Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin backdrop

Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin 1976 Directed by David Maloney

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.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Production Company BBC
Release Date 20 November 1976
100 mins
Cast
Tom Baker The Doctor
Bernard Horsfall Chancellor Goth
Peter Pratt The Master
Llewellyn Rees The President
Hugh Walters Commentator Runcible
Angus MacKay Cardinal Borusa
George Pravda Castellan Spandrell
Erik Chitty Co-Ordinator Engin
Derek Seaton Commander Hilred
Maurice Quick Gold Usher
John Dawson Time Lord
Michael Bilton Time Lord