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Hello readers! In this edition of the Death Count series, I will be counting up the deaths in the Fourth Doctor story The Deadly Assassin.
About this Story
Title
The Deadly Assassin
No. of Episodes
4
Season No.
Serial No.
Season 14
Serial 3
Broadcast Dates
30th Oct -
20th Nov 1976
Run-Time
94' 52"
Doctor
Fourth Doctor
Companion
N/A
The assassin targets the President
Synopsis
After leaving Sarah Jane on Earth, the Doctor returns to Gallifrey. On his way, the Doctor has a disturbing premonition about the assassination of the Time Lord President. When he arrives, he is too late to stop it, and finds himself accused of the assassination, having been framed by his oldest enemy. Can the Doctor escape the Matrix and prove his innocence?
The Death Count
Episode One
Character
Time of Death
Description
Guard
6' 00"
Shot by hooded figure
Camera Operator
16' 03"
Killed by hooded figure, later shown to have been shrunk
President
20' 20"
Shot, seemingly by the Doctor, later proved to have been Chancellor Goth
The Doctor infiltrates the Panopticon
Note: President's death seen several times beforehand through premonitions seen by the Doctor
Death Toll:
3
Death Rating:
14.10 (Mint)
Episode Two
Character
Time of Death
Description
Commentator Runcible
17' 08"
Stabbed in the back, killer unknown
The Doctor is menaced by the assassin in the Matrix
Death Toll:
1
Death Rating:
4.03 (White)
Episode Three
Character
Time of Death
Description
Solis
20' 08"
Shot by Spandrell
The Doctor evades the assassin
Death Toll:
1
Death Rating:
4.10 (White)
Episode Four
Character
Time of Death
Description
Chancellor Goth
5' 29"
Died from injuries sustained when the Master destroyed Matrix circuitry
Hilred
13' 29"
Shrunk by the Master
The Master's plot is revealed
Note: "Countless lives" are lost when the Master uses the power of the Eye of Harmony
Death Toll:
2
Death Rating:
8.20 (White)
Overall
Death Toll:
8
Death Rating:
8.43 (White)
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