The Deadly Assassin
Joe Siegler
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The Deadly Assassin
This Story: Series 14, Story 3. Production Code 4P
Overall: Story 88, Episodes 436-439
Airdates: 30 Oct 1976 – 20 Nov 1976
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by David Maloney
Links: [ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]
NOTE: The dates on Episode 1’s tweets were wrong. It wasn’t 23 Oct, it was 30 Oct.
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 436 - The Deadly Assassin 1/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 23 Oct 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022
The outlier. The one Doctor Who story w/o a companion. Legend is that Tom Baker wanted to try one without it, so we got this. A story spent almost completely on Gallifrey. Much pic.twitter.com/QDF5WCTBpG
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 436 - The Deadly Assassin 1/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 23 Oct 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022
Time Lord mythos comes from here. The Doctor sees himself assassinating the President of the High Council. The Master makes a return in this ep. Strong mystery feel in this ep. pic.twitter.com/mULVonAohr
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 437 - The Deadly Assassin 2/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 6 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022
The Doctor is framed for murder of the Chancellor, and things look grim for him. Some nice twists to move the plot. I also really love how steeped this story is in Gallifreyan pic.twitter.com/pkWWuaVy8i
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 437 - The Deadly Assassin 2/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 6 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022
lore. The Doctor finds an ally in proving his innocence, and the story here is a sort of murder mystery. We finally are introduced to Doctor Who's "Matrix". Loving this story. pic.twitter.com/D9kl58oZd4
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 438 - The Deadly Assassin 3/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 13 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022
The Doctor spends this entire ep in the Matrix, fighting for his life & battling who we find out is Goth. As much as I love this story, the sequence in the Matrix takes FAR too pic.twitter.com/I5JyhcRiIt
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 438 - The Deadly Assassin 3/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 13 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022
long. Should have been shorter. Legit was waiting for ep to end. This is the ep that made Mary Whitehouse freak out and go on the warpath against Doctor Who for violence. pic.twitter.com/dfXHVuwBnk
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 439 - The Deadly Assassin 4/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 20 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022
Finally get out of the excessively long Matrix sequence. Outside of that, I adored this story. Goth is outed, and helps the Doctor against the Master's plan before he dies. pic.twitter.com/FWWwpabRcd
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 439 - The Deadly Assassin 4/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 20 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022
This ep is where we first learn the 12 regeneration limit for a Time Lord. In the end, the Master is defeated before Gallifrey is destroyed. Great story, but Matrix too long. pic.twitter.com/iDbHYwsYXv
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 439 - The Deadly Assassin 4/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 20 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 3/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022
I did all four episodes of Deadly Assassin today as I've been trying to make the end of my project be 23 Nov 1963 - the 60th anniv. Not the norm, but will do it occasionally.
