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Classic Who S14 • Serial 6 · (6 episodes)

The Talons of Weng-Chiang

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First aired Saturday, February 26, 1977
Production Code 4S
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by David Maloney
Runtime 150 minutes
Story Type Series Finale
Time Travel Past
Inventory: (Potential Spoilers!) Etheric beam locator
Locations Earth England London
Synopsis

The Fourth Doctor brings Leela to Victorian London to see how her ancestors lived but is rapidly drawn into a fiendish plot involving Chinese Tongs, disappearing women, an Oriental stage magician with uncanny powers, a murderous ventriloquist's dummy, and giant rats in the sewers.

6 Episodes:

First aired Saturday, February 26, 1977
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by David Maloney
UK Viewers 11.3 million

Synopsis

London, the 1890s. As magician Li H'Sen Chang captivates audiences, a spate of disappearances amongst young women goes largely unnoticed. But almost upon their arrival, the Doctor and Leela find themselves confronting the feared Tong of the Black Scorpion, and a menace from another time. And there's something fishy in the sewers, too...

First aired Saturday, March 5, 1977
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by David Maloney
UK Viewers 9.8 million

Synopsis

The Doctor and Leela investigate the strange events in Victorian London. But a mysterious masked figure lurks in the shadows.

First aired Saturday, March 12, 1977
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by David Maloney
UK Viewers 10.2 million

Synopsis

As Li H'Sen Chang works to secure the time cabinet, Leela pursues and investigates his master – the mysterious and murderous Weng-Chiang.

First aired Saturday, March 19, 1977
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by David Maloney
UK Viewers 11.4 million
Appreciation Index 60

Synopsis

The Doctor and Leela attend Li H'Sen Chang's performance, hoping to confront the magician. But his master Weng-Chiang has other plans…

First aired Saturday, March 26, 1977
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by David Maloney
UK Viewers 10.1 million

Synopsis

The Doctor and his allies try to track down Weng-Chiang before he can activate the time cabinet and possibly destroy London.

First aired Saturday, April 2, 1977
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by David Maloney
UK Viewers 9.3 million
Appreciation Index 58

Synopsis

The Doctor and Weng-Chiang have their final confrontation in the mysterious House of the Dragon -- watched by the evil duplicitous Mr. Sin.

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