The Deadly Assassin
 

No. 14 of 135 in the BBC classic series videos series
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Starring: Tom Baker
By:Robert Holmes
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Editions:  US US (VHS) | UK UK (VHS) | Australia Australia (VHS)

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Edition: US US (VHS)
Released:  March 1989
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x VHS NTSC
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Note:  Movie format. One of the rare instances when a title was released in the US before the UK (in this case, over 2 years before) — a UK release was delayed over concerns due to the infamous “drowning” cliffhanger in part 3.

Cover blurb:
Doctor Who on trial for murder!

The President of the Time Lords is dead. Only Doctor Who predicted the assassination. Only Doctor Who was seen firing the rifle. And at his trial, with quite probably three hours to live, who else but Doctor Who would announce that he now wants to run for President!

The Deadly Assassin is a Masterpiece of special effects and pure spectacle. It’s the ultimate showdown between Doctor Who and his arch enemy, The Master — now more deadly than ever in his twelfth, and final, regeneration!

And, yes! This is the program with the now-legendary hallucinatory battle to the death between The Master’s relentless, mysterious champion and the wildly wily Doctor!

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Edition: UK UK (VHS)
Released:  October 1991
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x VHS PAL
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Note:  Unedited episodic format.

Cover blurb:
"Suddenly and terribly, the Time Lords faced the most dangerous crisis in their long history..."

A mysterious evil is at work on Gallifrey: The President of the Timelords [sic] has been assassinated and the Doctor caught red-handed. An inexorable master plan has been set in motion. There can be no escape. Now the Doctor must face the final challenge... and the ultimate enemy with old scores to settle...

Originally transmitted 30th October 1976 - 20th November 1976, this adventure is available for the first time on BBC Video.

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Edition: Australia Australia (VHS)
Released:  March 1992
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x VHS PAL
Owned:
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Cover blurb:
“Suddenly and terribly, the Time Lords faced the most dangerous crisis in their long history..."

A mysterious evil is at work on Gallifrey: The President of the Time Lords has been assassinated and the Doctor caught red-handed. An inexorable master plan has been set in motion. There can be no escape.

Now the Doctor must face the final challenge... and the ultimate enemy with old scores to settle...

Originally transmitted 30th October 1976 - 20th November 1976, this adventure is available for the first time on BBC Video.


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