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(GAME: City of the Daleks). Talons of Weng Chiang vs. There are several references to the events of the 51st century where Magnus Greel was 'the infamous Minister of Justice. It Ain't Half Hot Mum (the first mention of the Tong of the Black Scorpion!). Given the time period, it was probably either chloroform or ether. The Doctor and Leela descend into the sewers, where they are confronted by a giant rat. ", Professor Litefoot : Another episode by Robert Holmes, this episode is markedly Darker and Edgier, Hotter and Sexier, as well as Bloodier and Gorier than most of classic Doctor Who. The Doctor says he was in China 400 years ago [a probable reference to Marco Polo. Even Greel's 'sewer guards' may be a subtle reference to the (untold) Holmes story The Giant Rat of Sumatra. The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town. Leela rips it off in part 5 and exposes his horrible face. Jago is immediately dismissive. Leela has been dining with Litefoot at his house. The characters of Jago and Litefoot became quite popular with fans, and for years rumours abounded about a planned spin-off centred around the duo solving crimes in Victorian London, and it was even seriously considered by the BBC a couple of times. Sin. Leela : ", Jago : In reality, "Weng-Chiang" is the 51st century war criminal Mangus Greel (Upon hearing about the Doctor's presence in Victorian England, Greel worries about the presence of "Time Agents" - he clearly comes from the same 51st century as a certain conman we meet many years later in the Revival Series). The Palace theater, presenting hypnotist Li H'sen Chang seems to be at the center of it all. A dying Li H'sen warns the Doctor to "beware the Eye of the Dragon!" Weng-Chiang is in fact Magnus Greel, a war criminal from the 51st Century. Litefoot quotes from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress ('He that is down, need fear no fall'), whilst the Doctor quotes J. Milton Hayes ('There's a one eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu'), attributing it to music hall comedian Harry Champion. Amongst the many aspects of Conan Doyle lore present we have the Doctor's deerstalker, a housekeeper called Mrs. Hudson, 'Elementary my dear Litefoot', opium and so on. He has come to London to retrieve his lost time cabinet, which is in the possession of Litefoot. The rats fatally wounded him, though he did not die right away. The Doctor is then attacked by Mr Sin but manages to disconnect its circuitry, rendering it inanimate. Weng-Chiang returns to Litefoot's house to fetch a missing bag containing the key to the time cabinet. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Professor Litefoot - While the spin-off never made it to TV, Jago and Litefoot, along with PC Quick, eventually ended up getting their own Big Finish Doctor Who spinoff range, Jago & Litefoot. Henry Gordon Jago comes a fairly close second. Also, Leela has to wear period clothing and learn table manners. Greel's "Time Cabinet" was lost in London and has been found by Litefoot, so Greel sends Chang's ventriloquist's doll, "Mr. The parallax synchrone and a trionic lattice are aspects of the Time Cabinet itself (cf. However, this fits in better with the Doctor's chronological age see - Pyramids of Mars - than with Earth history, although he's still about 100 years out. One rat pursued Leela and bit her leg.The Fourth Doctor shot and killed it with a Chinese fowling gun.. Li H'sen Chang, Greel's henchman, threw himself to the rats as a means of suicide after his master had dismissed him from service. However Greel sets him up for a public humiliation, which he knows is a. She struggles with him and pulls the mask from his face, revealing a bent and twisted visage beneath. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. ", Jago : Directed by David Maloney. There is a cameo appearance by the series' incidental music composer Dudley Simpson as the conductor of the orchestra at the Palace Theatre. A pile of straw seen in the road as Weng-Chiang searches for the time cabinet was placed there to hide a modern car which had, despite requests to the contrary, been parked in the road prior to filming. Stage magician Li H'sen Chang has been kidnapping young "wretched girls" for his master, the ancient Chinese god Weng-Chiang. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang) Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot later went down into the sewers with a Gatling gun to kill the rest of the rats. The journey back through time has disrupted his molecular structure and he now needs to feed on the life force of others - hence his use for the young girls. Casey, the theater stagehand, hangs a lampshade on this. Though the trope is lampshaded when Leela sardonically comments that the Doctor has only asked her a question (about some 51st Century technology that she obviously wouldn't know about) to give him an excuse to answer it. "'What", Jago : Doctor Who goes all Sherlock Holmes-Meets-Hammer Horror in this tale set in Victorian London. The Talons of Weng-Chiang is superb, but the casual racism jars a little. ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ routinely hovers at or around the top of lists of favourite episodes, and it’s unquestionably a highlight of the overall theme and tone of the Tom Baker years with Philip Hinchcliffe as producer. "I'm a tiger when my dander's up! ", Professor Litefoot : Weng-Chiang is in fact Magnus Greel, a war criminal from the 51st Century. The Doctor ushers Leela in the opposite direction as the rat scurries towards them. He has come to London to retrieve his lost time cabinet, which is in the possession of Litefoot. Why does Greel need girls rather than young people in general? The Importance of Being Ernest (a hat box?). Greel's time experiments were based on zygma energy, 'the twisted lunacy of a scientific dark age' according to the Doctor. I can play the 'Trumpet Voluntary' in a bowl of live goldfish.'. Giant rats were created from common London rats by Magnus Greel in the 19th century, using 51st century science. (PROSE: A Victorian Interlude), On seeing the rats that Richard Harries was experimenting on, the Eighth Doctor recalled the attack on Leela. The Professor goes outside to investigate after spotting a prowler in the grounds, and on his return is struck down by an unseen assailant.

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