The Deadly Assassin

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Doctor Who serial science fiction television serial television story

The Deadly Assassin is a 1976 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fourth Doctor in a political thriller on Gallifrey that delves into Time Lord society and mythology.

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Label Occurrences
The Deadly Assassin canonical 17

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Doctor Who serial ⓘ
science fiction television serial ⓘ
television story ⓘ
continuity follows departure of companion Sarah Jane Smith ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts Time Lord mythology ⓘ
Time Lord society ⓘ
director David Maloney ⓘ
featuresCharacter Fourth Doctor ⓘ
The Master ⓘ
Time Lord ⓘ
surface form: Time Lords
featuresConcept Gallifreyan data network ⓘ
surface form: The Matrix (Time Lord data store)
featuresElement assassination plot ⓘ
presidential election on Gallifrey ⓘ
featuresLocation Citadel of the Time Lords ⓘ
surface form: Capitol on Gallifrey

Panopticon ⓘ
followedBy The Face of Evil ⓘ
format 25-minute episodes ⓘ
genre political thriller ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasDoctorNumber 4 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainAntagonist The Master ⓘ
notableFor Fourth Doctor travelling without a companion ⓘ
extensive exploration of Time Lord politics ⓘ
first televised story set entirely on Gallifrey ⓘ
introduction of detailed Time Lord lore ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 4 ⓘ
originalAirDateEnd 1976-11-20 ⓘ
originalAirDateStart 1976-10-30 ⓘ
originalAirYear 1976 ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC One ⓘ
partOf Doctor Who ⓘ
portraysCharacter Master (Doctor Who) ⓘ
surface form: Peter Pratt as The Master
portraysIncarnationOfTheMaster decayed Master ⓘ
precededBy The Hand of Fear ⓘ
producer Philip Hinchcliffe ⓘ
productionCode 4P ⓘ
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
scriptEditor Robert Holmes ⓘ
seasonNumberInClassicSeries 14 ⓘ
setIn Gallifrey ⓘ
stars Peter Pratt ⓘ
Tom Baker ⓘ
storyNumberInClassicSeries 88 ⓘ
writer Robert Holmes ⓘ

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Eye of Harmony → firstIntroducedIn → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
Matrix (Time Lord data store) → firstAppearance → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
Seal of Rassilon → firstAppearance → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
Rassilon → firstAppearance → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
The Citadel → appearsInEpisode → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
The Lord President → firstAppearance → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
Panopticon → appearsIn → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
Matrix → firstAppearance → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
subject surface form: Matrix (Doctor Who)
Capitol → firstTelevisionAppearance → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
Robert Holmes → notableWork → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
Master in Doctor Who → notableStory → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
subject surface form: The Master (Doctor Who)
High Council of the Time Lords → notableStory → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
trials of the Doctor → hasPart → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
Borusa → firstAppearance → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
the Matrix → firstAppearanceWork → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
subject surface form: The Matrix (Doctor Who)
Fourth Doctor → notableStory → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ
The Sash of Rassilon → appearsIn → The Deadly Assassin ⓘ