Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Death stalks the fogbound streets of Victorian London: young women are going missing, horribly mutilated bodies are found floating in the Thames and criminal gangs terrorize the innocent. At the heart of this tangled web sits the mysterious Li H'sen Chang, sorcerer and hypnotist, and his grotesque sidekick Mister Sin. The Doctor dons deerstalker hat and cape to seek out the sinister force lurking in the shadows of the metropolis, for the Talons of Weng-Chiang are reaching out to shred the human race.
- 8.4
- 1977
- Released
- 2h 30m
Tom Baker
The Doctor
Louise Jameson
Leela
Christopher Benjamin
Henry Gordon Jago
Trevor Baxter
Professor Litefoot
John Bennett
Li H'sen Chang
Michael Spice
Weng-Chiang (Magnus Greel)
Deep Roy
Mr. Sin
David McKail
Sergeant KyleAlan Butler
BullerChris Gannon
Casey
Conrad Asquith
PC QuickPatsy Smart
GhoulTony Then
LeeJohn Wu
CoolieJudith Lloyd
TeresaVaune Craig-Raymond
Cleaning WomanPenny Lister
Singer
Vincent Wong
HoReleased
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It's curious that the BBC never thought to bolt these six episodes together to makes a single feature? Quite a few of these Tom Baker "Dr. Who" stories might have made for quite decent stand-alone films. This is one of them as he and his prehistoric, knife-throwing, companion "Leela" (Louise Jameson) find themselves in Victorian London just as Chinese mystic "Li H'sen Chang" (John Bennett) is perf