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1977

2 hr 30 min

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

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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.

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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 fil... read more

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The Doctor

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Louise Jameson

Leela

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Christopher Benjamin

Henry Gordon Jago

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Trevor Baxter

Professor Litefoot

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John Bennett

Li H'sen Chang

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Weng-Chiang (Magnus Greel)

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Mr. Sin

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David McKail

Sergeant Kyle

Alan Butler

Buller

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Casey

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Patsy Smart

Ghoul

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Lee

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Coolie

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Teresa

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