Talk:The Deadly Assassin

Plot summary issue: sniper scope tampering
The plot summary states the following:
 * Unbeknownst to the Doctor the assassin is actually among the delegates. He pulls out a pistol when the Doctor reaches the camera level and shoots the President dead. The crowd sees the Doctor on the catwalk firing the sniper rifle (in an attempt to stop the assassin) and assume he is the killer.

I don't think this is correct. The cut when the Doctor fires strongly implies that it is HE who shot the president (a fake-out that's the focus of the cliffhanger, in fact), and not the man in the crowd. Also, it's later revealed that the scope on the Doctor's sniper rifle was tampered with. I'll have to go and check, but it's always been my impression that the scope was tampered with in just such a way that when the Doctor attempted to fire on a would-be assassin in the crowd who was standing in just the right spot, his staser bolt would hit the president instead, in a perfect frame-job. 76.126.142.59 (talk) 05:33, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The passage above says what you've just said...it could probably use a little copyediting though. DonQuixote (talk) 13:36, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It's definitely Goth who fires the killing shot. The Doctor and Spandrell later investigate the Panopticon and find the spot on the wall where the Doctor's staser bolt hit, having missed Goth (and the President). --Brian Olsen (talk) 22:20, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

2nd doctor
about 15 mins into episode 1 .... Is that the 2nd doctor who that hands him the wrong robe?

"that fellow handed me the wrong robe." "what fellow?"

Plz check. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.231.10.67 (talk) 08:41, 8 July 2011 (UTC)


 * No, can't say that it was. Sorry. DonQuixote (talk) 17:29, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

All-male cast
I'd be very surprised if nothing's ever been written on this serial being unique in featuring an exclusively male cast. Does anyone know of any writing on this that could be used in the article? U-Mos (talk) 23:33, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't be suprised. Because it's not true. Mission to the Unknown also had an all-male cast, if I remember rightly. --217.42.180.60 (talk) 18:45, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Waters of Mars
The current text states that "It is known for being the only story/episode of the series to date to feature the Doctor without a companion," Is this still true? Was he not companion-free during 'Waters of mars'? Perhaps one could argue that Captain Adelaide Brooke was a 'companion' but I wouldn't have described her as such? 94.168.114.80 (talk) 15:45, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, it's certainly not true after The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe..and arguably Midnight. Will amend. DonQuixote (talk) 15:49, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Copyright date
The omnibus VHS edition has a copyright date in the closing titles of MCMLXXXVI, i.e. 1986. Can anyone explain why this should be if the original show was broadcast in 1976 and the omnibus edition released in 1989? 212.159.69.4 (talk) 02:05, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I would say that it was proposed for 1986 release in the UK in omnibus format, but got postponed, eventually being cancelled and replaced by an episodic release - this being the format of all UK releases from 1990 onward. See The TARDIS Library, particularly 'released in the US before the UK (in this case, over 3 years before) — a UK release was delayed over concerns due to the infamous "drowning" cliffhanger in part 3'; and note the lack of a "movie format" (omnibus) edition for the UK. -- Red rose64 (talk) 09:19, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

The Matrix
Not a word about The Matrix, clearly the "inspiration" for the movie series? That's interesting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.33.7.240 (talk) 21:59, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * We would need to cite a reliable source that makes that observation. DonQuixote (talk) 22:29, 4 December 2021 (UTC)