Main menuRobert Holmes, Doctor Who - The deadly assassin
Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - The deadly assassin | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Robert Holmes | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC DVD - BBCDVD 2430 | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1976 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0101177241-A911 04 IFPI L556 Sony DADC | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | Yes | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  2 entertain | ||||||||
| Page views: | 2170 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 2591, rank in dvds is 113. | ||||||||
| My rating: | ***** | ||||||||
| Guest rating: | ***** | ||||||||
My copies information
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| Detail | Value | ||||||||||
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| Cover condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| Record condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| BBC records label code | - | ||||||||||
| Number have | 1 | ||||||||||
| What type of seller was used | Other online shop | ||||||||||
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Tracks
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| A1 | The deadly assassin - Part 1 | 21.17 | |||||||||
| A2 | The deadly assassin - Part 2 | 24.48 | |||||||||
| A3 | The deadly assassin - Part 3 | 24.24 | |||||||||
| A4 | The deadly assassin - Part 4 | 24.23 | |||||||||
| A5 | The Matrix revisited | 29.17 | |||||||||
| A6 | The Gallifreyan candidate | 10.31 | |||||||||
| A7 | The frighten factor | 16.38 | |||||||||
| A8 | Radio Times billings [PDF] | ||||||||||
| A9 | Photo gallery | 5.37 | |||||||||
| A10 | Easter egg | ||||||||||
| Total length of media 2:36:55. | |||||||||||
All release pictures
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Reviews
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| My rating | 3 | |
| Guest rating | Current average value is 3. To vote, please select one of these buttons: | |
Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts | ||
StarringTom Baker Llewellyn Rees Bernard Horsfall George Pravda Angus Mackay Peter Pratt Hugh Walters Erik Chitty Derek Seaton Maurice Quick Hugh Walters Angus Mackay John Dawson Michael Bilton Peter Mayock Written byRobert Holmes Produced byPhilip Hinchcliffe Directed byDavid Maloney SynopsisGallifrey. Planet of the Time Lords. The Doctor has finally come home, but not by choice. Summoned by a vision from The Matrix, he is drawn into web of political intrigue and assassination. Nothing is quite what it seems, and in the shadows lurks his oldest and dealiest enemy ... BackgroundOne of the main reasons The Deadly Assassin was made by the production team was a necessity for the Doctor. Unfortunately, as a one off, due to the superb script by Robert Holmes and the masterly direction of David Maloney, they produced yet another classic. For the first time in the series' history an entire story is set on Gallifrey. Indeed there are many firsts here, which still influence the series today. We learn that Time Lords have only twelve regenerations, that the Doctor's TARDIS is a Type 40, and that there is a secret organisation called the Celestial Intervention Agency at work, plus we see the Seal of Rassilon and meet Cardinal Borusa. Fandom at the time rebelled against this decrepit version of the Time Lords, the Doctor's race having previously been presented as all-powerful beings. However, hindsight has shown that this stagnating, insular society of politics, ceremony and greed, illustrates clearly why the Doctor had to leave. With Tom Baker at the height of his powers sumptuous design by James Acheson, a wonderful Holmes double act in Engin and Spandrell and the shock return of the Master, The Deadly Assassin is Doctor Who at its very best. | ||
Further information | ||
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