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Episode: The Deadly Assassin
Serial: 4P
Number of Viewers: 13m
First Transmitted: 30/10/76
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Producer: Philip Hinchcliffe
Story by: Robert Holmes
Director: David Maloney
Regular Cast
Cast
Peter Pratt (The Master)
Llewellyn Rees (President)
Angus Mackay (Cardinal Borusa)
Bernard Horsfall (Chancellor Goth)
George Pravda (Castellan Spandrell)
Derek Seaton (Commander Hilred)
Eric Chitty (Co-ordinator Engin)
Hugh Walters (Commentator Runcible)
John Dawson (Time Lord)
Michael Bilton (Time Lord)
Maurice Quick (Gold Usher)
Peter Maycock (Solis)
Helen Blatch (Voice)
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Story Synopsis
The Doctor arrives on Gallifrey and is accused of the assassination of the President of the timelords, whilst investigating with the aid of Coordinator Engin and Castalian Spandrell, he discovers the Master plotted the whole thing.
The Master is seeking to gain presidency having used up all of his regenerations, in order to remain alive he needs to use the Eye of Harmony, the source of the Timelords power
Locations
Bistro 10, Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay
Cardiff Railway Station, Cardiff
Glamorgan House, College Road, Cardiff
Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay
Filming Studios
Television Centre Studio 3 & Television Centre Studio 8, Ealing FIlm Studios
Notes
The organ music heard in the story was played by Leslie Pearson.
The 1977 repeat cut the cliff-hanger to Part Three
The only story which the Doctor doesn't have a companion
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