Doctor Who Guide: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

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Part Four

Series Episode Number: 451

World Premiere: Sat 19 Mar 1977 - 6:31pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Thu 5 Jun 1980 - 5:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 30 seconds

11.40 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 60 (UK)

Chart Position: 21 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 25 Jan 1977 in TC1

The Doctor and Leela take a trip to the theatre with the intention of confronting Li H'sen Chang. But Weng-Chiang has already made plans to dispose of his former servant.

Characters hide 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
Lee		Tony Then
Singer		Penny Lister
Theatre Audience		Elizabeth Jane Bennett (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		John Bill (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Susan Bronte (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Mary Brownbill (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Barbara Carey (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		George Carr (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Barbara Chambers (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Brian Fellows (uncredited)
Giant Rat		Stuart Fell (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Verdi Gilbert (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Clarice Good (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Valerie Hastings (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Carl Haugland (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Yvonne Lambe (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Gillian Lee (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Dennis Lycett (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		John Milner (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Sylvia Milner (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Leslie Price (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Michaela Rea (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		John Thomas (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Stanley Welch (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Ricky Williams (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Dorothy Wood (uncredited)
Theatre Audience		Roger Wood (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Max Faulkner (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Stuart Fell (uncredited)
Conductor		Dudley Simpson (uncredited)

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
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

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