The Deadly Assassin on DVD in 2009 Woah Boy!

[SiHart]

Sorry, can't remember much of the extras list, but I know it includes a Gallifrey documentary as one of them!

I'm sure someone mentioned Tom, Horsfall and Hinchcliffe on the commentary too...

Si xx

[Thasc]

Sounds brill. Peter Pratt's voice always sends a shiver down my spine

[SiHart]

Episode 4 remains the single funniest episode of Doctor Who ever broadcast. Really!
Episode 3 is one of the most boring, dull pieces of padding ever produced in Doctor Who

I suspect I many be one of the few people who holds this view!

Still Peter Pratt is very good.

Si xx

[Thasc]

I think Peter Pratt's portrayal of the Master is one of the reasons to keep watching

[Larry]

mixed feelings about this story I do like it and it has some great moments in it but I can't help feeling its not quite as good as the reputation it gets,

[Simon R]

I've never been mad on this one either.

It's okay but I was really disappointed in it the first time I saw it having heard it's reputation as an all time classic. I thought it was a bit of an old pot-boiler in some tatty corridors.

I swear I saw a clip of this story featured in a late 80s or early 90s schools programme about horror fiction or heroism in the media or something of that nature. It was the scene with Dr.Who and Fried Egg Eyes fighting over the thing that comes out the floor at the end. There was also clips from the BBC version of "Day of the Triffids". Someone tell the Restoration Team and they can try and include it!

[Andrew Curnow]

That was a great show - it also had the "Computers are very sophisticated idiots" scene from Robot in it. I'm pretty sure I videoed it somewhere at the time...

[Dave Tudor]

Like others, I've never quite found The Deadly Assassin as good as it should be (if that makes sense) but it could be another quality release.

Shame, though, that david maloney's no longer around to comment on his stories.

[Rob McCow]

Well, at least there's Tom.... It'll be interesting to hear from Horsfall too, I don't think I've ever seen him interviewed before.

[Dave Tudor]

What with this, The War Games and Planet Of The Daleks all coming out, it's a vintage year for Horsfall!

[Logo Polish]

I've never been mad on this one either.

It's okay but I was really disappointed in it the first time I saw it having heard it's reputation as an all time classic. I thought it was a bit of an old pot-boiler in some tatty corridors.

I swear I saw a clip of this story featured in a late 80s or early 90s schools programme about horror fiction or heroism in the media or something of that nature. It was the scene with Dr.Who and Fried Egg Eyes fighting over the thing that comes out the floor at the end. There was also clips from the BBC version of "Day of the Triffids". Someone tell the Restoration Team and they can try and include it!

I saw that too, in March 1990.

[Si Hunt]

It's truly the only story to feature the line "The Sash of Rassillon. Woah Boy!"

Si.

[Pip Madeley]

And the C-word.

[Rob McCow]

The Celestial Intervention Agency!

[Si Hunt]

Continuity?

Si.

[SiHart]

Castellan, surely?

Si xx

[Antony Cox]

I've always liked this story, mainly because unlike Mr Hart, I love the 'padding' scenes in the Matrix - some of the best location filming ever, IMHO. And this story contains my favourite cliffhanger of all, the one where the loco comes tearing round the corner whilst Tom has his foot stuck in the railway points!

[Simon R]

I always think that cliffhanger is vastly undermined by the fact it's some tinpot kiddies themepark mini train. Unless it's meant to add to the surrealisms.

[Dirk Gently]

I'm glad this is coming out but I'm not eager to pay top dollar for it.

[P-Bal]

I have never liked this. Ever.

[Rob McCow]

Ever? What about the bit where the Old Time Lord wees into a glass and gives it to Tom to drink? As soon as he sips it he says 'My hair's curling!'

[P-Bal]

The Deadly Ass In?

[Rob McCow]

Wasn't that The Deadly Ass Inn? A good place to be put up for the night.

The Dudley Assassin? The Diddley Assassin?

[Matthew T]

I don't like it much either. It's dull.

[SiHart]

What has happened to the MAGIC OF DOCTOR WHO?

Si xx