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*The following article is written from an Out of Universe perspective.*

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 - Bernard Holley
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

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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

Official BARB ratings: 8.4m for Part One, 8.3m for Part Two, 8.2m for Part Three and 8m for Part Four.

Story Notes

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Continuity

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Home Video Releases

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 *[[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
 *[[Henrick]] - [[John Banks]]
+*[[Cristián Xochitl Alvarez]] - [[Billy Clarke]]
+* [[Lawrence Fitzgerald|Professor Lawrence Fitzgerald]] - [[Peter Cleal]]
+* [[Huitzilin]] - [[Jo Castleton]]
+* [[Ce Xochitl]] - [[Edward Harbour]]
+* [[Iccauhtli]] - [[Robert Wilson]]
+* [[Achtli]] - [[Charles Rea]]
+* [[Coyolxauhqui]] - [[Richard Cordery]]
+* [[Quauilticac]] - [[Bernard Holley]]
+* [[Feliciano Nahualli]] - [[Michael Irving]]
+* [[Lt. Hamlet Macbeth]] - [[Simon Holmes]]
+* [[Sir Charles]] - [[Peter Helmer]]
+* [[Anna (The Left-Handed Hummingbird)|Anna]] - [[Cindy Shelley]]
+* [[Elizabeth (The Left-Handed Hummingbird)|Elizabeth]] - [[Vivienne Ritchie]]
+* [[John (The Left-Handed Hummingbird)|John]] - [[Terrence Edmond]]
+* [[Molly (The Left-Handed Hummingbird)|Molly]] - [[Diane Fletcher]]
 ==Crew==
 {{Classiccrew|SeriesProducer = Ian Fraser|SeriesScriptEditor = Ben Aaronovitch|Writer = Kate Orman|Director = Paul Seed|DOP = Ian Dow|ProductionDesigner = Nick Somerville|VisualEffects = Malcolm James|VisualEffects2 = Dave Chapman|Make-upDesigner = Helen Barrett|CastingDirector = Andy Pryor|Music = Mark Ayres|Editor = Dave King|Editor2 = Dinah Long|OriginalTheme = Ron Grainer|TitleMusic = Mark Ayres|TitleSequence = CAL Video|Lighting = Keith Thomas|Designer = Ken Ledsham|VisionMixer = Julie Mann|CostumeDesigner = Phoebe De Gaye|Writer2 = }}