The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)
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Synopsis
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Plot
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Cast
- Michael Spice also provided the voice of Morbius in the The Brain of Morbius.
Henry Gordon Jago - Christopher Benjamin
Professor Litefoot - Trevor Baxter
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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Location Filming
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
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Continuity
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DVD and Video Releases
Released as Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
Released:
- Region 2 April 28th 2003
- PAL - BBC DVD BBCDVD1152
- Region 4 June 30th 2003
- Region 1 October 7th 2003
- NTSC - Warner Video E1814
Target Novelisations
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