Doctor Who Guide: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part Two

Series Episode Number: 449

World Premiere: Sat 5 Mar 1977 - 6:37pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 3 Jun 1980 - 5:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 26 seconds

Chart Position: 28 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 25 Jan 1977 in TC1

The Doctor and Leela take refuge at the home of Professor Litefoot. But the agents of Weng-Chiang are not far behind.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Leela		Louise Jameson
Li H'sen Chang		John Bennett
Weng Chiang		Michael Spice
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

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Robert Holmes
Director		David Maloney
Producer		Philip Hinchcliffe
Designer		Roger Murray-Leach
Costume Designer		John Bloomfield
Make-up 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