I thought exactly the same thing - I had completely forgotten that he played the role of Mr Sin (The Peking Homunculus). He's a cool actor - he was all the Oompa Loompas in the Johnny Depp Willy Wonka movie, and was quite simply terrifying in the 'X-Files' episode, 'Badlaa'.
1977: Making DOCTOR WHO | The Lively Arts | The Making Of | BBC Archive 1234pm 24.7.24 who? i was wondering if the amazing melvyn bragg was performing the voice over?
£20,000 in1977 comes to around £160,000 today. Good grief, you couldn't make a twenty five second commercial for that these days, never mind a twenty five minute show!
Still the best produced/acted Who yarn of the classic series and light years ahead of wha the show currently produces in terms of imagination. Its fascinating to see this footage after all these years and what a talent David Maloney was, his work on Blake's 7 was instrumental in that show's success.
Wow, well, that’s given me a whole new appreciation for the ‘low production values’ of Doctor Who, they really did put a heck of a lot of effort into them, didn’t they?
Thank you for uploading this clip. it's great to see how things were done and the money!!! 💸💰 Phew, £160.000!!! Bearing in mind the cast often ran up & down the the same short corridor loads of times, in which to create the illusion of one being half a mile long. The back stage crew did well!!¡¡ 👍😊
Unbeliavable seeing this behind the scenes work done for "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" episode. Look at the work done on that rats head. The metal work, etc. Philip Hinchcliffs Doctor whos were the very best in my opinion. So weird that they put all this work in to a kids/young peoples program. Where as now the rubbish they make for adults (reality tv). I was nine when this was broadcast and have owned the video tape and DVD`s. This one is up there with the top five episodes ever.
1977: Making DOCTOR WHO | The Lively Arts | The Making Of | BBC Archive 1224pm 24.7.24 the overdubs for peter kay's green blob, no doubt? cool, though, how they manage post production...
modern "filmakers" could learn from this guy, Mister David Maloney. Since "movies" these days have music in the forerground not the background and playing OVER the dialouge! nevermind the footsteps! I think we need to mind the footsteps and we need to mind the dialouge. Obviously this kind of methodlical thinking does not exist in the 21st century...:(
Talons is by far one of the best stories of the entire show. The only reason why it is not at the top spot is because it is set in a period which people find dull and boring. Bob Holmes best script by FAR though! Has me in stitches with his tautology!
Why does everything in Doctor Who need music. It's so annoying that dialogue and sound effects are over powered by pointless music. The odd bit inbetween dialogue to set the mood - fine if you want, but its ridiculous.
I agree, each to their own. But the music on classic Doctor Who sounds to me to be the same painful, screeching stings, at various lengths, increasing in electronic additions in time, but retaining the same repetitive droning.
![เป็นไปได้ไหม - WanMai [Performance Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Eh5hItD4Mr0/mqdefault.jpg)
So fascinating to see footage of the show being made at the time.
I would be interested to see more behind the scenes clips of classic who
Me too!
Great seeing a young Deep Roy preparing for an early role!
I thought exactly the same thing - I had completely forgotten that he played the role of Mr Sin (The Peking Homunculus). He's a cool actor - he was all the Oompa Loompas in the Johnny Depp Willy Wonka movie, and was quite simply terrifying in the 'X-Files' episode, 'Badlaa'.
1977: Making DOCTOR WHO | The Lively Arts | The Making Of | BBC Archive 1234pm 24.7.24 who? i was wondering if the amazing melvyn bragg was performing the voice over?
£20,000 in1977 comes to around £160,000 today.
Good grief, you couldn't make a twenty five second commercial for that these days, never mind a twenty five minute show!
Still the best produced/acted Who yarn of the classic series and light years ahead of wha the show currently produces in terms of imagination. Its fascinating to see this footage after all these years and what a talent David Maloney was, his work on Blake's 7 was instrumental in that show's success.
I used to watch these specials on TV all the time as a kid (and I still do) and I use think working for TV and movies would be a fun job.
Just realised this was being made at the same time as Star Wars: A New Hope.
Wow, that sound!! ✌️😂
The Talons of Weng Chiang! one of *the* Greatest Doctor Who Stories!
Would love to have a job in the TV industry. That looks awesome.
Wow, well, that’s given me a whole new appreciation for the ‘low production values’ of Doctor Who, they really did put a heck of a lot of effort into them, didn’t they?
Thank you for uploading this clip. it's great to see how things were done and the money!!! 💸💰
Phew, £160.000!!! Bearing in mind the cast often ran up & down the the same short corridor loads of times, in which to create the illusion of one being half a mile long. The back stage crew did well!!¡¡ 👍😊
In the background is the episode that got me.
Love the vcs3 would be my dream synthesiser
Unbeliavable seeing this behind the scenes work done for "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" episode. Look at the work done on that rats head. The metal work, etc. Philip Hinchcliffs Doctor whos were the very best in my opinion. So weird that they put all this work in to a kids/young peoples program. Where as now the rubbish they make for adults (reality tv). I was nine when this was broadcast and have owned the video tape and DVD`s. This one is up there with the top five episodes ever.
Right you have a number of comments requesting more behind the scenes of classic Who so how about it then?
Can you upload more of the making of old Dr who episodes?
Thank You🩲
Giant rat - nailed it 👍
Holy Foley! 😊
🤯great
Deep Roy. Who'd have thought it?
4:53
"Cold, is it?"
"Er"
Steam Punk ahead of its time...
1977: Making DOCTOR WHO | The Lively Arts | The Making Of | BBC Archive 1224pm 24.7.24 the overdubs for peter kay's green blob, no doubt? cool, though, how they manage post production...
Very interesting. 20k per episode - not much even then. Amazing what they did on such a shoestring budget.
modern "filmakers" could learn from this guy, Mister David Maloney. Since "movies" these days have music in the forerground not the background and playing OVER the dialouge! nevermind the footsteps! I think we need to mind the footsteps and we need to mind the dialouge. Obviously this kind of methodlical thinking does not exist in the 21st century...:(
So in today's(2024) money, £20k from 1977 is worth £171k - which is still pretty good for one episode.
The rat 6:53 😂
rolands put a bit of weight on i see
Talons is by far one of the best stories of the entire show. The only reason why it is not at the top spot is because it is set in a period which people find dull and boring. Bob Holmes best script by FAR though! Has me in stitches with his tautology!
Back when the BBC was any good and actually made programmes people wanted to watch.
Still do
10 million watched the latest Christmas special. That's more than the number who watched the Talons of Weng Chiang with its dodgy rat and yellow face.
why don't you draw thought from your brain _before_ you comment
I guess you've never seen Peaky Blinders or Killing Eve 😅
Back when the BBC was worth watching. Before their slavish adherence to THE MESSAGE.
Why does everything in Doctor Who need music. It's so annoying that dialogue and sound effects are over powered by pointless music. The odd bit inbetween dialogue to set the mood - fine if you want, but its ridiculous.
To each to their own, I love the incidental music!
I agree, each to their own. But the music on classic Doctor Who sounds to me to be the same painful, screeching stings, at various lengths, increasing in electronic additions in time, but retaining the same repetitive droning.