attempts to assassinate [[Sherilyn Harper]], both of which failed. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Fearmonger (audio story)|The Fearmonger]]'')
* "Executive action" was old [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] terminology for assassination. The pharmaceutical company [[The Pharm]] granted [[Billy Davis]] executive action for dealing with test subjects for [[Reset]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* Assassins are, by definition, deadly. This makes the title ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' redundant, which is why the title was gently mocked by the [[Comic Relief]] special, [[The Curse of Fatal Death|''The Curse of ''Fatal'' Death'']].
* Assassins are, by definition, deadly. This makes the title ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'' redundant, which is why the title was gently mocked by the [[Comic Relief]] special, [[The Curse of Fatal Death|''The Curse of ''Fatal'' Death'']].
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Assassination was a specialised form of murder, in which the victim was a prominent individual — often the leader of a government.

Known instances

Behind the scenes

Assassination