Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin

1976 PG-13 1h 40m

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8.5/10

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Summoned back to Gallifrey, the Doctor is framed for the assassination of the Time Lord President. To prove his innocence, he must stand for election himself, uncover the traitor in the Time Lord High Council, fight a hooded killer in a nightmare cyberspace world of his enemy's devising and battle against an old foe now out to destroy the Time Lords: The Master.

Director David Maloney

Writers

Robert Holmes Robert Holmes

Stars

Tom Baker Bernard Horsfall Peter Pratt

Science Fiction Drama Adventure

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Geronimo1967 29 Jun 2024

7/10

Summoned to his home world of "Gallifrey" without the company of "Sarah Jane" the "Doctor" (Tom Baker) finds himself arrested and embroiled in the assassination of the President of the High Council. Doomed to a grisly fate, his only option is to announce that he will stand for the office himself. Luckily, the savvy "Castallan" (George Pravda) has some doubts as to the neatness of this whole affair...