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Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin

8.519761h 40mMovieScience FictionDramaAdventure

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…

DirectorDavid Maloney
WriterRobert Holmes
ProducerPhilip Hinchcliffe

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Cast · Directed by David Maloney

TBTom Baker
Tom Baker
The Doctor
BHBernard Horsfall
Bernard Horsfall
Chancellor Goth
PPPeter Pratt
Peter Pratt
The Master
LRLlewellyn Rees
Llewellyn Rees
The President
HWHugh Walters
Hugh Walters
Commentator Runcible
AMAngus MacKay
Angus MacKay
Cardinal Borusa
GPGeorge Pravda
George Pravda
Castellan Spandrell
ECErik Chitty
Erik Chitty
Co-Ordinator Engin
DS
Derek Seaton
Commander Hilred
MQ
Maurice Quick
Gold Usher
JD
John Dawson
Time Lord
MBMichael Bilton
Michael Bilton
Time Lord

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Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around January 8, 1977. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.