Doctor Who Guide: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

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Part Five

Series Episode Number: 452

World Premiere: Sat 26 Mar 1977 - 6:30pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 6 Jun 1980 - 5:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 49 seconds

10.10 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 18 () (UK)

Recorded on Thu 10 Feb 1977 in TC8

Weng-Chiang/Magnus Greel has recovered his lost time cabinet and the Doctor hurries to track him down before he uses it and destroys the whole of London.

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
Professor Litefoot		Trevor Baxter
Mr. Sin		Deep Roy
Lee		Tony Then
Ho		Vincent Wong

Production Team hide 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
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 (uncredited)
Storyline		Robert Banks Stewart (uncredited)
Script Editor		Robert Holmes (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Linda Graeme (uncredited)
Technical Manager(TM2)		John Sterling (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Pat Mordecai (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Bill Eldridge (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Sue Box (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Jo Ward (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)
Make-Up Assistant		Christine Baker (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Martha Livesley (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Jennifer Hughes (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)

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