The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)

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Synopsis

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Plot

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Cast

The Doctor - Tom Baker

Leela - Louise Jameson

Magnus Greel - Michael Spice

Li H'sen Chang - John Bennett

Mr. Sin - Deep Roy

Henry Gordon Jago - Christopher Benjamin

Professor Litefoot - Trevor Baxter

Sergeant Kyle - David McKail

Crew

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References

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Story Notes

  • 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 The Phantom of the Opera.
  • 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."
  • Li H'sen Chang is reminiscent of Fu Manchu, the villain of a series of novels by Sax Rohmer.

Ratings

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Myths

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Location Filming

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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

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Continuity

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DVD and Video Releases

  • The Talons of Weng-Chiang was released on DVD by BBC Worldwide in 2003.

Target Novelisations

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External Links

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