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Last updated 02 January 2017
The Talons of Weng-Chiang: Part One
Broadcast: Saturday 12th September 1998
1:05am-1:35am CEST (23:05 GMT) < > « »
BBC Entertainment (Europe)
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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: BBC Worldwide
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 11th September 1998:
BBC Prime offers viewers episodes 1 and 2 of The Talons of Weng-Chiang this Saturday. The Taelons have come to Earth, ending disease, war, and crime, but are they as benevolent as they ... erm, wrong series. Actually the Doctor and Leela try to see a London show in the 19th Century and wind up involved in a series of murders in Chinatown. Episode 1 will air at 1:05 and 10AM Central European Time (CET). Episode 2 will air at 5:30PM CET.