68,299
edits
More actions
no edit summary
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Infobox | {{Infobox ClassicTV| | ||
story name= The Talons of Weng-Chiang| | story name= The Talons of Weng-Chiang| | ||
image= [[Image:Talons_title.jpg|250px]]| | image= [[Image:Talons_title.jpg|250px]]| | ||
series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[TV stories|TV Stories]] | series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[TV stories|TV Stories]] | | ||
number= 91 | | number= [[Season 14]]| | ||
story number= 91| | |||
doctor=[[Fourth Doctor]] | | doctor=[[Fourth Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Leela]] | | companions= [[Leela]] | | ||
| Line 39: | Line 40: | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
*[[Fourth Doctor | The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | *[[Fourth Doctor | The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | ||
*[[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]] | *[[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]] | ||
*[[Magnus Greel]] - [[Michael Spice]] | *[[Magnus Greel]] - [[Michael Spice]] | ||
*[[Li H'sen Chang]] - [[John Bennett]] | *[[Li H'sen Chang]] - [[John Bennett]] | ||
*[[Mr. Sin]] - [[Deep Roy]] | *[[Mr. Sin]] - [[Deep Roy]] | ||
*[[Henry Gordon Jago]] - [[Christopher Benjamin]] | *[[Henry Gordon Jago]] - [[Christopher Benjamin]] | ||
*[[George Litefoot|Professor Litefoot]] - [[Trevor Baxter]] | |||
*[[Professor Litefoot]] - [[Trevor Baxter]] | |||
*[[Sergeant Kyle]] - [[David McKail]] | *[[Sergeant Kyle]] - [[David McKail]] | ||
*[[Buller]] - [[Alan Butler]] | *[[Buller]] - [[Alan Butler]] | ||
| Line 77: | Line 70: | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
'' | *[[Time Agency|Time agent]]s are mentioned. | ||
*[[Magnus Greel]] is from the [[51st century]]. | |||
*Greel's time experiments were powered by [[zygma energy]]. | |||
*The [[parallax synchrone]] and a [[trionic lattice]] are aspects of the [[Time cabinet]]. | |||
*The Doctor says he was in [[China]] 400 years ago. | |||
*The Doctor was ''"with the [[Filipino army]] at the final advance on [[Reykjavik]]"'' in the [[51st century]]. | |||
==Story Notes== | ==Story Notes== | ||
*This story had working titles of; '''The Foe From The Future''' and '''The Talons Of Greel'''. | |||
* Some associations and influences have been noted for The Talons of Weng-Chiang; among these are: | * Some associations and influences have been noted for The Talons of Weng-Chiang; among these are: | ||
:*Magnus Greel's deformed face, the mask he uses to hide it, and the climactic scene in which the mask is torn off to reveal his true face, are all strongly reminiscent of [[Gaston Leroux]]'s novel ''[[Wikipedia:The Phantom of the Opera|The Phantom of the Opera]]''. | :*Magnus Greel's deformed face, the mask he uses to hide it, and the climactic scene in which the mask is torn off to reveal his true face, are all strongly reminiscent of [[Wikipedia:Gaston Leroux|Gaston Leroux]]'s novel ''[[Wikipedia:The Phantom of the Opera|The Phantom of the Opera]]''. | ||
:*The Doctor wears a deerstalker hat, the characteristic headgear of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s detective [[Sherlock Holmes]]. | :*The Doctor wears a deerstalker hat, the characteristic headgear of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s detective [[Sherlock Holmes]]. | ||
:*The giant rat is reminiscent of animals grown to enormous size in the [[H.G. Wells]] novel ''[[Food of the Gods]]''. It also may be another Holmes reference, since there is a famous reference to a never-told mystery involving "the giant rat of Sumatra, a story for which the world is not yet prepared." | :*The giant rat is reminiscent of animals grown to enormous size in the [[H.G. Wells]] novel ''[[Wikipedia:Food of the Gods|Food of the Gods]]''. It also may be another Holmes reference, since there is a famous reference to a never-told mystery involving "the giant rat of Sumatra, a story for which the world is not yet prepared." | ||
:*Li H'sen Chang is reminiscent of [[Fu Manchu]], the villain of a series of novels by [[Sax Rohmer]]. | :*Li H'sen Chang is reminiscent of [[Wikipedia:Fu Manchu|Fu Manchu]], the villain of a series of novels by [[Wikipedia:Sax Rohmer|Sax Rohmer]]. | ||
===Ratings=== | ===Ratings=== | ||
*Part 1 - 11.3 million viewers | |||
*Part 2 - 9.8 million viewers | |||
*Part 3 - 10.2 million viewers | |||
*Part 4 - 11.4 million viewers | |||
*Part 5 - 10.1 million viewers | |||
*Part 6 - 9.3 million viewers | |||
===Myths=== | ===Myths=== | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
=== | ===Filming Locations=== | ||
'' | *Clink Street, Southwark, London | ||
*St. Mary's Overy Wharf, Southwark, London | |||
*Bridewell Place, Wapping, London | |||
*Wapping Old Stairs, Wapping High Street, London | |||
*Fish Street Rates Offices, Fish Street, Northampton | |||
*St Crispin's Hospital, Duston, Northampton | |||
*Cardinal Cap Alley, Bankside, London | |||
*Cambridge Park (No 24), Twickenham, Middlesex | |||
*Wapping Pier Head, Wapping High Street, London | |||
*St. Katharine's Dock, London | |||
*Royal Theatre, Guildhall Road, Northampton | |||
*[[BBC Television Centre]] (TC1 and TC8), Shepherd's Bush, [[London]] | |||
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | ||
''to | *There are modern power points, covered with masking tape, on the walls of Litefoot's lab | ||
*A 1970s newspaper (the headline concerns Denis Healey) can be seen in Litefoot's laundry basket in part three. | |||
*A boom mike shadow is visible on the curtains near the stage in the final fight. | |||
*There is more than one giant rat in the sewers, so what happens to the rest of them? | |||
*Why does Greel need girls rather than young people in general? | |||
==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
''to | *The Doctor confronts the after affects of this story's events in [[MA]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]''. | ||
*The Doctor revisits Litefoot in [[EDA]]: ''[[The Bodysnatchers]]''. | |||
*The events surrounding Magnus Greel and his time experiments are shown in some detail in [[EDA]]: ''[[Emotional Chemistry]]''. | |||
*The Doctor says he was in China 400 years ago which ''could'' be a reference to [[DW]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]''. | |||
==DVD, Video, and Other Releases== | ==DVD, Video, and Other Releases== | ||
| Line 141: | Line 164: | ||
==Target Novelisations== | ==Target Novelisations== | ||
*Novelised as [[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]] by [[Terrance Dicks]] in [[1977]]. | *Novelised as ''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' by [[Terrance Dicks]] in [[1977]]. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/talonswengchiang/ Episode | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/talonswengchiang/ BBC Episode Guide for '''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'''] | ||
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_4s.htm | *[http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=4s Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide: '''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'''] | ||
*[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/4s.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) | *[http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_4s.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - '''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'''] | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/4s.html A Brief History of Time (Travel): '''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'''] | ||
*[http://www.timelash.com/tardis/display.asp?760 The Tardis Library - Video release information for The Talons of Weng-Chiang] | *[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/stories/talonsofwengchiang The Locations Guide to Doctor Who - '''The Daemons'''] | ||
*[http://www.timelash.com/tardis/display.asp?760 The Tardis Library - Video release information for '''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'''] | |||
{{season 14}} | {{season 14}} | ||