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The Talons of Weng-Chiang

SPECIAL EDITION DVD REMASTERED 12 BBFC
Release Details
Release Date 4 Oct 2010
Code BBCDVD2806(A)
Format DVD9
Discs 3
Episodes 6
Duration 2h 24m 15s
Ratio 4:3
Release ID 448
Boxset ID 72
Artist Unknown Voice Over Artist
RRP £39.99
Boxset
Type Themed Multi-Story Set
Content
Serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Season Season 14
Doctor Tom Baker (4th Doctor)
Technical
Title Subtitles Yes
Bonus Feature Subtitles Yes
Subtitles Disc 1
Audio Nav Yes
Audio Mono
Region DVD Region 2, DVD Region 4
Booklet Niall Boyce

30 Bonus Features On This Release

Bonus features for The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Bonus Features On Disc 1 Relating To The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Reversible Cover

Double-sided cover with the original "grey roundels" design on one side, and a version with updated logos and/or design on the other

New on this release · Other | Physical Material
Commentary

Discussing episode 6 (John Bennett appears for the last four minutes)

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·23m 31s · Audio | Audio Commentary
Info Text

Production information and story facts presented via subtitles on all episodes

Updated since 28 April 2003 ↗ ·2h 22m · Production | Episode Information Text
Easter Egg

Continuity announcement during the end titles of episode 1 (commentary must be enabled to hear it)

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·4:3 ·4s · Production | Trails / Continuity· Production | Easter Egg
Easter Egg

Continuity announcement during the end titles of episode 2 (commentary must be enabled to hear it)

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·4:3 ·3s · Production | Trails / Continuity· Production | Easter Egg
Easter Egg

Continuity announcement during the end titles of episode 5 (commentary must be enabled to hear it)

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·4:3 ·4s · Production | Trails / Continuity· Production | Easter Egg
Coming Soon

Trailer for the release of "The Seeds of Doom"

New on this release ·4:3 ·52s · Production | Trails / Continuity
Commentary

Discussing episode 1

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·24m 47s · Audio | Audio Commentary
Commentary

Discussing episode 2

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·24m 31s · Audio | Audio Commentary
Commentary

Discussing episode 3

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·21m 59s · Audio | Audio Commentary
Commentary

Discussing episode 4

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·24m 34s · Audio | Audio Commentary
Commentary

Discussing episode 5

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·24m 53s · Audio | Audio Commentary
Bonus Features On Disc 2 Relating To The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Moving On

Philip Hinchcliffe discusses what the next season of the series may have been like if he'd stayed on as producer

New on this release ·16:9 ·4m 36s · Other | Discussion Around Doctor Who
Music Hall - The Talents of Ones Who Sang

A look at what made Music Hall so successful

New on this release ·16:9 ·21m 44s · Other | Discussion Around Doctor Who
The Foe from the Future

Writer, Robert Banks Stewart, discusses his original ideas for this serial

New on this release ·16:9 ·6m 47s · Production | Writer
Victoriana and Chinoiserie - references in "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"

The literature that inspired "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"

New on this release ·16:9 ·8m 8s · Other | Discussion Around Doctor Who
Now & Then - The Locations of The Talons of Weng-Chiang

A look at the locations used for this serial

New on this release ·4:3 ·11m 3s · Feature | Now and Then· Documentary | Location
Limehouse, A Victorian Chinatown

A history of Limehouse

New on this release ·16:9 ·19m 21s · Documentary | Location
Look East

News feature from 14 January 1977, about the location filming for this serial

New on this release ·4:3 ·3m 39s · Other | News / Light Entertainment
PDF Materials

Radio Times listings

New on this release · Production | Archival Documentation
The Last Hurrah

Cast and crew discuss the making of "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"

New on this release ·16:9 ·33m 35s · Documentary | Production
The Talons of Weng-Chiang Photo Gallery

Photos from the production of this serial set to background sound effects

New on this release ·4:3 ·3m 20s · Production | Gallery / Picture Gallery / Photo Gallery
Bonus Features On Disc 3 Relating To The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Blue Peter Theatre

Extracts from editions broadcast on 23 May 1974, 28 April 1977, 5 May 1977, and 19 May 1977

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·4:3 ·26m 1s · Feature | Blue Peter
Easter Egg

Tom Baker Clean Titles (seasons 12-17)

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·4:3 ·43s · Production | Programme Titles· Production | Easter Egg
Behind the Scenes

Footage from studio recording in February 1977

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·4:3 ·25m 1s · Production | Studio Footage / Location Footage
Whose Doctor Who

From "The Lively Arts", presented by Melvyn Bragg, and first broadcast on 3 April 1977

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·4:3 ·58m 45s · Production | Critical Reception / Critical Response
Philip Hinchcliffe Interview

Broadcast on "Pebble Mill at One", on 31 March 1977

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·4:3 ·11m 31s · Other | News / Light Entertainment
The Talons of Weng-Chiang Picture Gallery

Photos from the production of this serial set to background sound effects

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·4:3 ·3m 26s · Production | Gallery / Picture Gallery / Photo Gallery
TARDIS-cam No.6

"The Snowscene"- originally released as TARDISCam No.4 via the BBC Doctor Who website on 23 November 2001

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·16:9 ·1m 44s · Feature | TARDIScam
Trails and Continuity

Including a trailer for "The Lively Arts"

Repeated from 28 April 2003 ↗ ·4:3 ·2m 29s · Production | Trails / Continuity