Doctor Who Guide: The Deadly Assassin

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Series Episode Number: 437

World Premiere: Sat 6 Nov 1976 - 6:04pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 16 May 1980 - 5:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 44 seconds

12.10 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 59 (UK)

Chart Position: 11 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 17 Aug 1976 in TC3

The Time Lord president has been assassinated and the Doctor is the prime suspect. The Doctor realises that he has been framed for the murder, but by whom?

Characters hide uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Chancellor Goth		Bernard Horsfall
Castellan Spandrell		George Pravda
Co ordinator Engin		Erik Chitty
Commander Hilred		Derek Seaton
Commentator Runcible		Hugh Walters
Cardinal Borusa		Angus MacKay
The Master		Peter Pratt
The President		Llewellyn Rees
Time Lord		John Dawson
Time Lord		Jim Delaney (uncredited)
Time Lord		Alf Coster (uncredited)
Time Lord		Christopher Woods (uncredited)
Time Lord		Garth Watkins (uncredited)
Time Lord		Geoffrey Witherick (uncredited)
Time Lord		George Romanov (uncredited)
Time Lord		James Linton (uncredited)
Time Lord		Leslie Bates (uncredited)
Time Lord		Michael Earl (uncredited)
Time Lord		Reg Cranfield (uncredited)
Time Lord		Richard King (uncredited)
Time Lord		Ronald Mayor (uncredited)
Time Lord		Sonnie Willis (uncredited)
Time Lord		Terry Sartain (uncredited)
Time Lord		Walter Henry (uncredited)
Time Lord		Willy Bowman (uncredited)
Chancellery Guard		Harry Fielder (uncredited)
Chancellery Guard		Michael Lomax (uncredited)
Chancellery Guard		Pat Gorman (uncredited)
Chancellery Guard		Steve Ismay (uncredited)
Stunt Double for Doctor Who		Terry Walsh (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Robert Holmes
Director		David Maloney
Producer		Philip Hinchcliffe
Designer		Roger Murray-Leach
Costume Designer		James Acheson
Costume Designer		Joan Ellacott
Make-up Artist		Jean Williams
Studio Lighting		Brian Clemett
Studio Sound		Clive Gifford
Visual Effects Designer		Peter Day
Visual Effects Designer		Len Hutton
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Production Assistant		Nicholas Howard John
Production Unit Manager		Chris D'Oyly-John
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson

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