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|doctor = Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|enemy = [[The Master]], [[Goth]] | |enemy = [[The Master]], [[Goth]] | ||
|setting = [[Gallifrey]] | |setting = [[Gallifrey]], [[APC Net]] | ||
|writer = [[Robert Holmes]] | |writer = [[Robert Holmes]] | ||
|director = [[David Maloney]] | |director = [[David Maloney]] | ||
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|clip3 = The doctor battles the master - Doctor Who - The Deadly Assassin - BBC | |clip3 = The doctor battles the master - Doctor Who - The Deadly Assassin - BBC | ||
|clip4 = Hand grenade trap - Doctor Who - The Deadly Assassin - BBC | |clip4 = Hand grenade trap - Doctor Who - The Deadly Assassin - BBC | ||
}} | |featuring = [[Castellan]] [[Spandrell]], [[Coordinator]] [[Engin]]}} | ||
'''''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]] 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. | ||
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[[File:DA Doctors message.jpg|left|thumb|The Doctor's message to the Time Lords.]] | [[File:DA Doctors message.jpg|left|thumb|The Doctor's message to the Time Lords.]] | ||
[[the Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands in the security area of [[Capitol|the Citadel]]. Commander [[Hilred]] immediately impounds it and orders the arrest of its owner. The Doctor leaves a note on the console warning of his premonition and sneaks out of the TARDIS into the Citadel. He is cornered by a guard, who is shot dead by an unknown assailant. | [[the Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands in the security area of [[Capitol|the Citadel]]. Commander [[Hilred]] immediately impounds it and the [[Castellan]] [[Spandrell]] orders the arrest of its owner. The Doctor leaves a note on the console warning of his premonition and sneaks out of the TARDIS into the Citadel. He is cornered by a guard, who is shot dead by an unknown assailant. | ||
The arrival of an unregistered TARDIS in a high-security area raises the tension of an already tense day — the President is resigning and is about to name his successor. The | The arrival of an unregistered TARDIS in a high-security area raises the tension of an already tense day — the President is resigning and is about to name his successor. The Castellan berates Hildred for his incompetence in letting the Doctor, a renegade who apparently is also a [[murder]]er, run loose in the capitol. | ||
Hildred transducts the TARDIS into the capitol, unaware the Doctor has sneaked back and hidden on board. Meanwhile, his movements are being monitored by a dark, robed figure and an unknown associate. | Hildred transducts the TARDIS into the capitol, unaware the Doctor has sneaked back and hidden on board. Meanwhile, his movements are being monitored by a dark, robed figure and an unknown associate. | ||
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The Doctor is quickly apprehended by security. The assassination has thrown Gallifrey into a constitutional crisis because the President had yet to name his successor. [[Chancellor]] [[Goth]], thought to have been the most likely successor, calls for prompt elections and opts to stand as a candidate. Goth also urges [[The Doctor's trial (The Deadly Assassin)|the Doctor's swift trial]] and execution. | The Doctor is quickly apprehended by security. The assassination has thrown Gallifrey into a constitutional crisis because the President had yet to name his successor. [[Chancellor]] [[Goth]], thought to have been the most likely successor, calls for prompt elections and opts to stand as a candidate. Goth also urges [[The Doctor's trial (The Deadly Assassin)|the Doctor's swift trial]] and execution. | ||
At the trial, Goth's prosecution moves swiftly. The Doctor, however, invokes [[Article 17]] of the Gallifreyan Constitution, naming himself as a candidate for President. Under it, he cannot be denied the right to make his claim. Goth is outraged, but [[ | At the trial, Goth's prosecution moves swiftly. The Doctor, however, invokes [[Article 17]] of the Gallifreyan Constitution, naming himself as a candidate for President. Under it, he cannot be denied the right to make his claim. Goth is outraged, but [[Cardinal]] [[Borusa]] acknowledges that the article gives him protection. He is grudgingly given forty-eight hours to prove his innocence. | ||
The robed figure is told by his associate of the Doctor's use of the constitutional loophole. He has anticipated this. The figure is shown as a horribly disfigured and decaying husk. | The robed figure is told by his associate of the Doctor's use of the constitutional loophole. He has anticipated this. The figure is shown as a horribly disfigured and decaying husk. | ||
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==== Gallifreyan technology ==== | ==== Gallifreyan technology ==== | ||
* [[Excitonics|Applied excitonics]] is the science used to create the excitonic circuitry the [[biodata]] bank of the Time Lords is made of. | * [[Excitonics|Applied excitonics]] is the science used to create the excitonic circuitry the [[biodata]] bank of the Time Lords is made of. | ||
==== Gallifreyan law ==== | |||
* [[Article 17]] could be invoked to present one's claim for the post of President. No candidate for the presidency could be debarred or restrained from this liberty (with the exception of condemned murderers). | |||
** [[Chancellor]] [[Goth]] wished to amend the details of this article once he were elected. | |||
==== Gallifreyan Chapters ==== | ==== Gallifreyan Chapters ==== | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor returns to [[Gallifrey]] due to a summons he received, prompting him to return [[Sarah Jane Smith]] home. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') | * The Doctor returns to [[Gallifrey]] due to a summons he received, prompting him to return [[Sarah Jane Smith]] home. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') | ||
* In his next on-screen encounter with the Doctor, the Master is ultimately able to secure a new body on | * The Master's TARDIS also appears as a grandfather clock at the end of his encounter with the Doctor on [[Traken]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]''). | ||
* In his next on-screen encounter with the Doctor, the Master is ultimately able to secure a new body on Traken, which he uses for some time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'' onwards) | |||
** Later, the Master agrees to do the bidding of the [[High Council]] when they offer him a new cycle of regenerations. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') | ** Later, the Master agrees to do the bidding of the [[High Council]] when they offer him a new cycle of regenerations. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') | ||
** He again takes over another non-Time Lord body temporarily after he is executed by the [[Dalek]]s, in which he unsuccessfully attempts to use the [[Eye of Harmony]] to steal the Doctor's remaining regenerations. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | ** He again takes over another non-Time Lord body temporarily after he is executed by the [[Dalek]]s, in which he unsuccessfully attempts to use the [[Eye of Harmony]] to steal the Doctor's remaining regenerations. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | ||
