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==Story Notes== | ==Story Notes== | ||
* 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 ''[[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 [[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 ''[[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." | ||
