The Deadly Assassin (TV story): Difference between revisions

* Part of the disturbing nature of the drowning scene at the end of part three came from the fact that Tom Baker suffers from aquaphobia and thus was experiencing a real fear of drowning during filming. Baker was reportedly so worried of the cliffhanger scaring kids that he visited a random family to watch part three with them and hear their responses.

* This serial introduces the fact that a [[Time Lord]] has a [[regeneration]] cycle of only twelve regenerations for thirteen lives. This becomes a major plot point for the character of [[The Master]] in particular in later serials as he has reached the end of his regeneration cycle by the events of ''The Deadly Assassin''. Following his [[resurrection]] to fight in the [[Last Great Time War]] as depicted in the revived series, the Master has a new regeneration cycle as seen in ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' and ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'' which feature the Master suffering injuries that require regeneration though only the regeneration in ''Utopia'' is seen on-screen. [[The Doctor]] himself also suffers from this limitation: though he claims to [[Clyde Langer]] in the serial ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'' from ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' to have 507 regenerations, this is proven to be a lie in ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' where the Doctor receives a new cycle at the end of his [[Eleventh Doctor|final incarnation]].

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