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The Talons of Weng-Chiang: Part Four
Broadcast: Friday 7th May 1999
11:30pm-12:00am AEST (13:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Trevor Baxter, Christopher Benjamin, John Bennett, Stuart Fell

The Doctor and Leela take a trip to the theatre with the intention of confronting Li H'sen Chang. But Weng-Chiang has already made plans to dispose of his former servant.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 30th April 1999:
FOXTEL's UK-TV
http://www.foxtel.com.au/ and
http://varos.simplenet.com/drwho/uktv/
Saturday at 1PM, Sunday at 2 and 8AM The Romans all 4 episodes (The Slave-Traders, All Roads Lead To Rome, Conspiracy, Inferno)
Monday at 11:30PM The Pyramids Of Mars episode 4 of 4
Tuesday through Friday at 11:30PM The Talons of Weng-Chiang episodes 1 through 4 of 6

The Who-Files examine historical stories. Over the weekend, the 1st Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki travel to 1st Century Italy, where the Doctor is mistaken for a musician, and Ian and Barbara are sold into slavery. A surprisingly humourous story, where the power of coincidence seems to drive everyone towards a fiery end. Monday, Sutekh the Destroyer wants to escape his tomb, and has enlisted the help of people in 1911. By coincidence, Sutekh's people are using the property that will eventually be UNIT HQ. In the rest of the weekday episodes, the 4th Doctor brings Leela to the 19th Century to experience the culture of her ancestors. Instead, they find murder, mayhem, and evidence of an ancient evil from the future. The Doctor dispenses with his usual costume for a more Sherlock Holmesian look in this story only.