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The Deadly Assassin

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on October 19, 2022July 2, 2024
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The Deadly Assassin

This Story: Season 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

Notes

  • The dates on Episode 1’s tweets were wrong.  It wasn’t 23 Oct, it was 30 Oct.

Links

[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 436 - The Deadly Assassin 1/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 23 Oct 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 436 - The Deadly Assassin 1/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 23 Oct 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 437 - The Deadly Assassin 2/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 6 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 437 - The Deadly Assassin 2/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 6 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 438 - The Deadly Assassin 3/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 13 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 438 - The Deadly Assassin 3/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 13 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 439 - The Deadly Assassin 4/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 20 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 439 - The Deadly Assassin 4/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 20 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 439 - The Deadly Assassin 4/4 (Serial 4P Story 88) - 20 Nov 1976. #DoctorWho 3/2

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.

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 19, 2022

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