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* It is likely that the giant rat in ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' was inspired by a line in the [[Sherlock Holmes]] story ''The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire'' by Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], in which Holmes alludes to "the giant rat of Sumatra, a story for which the world is not yet prepared". In ''Talons'', the Doctor dons a deerstalker and cape, and is assisted by a medical doctor whose housekeeper is named [[Hudson (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)|Mrs Hudson]], all of which appear to allude to Conan Doyle's detective. | * It is likely that the giant rat in ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' was inspired by a line in the [[Sherlock Holmes]] story ''The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire'' by Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], in which Holmes alludes to "the giant rat of Sumatra, a story for which the world is not yet prepared". In ''Talons'', the Doctor dons a deerstalker and cape, and is assisted by a medical doctor whose housekeeper is named [[Hudson (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)|Mrs Hudson]], all of which appear to allude to Conan Doyle's detective. | ||
* In his work of modern British history, ''State of Emergency'', [[Dominic Sandbrook]] called the giant rat "one of the worst-realised monsters not merely in [[Doctor Who|the show's]] history, but in the history of human entertainment.” | * In his work of modern British history, ''State of Emergency'', [[Dominic Sandbrook]] called the giant rat "one of the worst-realised monsters not merely in [[Doctor Who|the show's]] history, but in the history of human entertainment.” | ||
* In an ironic allusion to Leela's encounter with the giant rat, ''[[Home Assistant (webcast)|Home Assistant]]'' shows actor [[Louise Jameson (Home Assistant)|Louise Jameson]] possessing a copy of ''[[Rat Monthly]]'' magazine. | |||
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