Stories Book Target Collection Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, October 20, 1977 Written by Terrance Dicks Publisher Target Books Pages 122 Story Type Companion-Lite Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Breaking the Fourth Wall, Miniaturisation Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Regeneration Limit Location (Potential Spoilers!) APC Net, Gallifrey, The Matrix, The Panopticon Synopsis The Doctor is suddenly summoned to Gallifrey, the home of the Time Lords, where his ghastly hallucination of the President's assassination seems to turn into reality. When the Doctor is arrested for the murder, there is a hideous, dark, cowled figure gleefully watching in the shadows. Faced with his old enemy, the Master, Doctor Who approaches defeat in a battle of minds in a nightmare world created by the Master's imagination. But the Master's evil intentions go much further – he has a Doomsday Plan. It is up to the Doctor to prevent him from destroying Gallifrey and taking over the universe! DOCTOR WHO scripts – awarded The Writers' Guild Award for the best British children's original drama script. Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Fourth Doctor Borusa The Decayed Master Engin Pandad IV Rassilon Spandrell The Time Lords Show All Characters (8) How to read Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin: Books Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 15 April 2025 · 14 words Review by Rock_Angel Definitely expands upon the tv episode nicely defo prefer it to the tv story Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating21 members 3.64 / 5 Member Statistics Read 44 Favourited 3 Reviewed 1 Saved 1 Skipped 9 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Classic Who S14 • Serial 3 · (4 episodes) The Deadly Assassin Rating: 4.05 Story Skipped Television Reviews(10) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Season 14 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: Fourth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
