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The Assassins was the second episode of Season 51 of Doctor Who. It was written by Sarah Dollard, directed by Daniel O'Hara and featured Adjoa Andoh as the Fifteenth Doctor, Shelley King as Sally Brennen and Daniel Adegboyega as Pete Fletcher.
Synopsis
Proving to Sally that the TARDIS can travel far into the future, the Doctor takes them to 28th Century Earth, where they mistakenly arrive at the famous assassination of the System Security Council...
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Adjoa Andoh
- Sally Brennen - Shelley King
- Pete Fletcher - Daniel Adegboyega
- Krasko - Joshua Bowman
- President Thorn - Shaun Dingwall
- President Yarnesh - Yasmin Bannerman
- Queen Pameti - Michelle Gayle
- Ranto - Kedar Williams-Stirling
- Puerto - Jonathan Raggett
- Hanto - Joel Beckett
- Rulilo - Gareth Hunt
- Detective Shaw - John Lightbody
- Council Members - Leon Burke, Eve Pearce, Jan Goodman, Elizabeth Counsell, Heather Bleasdale, Colette O’Neill, Dominic Jephcott, Gregory Chisholm, Marcia Ashton, Josh Neale, David Firth, Sarah Berger
Crew
- Created by Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson and C.E. Webber
- Executive Producers - Ronald D. Moore, Jane Espenson and Gaynor Holmes
- Co-Executive Producers - Matthew B. Roberts, Kevin Murphy, Jacqueline Rayner and Sarah Dollard
- Director of Photography - Richard Stoddard
- Production Designer - Richard Hudolin
- Visual Effects - DNEG
- Make-Up - Suzanne Jansen
- Casting Director - Andy Pryor
- Music - Bear McCreary
- Costume Designer - John Lindlar
- Edited by - Will Oswald
- Original Theme Music - Ron Grainer
- Title Music - Bear McCreary
- Title Sequence - Peter Anderson Studios
Memorable Quotes
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Background Information
Production History
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Development
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Production
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Post-Production
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Reaction
- This episode received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 8.77 million viewers. It ranked at 2nd over the week, which changed to 2nd when the 28-Day Figures came out, putting the episode at 9.23 million viewers.
Story Notes
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Continuity
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Home Video Releases
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