Saturday, 6 January 2018

The Deadly Assassin

(Series 14, Episodes 9-12)

Summary: The Doctor arrives on Gallifrey just in time to witness the assassination of the retiring President and find himself framed for the crime.  He enlists the support of two friendly officials to help him investigate, though I have to confess I didn’t really know what was going on for a long period in the middle which seemed to be channelling a movie about the Vietnam War.  Anyway, it turns out that old dastardly Master is behind it all.  (Personally, I preferred the goatee to the new crusty look.)

Watch it because: Further Gallifreyan mythology is revealed.


Original Air Date: 30 October – 20 November 1976.
Doctor: Tom Baker.
Companions: None, for the first time!
Writer: Robert Holmes.
Director: David Maloney.
Producer: Philip Hinchcliffe.

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