Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin

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.

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Key crew

• Robert HolmesWriter
• David MaloneyDirector
• Dudley SimpsonOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Tom BakerThe Doctor
• Bernard HorsfallChancellor Goth
• Peter PrattThe Master
• Llewellyn ReesThe President
• Hugh WaltersCommentator Runcible
• Angus MacKayCardinal Borusa
• George PravdaCastellan Spandrell
• Erik ChittyCo-Ordinator Engin
• Derek SeatonCommander Hilred
• Maurice QuickGold Usher
• John DawsonTime Lord
• Michael BiltonTime Lord

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