Science Fiction ·Drama ·Adventure · United Kingdom · 1976 · 1h 40m

Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin

Director

Cast

Tom Baker as The Doctor Bernard Horsfall as Chancellor Goth Peter Pratt as The Master Llewellyn Rees as The President Hugh Walters as Commentator Runcible Angus MacKay as Cardinal Borusa

Crew

Ian McKendrick — Editor Dudley Simpson — Original Music Composer Robert Holmes — Writer Philip Hinchcliffe — Producer Roger Murray-Leach — Production Design James Acheson — Costume Design

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

time travel

Key Collaborators

David Maloney Director Ian McKendrick Editor Dudley Simpson Original Music Composer Robert Holmes Writer Philip Hinchcliffe Producer Roger Murray-Leach Production Design James Acheson Costume Design Joan Ellacott Costume Design

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