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| | A Brief History Of Time (Travel): The Deadly Assassin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | Inspired by the Frank Sinatra film The Manchurian Candidate, Holmes devised an adventure called The Dangerous Assassin, which was commissioned on May 27th, 1976; the title would later be modified slightly to The Deadly Assassin. |
 | | However, Acheson was dismayed that the allocation of funds for The Deadly Assassin was insufficient for what he and Maloney were trying to achieve, and requested that he be removed from the serial. |
 | | As with The Hand Of Fear, The Deadly Assassin was allocated five studio dates instead of the usual four: Sunday, August 15th to Tuesday, August 17th and then Wednesday, September 1st and Thursday, September 2nd. |
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