ÔThrough the millennia, the Time Lords of Gallifrey led a life of peace and ordered calmÉÕ
The Deadly Assassin (1976) is a pivotal Doctor Who story, reimagining the Time Lords and established much of the continuity and iconography still used today. Arguably the defining script of Robert HolmesÕ prolific career, it showcases his gifts for worldbuilding, linguistic inventiveness and social satire. Though firmly grounded in 1970s politics, it also draws on older roots in Gothic fiction, film noir and HolmesÕ experience of the Second World War.