Sherlock Holmes meets time-traveling cannibal horror in foggy Victorian London.
Death stalks the fogbound streets of Victorian London: young women are going missing, horribly mutilated bodies are found floating in the Thames and criminal gangs terrorize the innocent. At the heart of this tangled web sits the mysterious Li H'sen Chang, sorcerer and hypnotist, and his grotesque sidekick Mister Sin. The Doctor dons deerstalker hat and cape to seek out the sinister force lurking in the shadows of the metropolis, for the Talons of Weng-Chiang are reaching out to shred the human race.
Acting
Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter's iconic Jago & Litefoot double act.
Production
Atmospheric Victorian sets despite BBC penny-pinching.
Practical Effects
Giant rat props so bad they became legendary.
Director
David Maloney
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The giant rat was so notoriously unconvincing that the BBC destroyed the footage, yet it survives in fan recordings.
Robert Holmes based Greel's character on the real 19th-century serial killer H.H. Holmes, blending Jack the Ripper panic with sci-fi.
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