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The Left-Handed Hummingbird was the fourth story of Season 30. It was written by Kate Orman, directed by Paul Seed, featured Richard Griffiths as the Doctor, Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield and John Banks as Henrick.
Synopsis
1968: Cristian Alvarez meets the Doctor in London.
1978: The great temple of the Aztecs is discovered in Mexico.
1980: John Lennon is murdered in New York.
1994: A gunman runs amok in Mexico City.
Each time, Cristian is there. Each time, he experiences the Blue, a traumatic psychic shock. Only the Doctor can help him – but the Doctor has problems of his own. Following the events of their earlier trip to Nazi occupied-London, the Doctor knows that someone or something has been tinkering with time. Now he finds that events in his own past have been altered – and a lethal force from South America's prehistory has been released.
The Doctor, Bernice and Henrick travel to the Aztec Empire in 1487, to London in the Swinging Sixties, and to the sinking of the Titanic as they attempt to rectify the temporal faults -- and survive the attacks of the living god Huitzilin.
Plot
Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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Part 4
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Cast
- The Doctor - Richard Griffiths
- Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Henrick - John Banks
- Cristián Xochitl Alvarez - Billy Clarke
- Professor Lawrence Fitzgerald - Peter Cleal
- Huitzilin - Jo Castleton
- Ce Xochitl - Edward Harbour
- Iccauhtli - Robert Wilson
- Achtli - Charles Rea
- Coyolxauhqui - Richard Cordery
- Quauilticac - Sean Pertwee
- Feliciano Nahualli - Michael Irving
- Lt. Hamlet Macbeth - Simon Holmes
- Sir Charles - Peter Helmer
- Anna - Cindy Shelley
- Elizabeth - Vivienne Ritchie
- John - Terrence Edmond
- Molly - Diane Fletcher
Crew
- Writer - Kate Orman
- Producer - Ian Fraser
- Script Editor - Ben Aaronovitch
- Director - Paul Seed
- Lighting - Keith Thomas
- Designer - Ken Ledsham
- Visual Effects Designers - Malcom James, Dave Chapman
- Make-Up Designer - Helen Barrett
- Casting Director - Anne Henderson
- Music - Mark Ayres
- Costume Designer - Phoebe De Gaye
- Edited by - Dave King
- Vision Mixer - Julie Mann
- Original Theme Music - Ron Grainer
- Title Music - Mark Ayres
- Title Sequence by CAL Video
Memorable Quotes
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Background Information
Development
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Pre-Production
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Production
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Post-Production
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Reaction
- Part One received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 8.44m viewers. It ranked at 36th over the week.
- Part Two received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 8.27m viewers. It ranked at 38th over the week.
- Part Three received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 8.18m viewers. It ranked at 47th over the week.
- Part Four received a 7-Day Viewing Figure from BARB of 8.02m viewers. It ranked at 49th over the week.
Story Notes
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Continuity
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Home Video Releases
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