Starring Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Music by Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet
The Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
Script: Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton
Recorded: Sunday 2 October 1955
First Broadcast : Tuesday 4 October 1955 on the BBC Home Service
Genghis Khan, the Tartar Emperor, on his deathbed ordered that he be buried in a high, forgotten mountain along with the treasures of his kingdom. Neddie Seagoon is a researcher at the Victoria and Albert Museum, searching for the lost tomb of Genghis Khan. As he is unwrapping some ancient Mongolian inscribed tablets that he had reason to believe would give him the exact location of the tomb, Grytpype and Moriarty enter and steal the tablets. Seagoon calls the police. Inspector Bloodnok and Sergeant Eccles arrive. Willium tips off Neddie that the two villains are in Singapore – he knows this because they left an address for delivery of a parcel of laundry. Seagoon and Eccles hide in the parcel. Meanwhile, in Singapore, Grytpype reveals the plot to Moriarty – the clay tablet indeed gives the exact location of the Emperor’s tomb. As a precaution, Grytpype has had the entire inscription tattooed on the back of his false teeth by Dr. Fred Fu-Manchu, the Chinese tattooing artist. The parcel arrives, they open it, and Neddie has Eccles hold them at gunpoint while he searches for the tablet. Grytpype tricks Eccles into closing his eyes, knocks him unconscious, and does the same to Neddie when he returns with the tablet. Knowing that the villains would flee to the Singapore-China frontier, Neddie puts Eccles and Bluebottle on guard there. Seagoon disguises himself as a Mongolian porter and accompanies Grytpype and Moriarty on their mountain trek, but he is found out. The next day, Grytpype toothlessly informs Neddie that while he was asleep, Moriarty stole his false teeth, which were inscribed on the back with the map of the tomb. Eccles arrives and leads them to the tomb. Moriarty is there, but can’t enter because it would take four men to move the rock blocking the entrance to the cave. Grytpype now reveals that he has tricked Eccles and Seagoon there to provide the four men, and forces them to help open the door. They do so, and find the tomb empty – except for a card that says, “Dr. Fred Fu-Manchu, Oriental Tattooist”.
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