Doctor Who - The Deadly Assassin Review

With the return of Gallifrey this Saturday we at The Gallifrayan Gazette thought we take a look back at a couple of stories that took place on Gallifrey.

Doctor Who:
The Deadly Assassin
By Robert Holmes

“Through the millennia, the Time Lords of Gallifrey led a life of peace and ordered calm, protected from all threats from lesser civilizations by their great power.
But this was to change. Suddenly and terribly, the Time Lords faced the most dangerous crisis in their long history ...”

The Doctor has returned to Gallifrey and he doesn’t get the welcome he was expecting.  First the TARDIS is surrounded by the Chancellor guard and they are awaiting the key to break in.  The Doctor gives them the slip and proceeds to head to the capitol when he is caught by a guard.  A man in the shadows helps The Doctor out by shooting the guard allowing The Doctor to escape and make the guards think he is in the tower all the while The Doctor sneaks back to his TARDIS.

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: The Deadly Assassin

Doctor Who: 

The Deadly Assassin 

By Robert Holmes

  

“Through the millennia, the Time Lords of Gallifrey led a life of peace and ordered calm, protected from all threats from lesser civilizations by their great power.

But this was to change. Suddenly and terribly, the Time Lords faced the most dangerous crisis in their long history ...”

  

The Doctor has returned to Gallifrey and he doesn’t get the welcome he was expecting.  First the TARDIS is surrounded by the Chancellor guard and they are awaiting the key to break in.  The Doctor gives them the slip and proceeds to head to the capitol when he is caught by a guard.  A man in the shadows helps The Doctor out by shooting the guard allowing The Doctor to escape and make the guards think he is in the tower all the while The Doctor sneaks back to his TARDIS.

  

The Doctor is determined to prevent the assignation of the outgoing Lord President that The Doctor saw the premonition of.  He heads for The Panoptican and to no avail he fails and is the prime suspect because he is holding the gun that might have killed The Lord President.  During his trial The Doctor declares article 17 and announces his intentions to run for Lord President.  This act gives The Doctor 48 more hours to live as it was a foregone conclusion that Chancellor Goth was going to have him executed. 

  

During the investigation The Doctor and Castellan Spandrell are finding more clues that help The Doctor case and when Runcible who was sent to get the video disk screams in horror.  The Doctor sees a calling card from an old enemy and all of a sudden it all makes sense.  Spandrell hopes Gallifrey isn’t the place for a long time feud to continue but The Doctor tells him it is too late and they need to stop The Master from extracting revenge on The Doctor and all of Gallifrey.