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Doctor Who - The Talons of Weng-Chiang

starring: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson

: Doctor Who - The Talons of Weng-Chiang
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790780948
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0790780941
Label: BBC Video
Manufacturer: BBC Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: BBC Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 07, 2003
Running Time: 142 minutes
Sales Rank: 19337
Studio: BBC Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1975



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Description:
The Doctor brings Leela to Victorian London to meet her ancestors (though Agincourt might have been more her style). The TARDIS materializes in the darkest heart of the city, where life - and death - is anything but dull. A hapless cabbie is slain by agents of a secret Chinese cult. Young women are disappearing at an alarming rate, and Li H'sen Chang, the Palace Theatre's celebrated magician, may know more about that than he admits. Li H'sen's ventriloquist dummy, Mr. Sin, appears to have a life of its own, and the rat problem in the sewers is bigger than anyone can imagine.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary by producer Philip Hinchcliffe, director David Maloney and actors Louise Jameson, John Bennett and Christopher Benjamin
Documentary:Whose Doctor Who - 59-minute documentary presented by Melvyn Bragg
Interviews:Philip Hinchcliffe interview (Pebble Mill, 1977)
Other:Blue Peter: Make Your Own Doctor Who Theatre; Behind the Scenes - 24 minutes of raw footage; Howard Da Silva intros/teases; TARDIS-Cam No. 6
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Production Notes
Theatrical Trailer:Trailers and continuity announcements




Amazon.com:
'The Talons of Weng-Chiang' is one of the very best Doctor Who stories, a six-part adventure set in a gothic Victorian London inspired by The Phantom of the Opera and Sax Rohmer's tales of Fu Manchu, with nods toward Jack the Ripper, Dracula, and Sherlock Holmes. The final story from the Golden Age of the show, Philip Hinchcliff's three-year tenure as producer, the tale boasts superior production values and a bizarre storyline involving a time-traveling war criminal, giant rats in the London sewers, and a malevolent ventriloquist's doll with the brain of a pig.

Pitted against this flamboyant madness, largely centered on an East End music-hall run by the self-important Henry Gordon Jago (a memorable performance by Christopher Benjamin) are Tom Baker's fourth Doctor, in pre-self-parody top form, and Louise Jameson's Leela at her primal best. There's strong support from Trevor Baxter as the Watson-like Professor Lightfoot, and John Bennett as the villainous Li H'sen Chang. Really helping matters is the first-rate direction from David 'Genesis of the Daleks' Maloney, evoking a creepy atmosphere in a fantasy London of shadows and fog. 'Weng-Chiang' was the pinnacle of gothic Who and still remains highly enjoyable entertainment. --Gary S. Dalkin



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Another classic from the Tom Baker era
This is one of my favorites and would mark the end of producer Philip Hinchcliffe's work on the show ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Memorable Characters!
"The Talons of Weng Chiang" like most of my favorite "Dr. Who" Episodes, features a Six Part Story that ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Doctor Who VCR Tape Talons of Weng-Chiang
The 6th Story in the 14th season. Starring Tom Baker. If you are building a Doctor Who collection, be aware ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Top Who
Without a doubt, one of the best series of Dr Who episodes: not just for Tom Baker, but of the entire franchise. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - are you trying to get my attention?
I love this dvd i have watched it 100 times already, tom baker is just an extrodinary actor very versitile and charasmatic ... Read More

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