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Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin (Story 88)
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NR (Not Rated) :: BBC Warner ::
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Rating:
4.5/5 (10 Reviews)
5/5
How did the master evolve?
by Joe from Mass
I love the Galifrey episodes they give an idea of what was going on in the writers head regarding the C of E. This episode is really quick-paced and a lot of fun!
3/5
Should of converted to blu-ray
by John J. Jamack (Mays Landing, NJ United States)
I love this series, but, it just does not look too good on my 1080P HD setup.
When is BBC going to wake up and upgrade these great features onto blu-ray 1080P??
5/5
"Nine out of ten, Doctor"
by Jason A. Miller (New York, New York USA)
What's great about the "Deadly Assassin" is that, after 33 years, this episode is still relevant to the "Doctor Who" universe. In this story, the Doctor returns to his home planet of Gallifrey -- for the first time since the planet had been named a few years earlier, inDoctor Who - The Time Warrior (Episode 70). We'd seen the planet before, most notably in Doctor Who - The War Games and Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (Episode 65), but this was the first time that Gallifrey took center stage. What writer Bob Holmes did for Gallifrey and the Time Lords in this story re-wrote what we knew before, and introduced concepts such as Rassilon and the Eye of Harmony that are still in play in today's "Doctor Who" universe.
The Doctor's been summoned home to witness the resignation of the Time Lord's President. He quickly learns that an assassination attempt is planned, and when he's unable to prevent the crime, he's instead accused, arrested and threatened with execution. However, the Doctor escapes into the virtual reality of the Time Lord Matrix, and tracks down the true killer -- only to learn that the murder of the President is only the opening volley in a scheme that might destroy Gallifrey once and for all.
Although elements of the production design behind "The Deadly Assassin" are dated today, the story was at least a decade ahead of its time with the extended virtual reality sequence in Part Three. The script also features elements of political conspiracy thriller (one DVD featurette compares the story to an earlier such thriller, The Manchurian Candidate (Special Edition)), buddy-cop movie, and -- when we learn in this story how the Time Lords came to be in the first place -- creation myth.
The special features on the disc aren't quite as fabulous as the story itself. The commentary booth is filled out by Tom Baker, show producer Phillip Hinchcliffe, and guest actor (and the story's secondary villain) Bernard Horsfall. Baker's and Horsfall's actor reminiscences are a bit hazy, this story having been made in 1976. The pop-up production notes are here written by a seeming newbie to the 2 Entertain team don't really touch properly on the firestorm that this story inadvertently created back in its day -- the notes do briefly hint on a right-wing "viewers' association" that complained about violence within the virtual reality sequence, but don't provide enough context from a 2009 perspective. Instead the notes talk about the use of poison darts throughout history. If you need it.
Threre are two interesting extras on the disc: one is a 16-minute exploration of what makes "Doctor Who" scary; this features some of the shows scariest moments from its inception in the 1960s right up through the modern-day revival. The other is an interview with an aging fan named Jan Vincent-Rudzski, whose scathing 1977 fanzine review of this story set the bar by which all other insular, narrow-minded reviews of "Doctor Who" stories are now measured.
5/5
Welcome to Gallifrey...at last!!!!
by Jorge Dejesus Sanchez (San Juan , Puerto Rico)
Great story and the first and only time in the classic series ( 1963-1989), in wich we see The Doctor alone. Just after leaving Sara Jane on Earth, we have at last a glimpse of the great civilization of the Time Lords. Tom is at his best form, but I can of miss Sara Jane, Tom have to talk to himself a lot. Is so many new stuff in this story that I leave it for you to discover it! If you collect classic DR who adventures , this is a must have ( like genesis of the daleks)
5/5
Doctor Who The Deadly Assassin
by Paul Jutras (Florida, USA)
The Doctor Who that broke all the rules and got it ideas from some unique sources. First time The Doctor is not only without a companion but returns to his home planet to stop a Presidential assassin. 30 years before the Matrix movies and years before Disney Tron we have the doctor's mind entering the computer net to go him to mind against his enemy on all sorts of battle fields taken from the writers favorite movie ideas likes Hitchock's North by Northwest. Both the Time Lords and The Master has had previous appearances but this is the story that Doctor Who Fans first remember them appearing.
Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin (Story 88) Summary
The Doctor and the Master match wits and wills in the ultimate showdown on their home planet. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION Rating: NR Age: 883929078448 UPC: 883929078448 Manufacturer No: 1000101748
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/01/2009 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: Nr
Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin DVD Techincal Details
Cast:
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Rated:
NR (Not Rated)
Running Time:
94 mins
UPC:
883929078448
Binding:
DVD
Studio:
BBC Warner
Release Date:
2009-09-01
Region Code:
1
Specs:
Color, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Language & Subtitles
English (Original Language), English (Subtitled),
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