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Title The deadly assassin / BBC Worldwide, Ltd. ; BBC Video ; 2 Entertain ; written by Robert Holmes ; produced by Philip Hinchcliffe ; directed by David Maloney.

Publication Info. [London] : BBC Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, [1976]
©2009

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 Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays  DVD DOCTOR    Check Shelf
Edition [Fullscreen version].
Description 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Series Doctor Who ; story no. 88
Doctor Who (Video recording) ; 88.
System Details DVD; Region 1; aspect ratio 4:3, full screen presentation; Dolby digital mono.; digitally remastered ; NTSC.
Cast Tom Baker.
Note "The Tom Baker years 1974-1981"--Container.
Originally produced for television in 1976 as an episode of the series Doctor Who.
Summary "Gallifrey. Planet of the Time lords. The Doctor has finally come home, but not by choice. Summoned by a vision from the Matrix, he is drawn into a web of political intrigue and assassination. Nothing is quite what it seems, and in the shadows lurks his oldest and deadliest enemy"--Container.
Note DVD extras include: audio commentary by actors Tom Baker (the Doctor) and Bernard Horsfall (Chancellor Goth) and producer Philip Hinchcliffe; The Matrix Revisited Making of, featuring Tom Baker, Bernard Horsfall, Philip Hinchcliffe, director David Maloney, designer Roger Murray-Leach, and Mary whitehouse, founder of the National Viewers and Listeners Association (29 mins.); The Gallifreyan Candidate: a look at Richard Condon's novel The Manchurian Candidate and its influence on the story (10 mins.); The Frighten Factor: what exactly is Doctor Who's "frighten factor"? A diverse panel of experts tackle the question (16 mins.); photo gallery (5 mins.); Easter egg; Radio Times listings (PDF DVD-ROM); production note subtitles; digitally remastered picture and sound quality.
Language Closed captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Doctor Who (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Time travel -- Drama.
Trials (Murder) -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Science fiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Baker, Tom, 1934-
Holmes, Robert, 1926-1986.
Maloney, David.
BBC Worldwide Ltd.
BBC Video (Firm)
2 Entertain (Firm)
Added Title Doctor Who The deadly assassin
Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989)
ISBN 1419884131
9781419884139
Standard No. 883929078448
Music No. 3000022932 BBC Video
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