Doctor Who The Talons of Weng-Chiang 2 X DVD 1977 The Tom Baker Years 1974-81 / BBC Series / Directed by David Maloney / Starring: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Christopher Benjamin

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MADE IN EU

REGION 2,4 PAL DVD

Audio:  English mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Runtime: 142 minutes (2 DISCS)

!!! CONDITION OF THIS DVD IS USED - VERY GOOD !!!

English Summary:

The Talons of Weng-Chiang is the sixth and final serial of the 14th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 26 February to 2 April 1977. In the serial, which is set in 19th-century London, the 51st century criminal Magnus Greel (Michael Spice) travels to the city and poses as an ancient Chinese god to find his missing time machine.

The Doctor and Leela arrive in London so that Leela can learn about the customs of her ancestors. Performing at the Palace Theatre is the stage magician Li H'sen Chang. On their way to the theatre, the Doctor and Leela encounter a group of Chinese men who have apparently killed a cab driver. They attack the Doctor and Leela but are frightened away by the whistle of an approaching policeman. All but one escape, and he, the Doctor and Leela are taken to the local police station.

At the station, Li H'sen Chang is called in to act as an interpreter, but unbeknownst to everyone else he is the leader of the group and he secretly gives the captive henchman a pill of concentrated scorpion venom, which the henchman takes and dies. The Doctor finds a scorpion tattoo—the symbol of the Tong of the Black Scorpion, followers of the god Weng-Chiang.