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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* This story had working titles of ''The Foe from the Future'' and ''The Talons of Greel''. | * This story had working titles of ''The Foe from the Future'' and ''The Talons of Greel''. | ||
* "Weng-Chiang" was originally going to be | * "Weng-Chiang" was originally going to be {{Pratt}}, following on from ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', but producer [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] had this changed as he didn't want to have the Master revealed as the secret villain twice in the same season. [[Alan Barnes]] has pointed out several clues in the story that still point to the original plan: the time cabinet (read "TARDIS") and Greel referring to Leela as "the first morsel to feed my regeneration". ([[DWM 475]]) [[Michael Spice]], who played Weng-Chian/Magnus Greel in the finished product, had (according to [[info text]] for ''The Deadly Assassin'') previously been considered for the role of the Decayed Master before it went to [[Peter Pratt]]. | ||
* Some associations and influences have been noted for ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'' (in the main, derived from well known movies, the era of Philip Hinchcliffe and [[Robert Holmes]] in ''Doctor Who'' being strongly influenced by concepts and monsters made famous by Hollywood). Among the influences in this serial are: | * Some associations and influences have been noted for ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'' (in the main, derived from well known movies, the era of Philip Hinchcliffe and [[Robert Holmes]] in ''Doctor Who'' being strongly influenced by concepts and monsters made famous by Hollywood). Among the influences in this serial are: | ||
** Magnus Greel's lair beneath the theatre, his 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, all derive from {{w|Gaston Leroux}}'s novel {{wi|The Phantom of the Opera}} and its film adaptations. | ** Magnus Greel's lair beneath the theatre, his 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, all derive from {{w|Gaston Leroux}}'s novel {{wi|The Phantom of the Opera}} and its film adaptations. | ||