Doctor Who Guide: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 448

World Premiere: Sat 26 Feb 1977 - 6:32pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Mon 2 Jun 1980 - 5:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 44 seconds

11.30 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 16 () (UK)

Recorded on Sun 23 Jan 1977 in TC1

The Doctor and Leela arrive in Victorian London where a number of young women have disappeared. A man's body is lifted from the Thames, covered in the bite marks of a giant rat.

Characters hide uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Leela		Louise Jameson
Li H'sen Chang		John Bennett
Henry Gordon Jago		Christopher Benjamin
Casey		Chris Gannon
Professor Litefoot		Trevor Baxter
Mr. Sin		Deep Roy
Sergeant Kyle		David McKail
P.C. Quick		Conrad Asquith
Buller		Alan Butler
Ghoul		Patsy Smart
Lee		Tony Then
Coolie		John Wu
Stunt Man		Alan Chuntz (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Max Faulkner (uncredited)
Beat Policeman		James Haswell (uncredited)
Beat Policeman		Richard Sheekey (uncredited)
Chimney Sweep		Kevin Sullivan (uncredited)
Chimney Sweep		Arnold Lee (uncredited)
Riverside Ghoul		Lisa Beygeayer (uncredited)
Riverside Ghoul		Marie Anthony (uncredited)
(extra)		Lisa Bergmayr (uncredited)
Station Policeman		Jim Delaney (uncredited)
Station Policeman		Colin Thomas (uncredited)
Theatre Doorkeeper		Charles Adey-Grey (uncredited)
(extra)		Ronald Musgrove (uncredited)
(extra)		Mary Maxted (uncredited)
(extra)		John Cannon (uncredited)
(extra)		Jean Channon (uncredited)
(extra)		David J Grahame (uncredited)
(extra)		Vincent Wong (uncredited)
(extra)		Bill Hughes (uncredited)
(extra)		Fred Leown (uncredited)
(extra)		Huntley Young (uncredited)
(extra)		Dennis Chin (uncredited)
(extra)		Bernard Price (uncredited)
(extra)		James Lloyd (uncredited)
(extra)		Tony Handle (uncredited)
(extra)		Christopher Carrington (uncredited)
(extra)		Bob Williams (uncredited)
Giant Rat		Stuart Fell (uncredited)

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		Robert Holmes
Director		David Maloney
Producer		Philip Hinchcliffe
Designer		Roger Murray-Leach
Costume Designer		John Bloomfield
Makeup Artist		Heather Stewart
Visual Effects Designer		Michaeljohn Harris
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Film Cameraman		Fred Hamilton
Film Sound		John Gatland
Film Editor		David Lee
Studio Lighting		Mike Jefferies
Studio Sound		Clive Gifford
OB Lighting		John Mason
OB Sound		Vic Godrich
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Production Assistant		Ros Anderson
Production Unit Manager		Chris D'Oyly-John
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Fight Arranger		Stuart Fell
Script Editor		Robert Holmes (uncredited)
Storyline		Robert Banks Stewart (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Linda Graeme (uncredited)
Technical Manager (TM2)		John Sterling (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Pat Mordecai (uncredited)
Grip		Stan Swetman (uncredited)
Assistant Film Cameraman		Brian Hall (uncredited)
Assistant Sound Recordist		Steve Diamond (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Bill Eldridge (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Sue Box (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Jo Ward (uncredited)
Film Operative		Stan Cresswell (uncredited)
Film Operative		Bobby Gould (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Rosemary Parsons (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Carol Bolt (uncredited)
Costume Assistant		Alan Hughes (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Gerry Scott (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Graham Lough (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Christine Baker (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Martha Livesley (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Jennifer Hughes (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Magic Advisor		Larry Barnes (uncredited)
Magic Advisor		Ali Bongo (uncredited)

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