Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang [TV serial] (1977)

by David Maloney (Director), Philip Hinchcliffe (Producer), Robert Holmes (Writer)

Other authors: Tom Baker (Actor), Trevor Baxter (Actor), Christopher Benjamin (Actor), John Bennett (Actor), Louise Jameson (Actor)

Series: Doctor Who: Classic TV series (091), Doctor Who: TV series (091)

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The Doctor and Leela confront a series of bizarre and horrible mysteries in Victorian London. Helped only by a local pathologist and the cowardly Henry Jago, Doctor Who finds himself battling for his life against the hideously deformed Magnus Greel.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Maloney, David	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Hinchcliffe, Philip	Producer	main author	all editions	confirmed
Holmes, Robert	Writer	main author	all editions	confirmed
Baker, Tom	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Baxter, Trevor	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Benjamin, Christopher	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bennett, John	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jameson, Louise	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Doctor Who: Classic TV series (091)

Doctor Who: TV series (091)

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Doctor Who Revisitations, Vol. 1 (The Caves of Androzani / The Talons of Weng-Chiang / Doctor Who: The Movie) [DVD] [1974] by Philip Hinchcliffe

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Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang by Terrance Dicks

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Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang [TV serial]

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1977

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The Doctor (4th)

Leela [in Doctor Who]

George Litefoot (Professor)

Henry Gordon Jago

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The Doctor and Leela confront a series of bizarre and horrible mysteries in Victorian London. Helped only by a local pathologist and the cowardly Henry Jago, Doctor Who finds himself battling for his life against the hideously deformed Magnus Greel.

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