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See broadcasts for UKTV GoldThe Talons of Weng-Chiang: Omnibus
(incorporating: Part One / Part Two / Part Three / Part Four / Part Five / Part Six)

Last updated 13 January 2025
The Talons of Weng-Chiang: Omnibus
Broadcast: Saturday 19th February 2005
6:05am-9:00am GMT < > « »
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Featuring: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Trevor Baxter, Christopher Benjamin, John Bennett

The Doctor and Leela arrive in Victorian London where a number of young women have disappeared. A man's body is lifted from the Thames, covered in the bite marks of a giant rat.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWiDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Wednesday 16th February 2005:
UKTV Gold http://www.ukgold.tv http://www.onthebox.com/partner/otb
(All times 1 hour later on UKTV Gold + 1)
Saturday 6:05-9AM GMT The Talons of Weng-Chiang movie
Series 14, Episodes 21 through 26. Doctor: Tom Baker. Leela's first experience with life on Earth is rather similar to life back home - a murder, a cover-up, a knife fight, and trouble with the law. All before she even makes it to the theatre.
Sunday 7-9AM GMT Horror of Fang Rock movie
Series 15, Episodes 1 through 4. Doctor: Tom Baker. A lighthouse finds itself under siege from a shipwrecked ship, a dangerous alien, and a man in a scarf with his female companion.
26 February - The Invisible Enemy
27 February - Image of the Fendahl
5 March - The Sun Makers
6 March - Underworld
12 March - The Invasion of Time
13 March - The Ribos Operation
19 March - The Pirate Planet
20 March - City of Death
26 & 27 March - pre-empted, Carry On Movie marathon