Doctor Who (1963–1989): Season 14, Episode 22 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang: Part Two - full transcript
It becomes more and more evident that the Palace Theatre, where Chang runs his magic act, is at the heart of the missing girls mystery, of murder, and of genetic disruptions. While Chang and the Tongs edge closer to the end of their master's long search through London, the Doctor discovers an elusive yet dangerous phantom skulking about the concert hall.
(DOCTOR WHO THEME)
(ECHOING ROAR)
(SCREECHING ROAR)
We might have been killed!
It's ten feet, from whiskers to tail.
- We should have taken weapons!
- You'd have to harpoon that brute!
Shall we tell the blue guards?
They'd only call in a sanitary inspector.
It's a guard!
It's there to keep people away!
What? Now where are we going?
It's as black as Newgate's Knocker down here!
It's over this way, Mr Jago.
Flickering shadows, Casey. Trick of the light.
Shadows don't groan, Mr Jago!
Shadows don't clank chains and moan
like all the demented souls in hell!
There's your ghost!
Six-Gun Sadie and her Wild West troupe
left that behind.
Old lumber sheet and ninepins,
that's what you saw!
It weren't that old thing! Anyway, I heard it!
Ah, Casey, you're a pixilated leprechaun!
The course of the River Fleet
runs right under the foundations.
What you heard was a clang
and the rush of water
as they closed the sluice gates on the Thames.
It's easy for you to cast aspersions.
You weren't down here!
Somebody else has been down here.
Have you got an admirer, Casey?
- A glove, is it?
- Yes, a lady's glove,
monogrammed E.B.
Perhaps the ghost dropped it, eh?
Come on. We've had enough of your spook!
- No plan of the sewers?
- We don't keep plans here, sir,
but they connect to the Fleet
and then to the river.
- If you have information...
- We're looking for information ourselves.
Professor Litefoot left a message for you, sir.
It says he'd like to see you
at the mortuary straight away.
It does?
He's still there. We found
another body after you'd gone.
Another Chinese, just outside.
- Very convenient.
- Very mysterious, sir.
Do you know anything about it?
- Yes! I was rescuing the Doctor...
- Come on, Leela!
(JAGO ) Go on home. Straight home.
You might get mistaken for one of those girls!
- Aren't you coming, Mr Jago?
- Not yet.
Some paperwork commands my presence,
but I shall doubtless descry
those lugubrious liniments
- at the crepuscular hour!
- Eh?
See you in the morning!
You're a card, Mr Jago, a card and a half!
Jiminy, you made me jump!
I thought you'd gone, Mr Chang!
No, Mr Jago, I have come back to see you.
See me, Mr Chang? Nothing wrong, I hope!
Be so kind as to step up
to my dressing room and I will explain.
If it's the terms of our contract,
we've been attracting such good houses,
I've already considered
drawing up a fresh agreement,
with terms that no other management
in London would offer an artiste!
What would you say to an extra
two per cent? Gross, naturally.
I think you'll agree that's...fair.
Now hear me, Jago.
You remember the cab driver, Buller,
who came to see me tonight?
Cab driver? Yes.
I want you to forget him,
understand? You did not see him.
I did not see him.
Good.
Now you will go from here to your office.
When you sit down at your desk,
you will remember only
that you have just said goodnight
to Casey. Is that clear?
I have just said goodnight to Casey.
Excellent. Now, go!
- You are late!
- We should not go tonight, lord.
I must - every night
until the time cabinet is found!
You are ill!
I am dying, Chang!
You must bring another linnet to my cage.
- But only yesterday...
- The disease grows worse!
Each distillation lasts less than the time before!
And with every missing girl, panic increases.
I fear one will be traced here.
You must be careful!
There is always risk of discovery.
Even tonight I acted quickly to keep our secret.
- A man was on his way to police!
- Hah! Those dumb-witted oxen!
I have given you mental powers
undreamt of in this century!
You are thousands of years ahead of your time.
- Why fear these primitives?
- True, I read their minds with ease,
but tonight there was a man
whose thoughts were hidden.
- Describe him!
- He is a doctor - tall,
wide, pale eyes and hair that curls
like the ram. He ask many questions.
A time ancient would not ask questions!
A time ancient would know!
I fear danger, and have sent a man to kill him.
Your opium-addicted scum are bunglers!
You should have done it yourself!
If he troubles us further, lord,
I will deal with him personally.
Very well. We're wasting time. Come!
I took some organs for further tests,
but I admit to being beaten.
- Beaten?
- They were poisoned,
one orally, the other intravenously.
I understand you suggested scorpion venom?
- Yes, in concentrated form.
- Hmm, you're in this line, I take it?
- I've dabbled a bit.
- Surely more than that!
A zoologist colleague saw the last cadaver.
He thinks it's the work of a rat, too.
- What an amazing night it's been!
- It is not over yet.
Most of the corpses around here are jolly dull.
Now I have two inscrutable Chinks
and a poor perisher
who was chewed by a giant rat,
- having been stabbed by a midget!
- A midget?
Angle of the wound!
We shouldn't be discussing such things
in front of the fairer sex! Forgive us, ma'am!
- What for?
- For being so indelicate
in the presence of a lady of refinement!
- Does he mean me?
- I don't think so.
You say you can tell the height of the attacker
by the way the blade was thrust,
but when aiming for the heart,
we were taught to strike under the breastbone.
Upon my soul!
Savage. Found floating
down the Amazon in a hat box!
- A hat box?
- (POLICEMAN) Professor, still here?
I've traced our cab driver -
Joseph Buller, 14 Fish Lane, this parish.
Splendid. You can tell the coroner.
Will someone identify the clothing?
His mother-in-law, Nelly Gusset.
Same address. Deceased has lived there
- since his marriage six month ago.
- Anything else?
You had a few drinks with Mrs Gusset.
- Did she tell you anything further?
- A bearer of sad tidings, sir.
I shared a glass or two
while the poor thing got over the shock.
She did mention that the deceased
had been in a queer state all day.
Why?
It seems his wife, Emma Buller,
daughter of the house,
didn't come home last night.
Deceased had several drinks
and went round to the Palace Theatre.
- The theatre?
- Oh, not on pleasure bent, sir.
It seems he believed
that's where his wife was to be found.
Mrs Gusset says he went off
making horrible asseverations
as to his intentions.
Well, put as much in the report
as you think will concern the coroner.
It's quite clear the man got stupidly drunk
and picked a fight with a dwarf!
Yes, sir.
A night's work like that
does wonders for my appetite.
- How about some supper?
- I'd be delighted.
The police will have the Buller case
cleared up in no time,
but the Chinese, different kettle of fish, what?
Why are you making fire in your mouth?
Hasn't the girl seen a pipe before?
There's no tobacco where Leela comes from.
Sounds healthy but exceedingly dull!
Yes, as I was saying,
they're a mysterious lot, the Chinese.
Enigmatic. I've never understood them,
and I was brought up in China.
Really? What were you doing there?
My father was Brigadier General
in the punitive expedition of 1860,
then he stayed in Peking as a palace attach?.
He died there, poor old buffer.
Fireworks at the funeral -
odd custom. Odd people.
- (BANGING)
- What's up?
Fireworks frighten off evil spirits.
I know that. Where are you going?
You stay with Litefoot. I'll join you later.
- (LITEFOOT) Where are you going?
- Palace Theatre.
There'll be nobody there at this hour!
Extraordinary! I say, how can he join us later?
- I haven't given him a card!
- 4 Ranskill Gardens.
He heard you tell the driver.
- He's as sharp as a trout!
- Trout?
- (KNOCKING)
- All right! Coming!
Terrible weather for the time of year!
- The theatre's closed!
- Sh!
- What do you want?
- Are you the manager?
I'm the owner - Henry Gordon Jago,
at the end of a long day,
so if you'd kindly state your business...
How do you do, sir? I'm the Doctor.
- Doctor?
- Exactly!
I've rumbled your game!
I admire your brass, but it won't do!
- Call back on Saturday.
- Don't move. Hold that.
Auditions commence at ten o'clock sharp!
Supporting acts booked for one week only.
Hmm?
- Is that all?
- No. Dramatic recitations.
I play the Trumpet Voluntary
in a bowl of live goldfish.
Don't bother coming back.
I'm also a master hypnotist! Now then...
..how long since you were
under the influence, sir?
I'm a man of character and determination, sir.
The Rock of Gibraltar would be more easily...
..more easily...
Just as I thought. And quite recently, too.
What was your last order?
To remember nothing
since I said goodnight to Casey.
Henry Gordon Jago,
I command you to remember everything
you were ordered to forget.
When I count to three,
you will remember everything.
One...two...three...
..more easily influenced
than I would. I have a will of iron!
What the dickens am I talking about?
Did a cab driver come here tonight?
There was a fellow burst in
and accosted Mr Chang between shows.
- What did he want?
- Something about his Emma.
- Lady friend, no doubt!
- Emma Buller, his wife.
She disappeared last night.
Does Mr Chang do a vanishing lady act?
You're not suggesting Chang has
anything to do with these missing...
(DOCTOR) What is it?
Emma Buller...
E.B... Where did you find this?
In the cellar. Are you from the police?
I'm helping them.
I'd like to see this cellar, Mr Jago.
You're certain these are different streets?
The driver has his orders.
Every night we quarter a new sector.
- How much longer?!
- Patience, lord.
We know the time cabinet is here.
The cabinet of Weng-Chiang
in the house of an infidel!
We shall recover it!
I grow weary, Chang. (COUGHS)
Tomorrow I bring you two donors -
young, plump, high-spirited girls.
The distillation of their life essences
will recover your powers, lord.
It was over here.
This is where it was - down here.
- Why were you down here?
- I was reassuring Casey.
- Who?
- My factotum. He's been seeing ghosts.
He's about as sharp
as the corners of a round table!
Jumping Jehoshaphat! What a spider!
That must be the grandaddy of them all!
- It's a money spider.
- Money spider?!
- Yes.
- Don't kill it!
Genetic disruption - where does it come from?
- What's under here?
- You mean right where we're standing?
The course of the River Fleet
runs right under these foundations.
Excellent! We're getting somewhere!
Ah, let's see what we have here.
Mrs Hudson always leaves me
a cold collation. Ham, roast beef,
chicken, tongue. Those look
like quail unless I'm much mistaken!
Meat!
Perhaps we shouldn't wait for the Doctor.
Help yourself. Plate's on the table.
I'll, um... I'll just put a log or two on the fire.
It's good!
- I'm so glad.
- Is something wrong?
No, would you care for a knife or a fork?
It's a good knife. Aren't you going to eat?
Yes, yes.
Just going to eat.
(HUMMING WHINE)
Stop! Stop!
Somewhere here! Somewhere!
One of these dwellings!
(REGULAR BEEP)
This is the place, Chang!
The time cabinet is in there!
Leave the rest to your servants, lord.
Go back to your abode.
I must have the time cabinet! (COUGHS)
Lord, your weakness grows. Go back.
Rest. I will bring the cabinet to you.
Very well, but do not fail me now, Chang!
Well, if there is a secret entrance,
it's expertly hidden.
(JANGLING)
How very interesting!
(JAGO ) Oh!
Do you know what this is?
(DOCTOR SIGHS)
Come on...Rock of Gibraltar (!)
Napkin.
Oh, thank you, Professor.
The Doctor's taking a long time.
I hope he did note the address.
- Great Scott!
- What is it?
There's somebody out there watching the house.
Someone stepped back
into the shrubbery as I looked out.
Some scoundrel up to no good!
Odd thing, I could swear he was a Chinese!
Whoever he is, I'll give him more
than he expected! No, you wait here!
- How are you feeling?
- The ghost, I saw it!
- Casey, forgive me!
- No, it was a hologram.
I thought there was something
unnatural about that cellar!
There's nothing unnatural
about a holograph technique -
a projection of light by laser beam.
It wasn't known in this century.
- Drink this. You'll feel better.
- What was that?
Sh!
Agh!
(DOCTOR GASPS)
(RIPPING FABRIC...THUD!)
- Oh, Doctor!
- Cheer up, Jago. Cheer up!
(DESCENDING FOOTSTEPS)
He's gone back to his rats. Are you all right?
Yes, I think so. Who the devil was it?
I've no idea. He didn't introduce himself.
- Shall I call in the police?
- Oh, Henry Gordon Jago!
Then our reclusive phantom
would simply vanish! Boof!
- Good heavens, yes.
- We can tackle it together. You and I.
What are you going to do?
Think. I'm going to have some supper!
(LITEFOOT) Nobody out there.
Fellow must have got wind of...
(LITEFOOT GROANS...THUD )
Professor?
Are you there?
Professor!
(ECHOING ROAR)
(SCREECHING ROAR)
We might have been killed!
It's ten feet, from whiskers to tail.
- We should have taken weapons!
- You'd have to harpoon that brute!
Shall we tell the blue guards?
They'd only call in a sanitary inspector.
It's a guard!
It's there to keep people away!
What? Now where are we going?
It's as black as Newgate's Knocker down here!
It's over this way, Mr Jago.
Flickering shadows, Casey. Trick of the light.
Shadows don't groan, Mr Jago!
Shadows don't clank chains and moan
like all the demented souls in hell!
There's your ghost!
Six-Gun Sadie and her Wild West troupe
left that behind.
Old lumber sheet and ninepins,
that's what you saw!
It weren't that old thing! Anyway, I heard it!
Ah, Casey, you're a pixilated leprechaun!
The course of the River Fleet
runs right under the foundations.
What you heard was a clang
and the rush of water
as they closed the sluice gates on the Thames.
It's easy for you to cast aspersions.
You weren't down here!
Somebody else has been down here.
Have you got an admirer, Casey?
- A glove, is it?
- Yes, a lady's glove,
monogrammed E.B.
Perhaps the ghost dropped it, eh?
Come on. We've had enough of your spook!
- No plan of the sewers?
- We don't keep plans here, sir,
but they connect to the Fleet
and then to the river.
- If you have information...
- We're looking for information ourselves.
Professor Litefoot left a message for you, sir.
It says he'd like to see you
at the mortuary straight away.
It does?
He's still there. We found
another body after you'd gone.
Another Chinese, just outside.
- Very convenient.
- Very mysterious, sir.
Do you know anything about it?
- Yes! I was rescuing the Doctor...
- Come on, Leela!
(JAGO ) Go on home. Straight home.
You might get mistaken for one of those girls!
- Aren't you coming, Mr Jago?
- Not yet.
Some paperwork commands my presence,
but I shall doubtless descry
those lugubrious liniments
- at the crepuscular hour!
- Eh?
See you in the morning!
You're a card, Mr Jago, a card and a half!
Jiminy, you made me jump!
I thought you'd gone, Mr Chang!
No, Mr Jago, I have come back to see you.
See me, Mr Chang? Nothing wrong, I hope!
Be so kind as to step up
to my dressing room and I will explain.
If it's the terms of our contract,
we've been attracting such good houses,
I've already considered
drawing up a fresh agreement,
with terms that no other management
in London would offer an artiste!
What would you say to an extra
two per cent? Gross, naturally.
I think you'll agree that's...fair.
Now hear me, Jago.
You remember the cab driver, Buller,
who came to see me tonight?
Cab driver? Yes.
I want you to forget him,
understand? You did not see him.
I did not see him.
Good.
Now you will go from here to your office.
When you sit down at your desk,
you will remember only
that you have just said goodnight
to Casey. Is that clear?
I have just said goodnight to Casey.
Excellent. Now, go!
- You are late!
- We should not go tonight, lord.
I must - every night
until the time cabinet is found!
You are ill!
I am dying, Chang!
You must bring another linnet to my cage.
- But only yesterday...
- The disease grows worse!
Each distillation lasts less than the time before!
And with every missing girl, panic increases.
I fear one will be traced here.
You must be careful!
There is always risk of discovery.
Even tonight I acted quickly to keep our secret.
- A man was on his way to police!
- Hah! Those dumb-witted oxen!
I have given you mental powers
undreamt of in this century!
You are thousands of years ahead of your time.
- Why fear these primitives?
- True, I read their minds with ease,
but tonight there was a man
whose thoughts were hidden.
- Describe him!
- He is a doctor - tall,
wide, pale eyes and hair that curls
like the ram. He ask many questions.
A time ancient would not ask questions!
A time ancient would know!
I fear danger, and have sent a man to kill him.
Your opium-addicted scum are bunglers!
You should have done it yourself!
If he troubles us further, lord,
I will deal with him personally.
Very well. We're wasting time. Come!
I took some organs for further tests,
but I admit to being beaten.
- Beaten?
- They were poisoned,
one orally, the other intravenously.
I understand you suggested scorpion venom?
- Yes, in concentrated form.
- Hmm, you're in this line, I take it?
- I've dabbled a bit.
- Surely more than that!
A zoologist colleague saw the last cadaver.
He thinks it's the work of a rat, too.
- What an amazing night it's been!
- It is not over yet.
Most of the corpses around here are jolly dull.
Now I have two inscrutable Chinks
and a poor perisher
who was chewed by a giant rat,
- having been stabbed by a midget!
- A midget?
Angle of the wound!
We shouldn't be discussing such things
in front of the fairer sex! Forgive us, ma'am!
- What for?
- For being so indelicate
in the presence of a lady of refinement!
- Does he mean me?
- I don't think so.
You say you can tell the height of the attacker
by the way the blade was thrust,
but when aiming for the heart,
we were taught to strike under the breastbone.
Upon my soul!
Savage. Found floating
down the Amazon in a hat box!
- A hat box?
- (POLICEMAN) Professor, still here?
I've traced our cab driver -
Joseph Buller, 14 Fish Lane, this parish.
Splendid. You can tell the coroner.
Will someone identify the clothing?
His mother-in-law, Nelly Gusset.
Same address. Deceased has lived there
- since his marriage six month ago.
- Anything else?
You had a few drinks with Mrs Gusset.
- Did she tell you anything further?
- A bearer of sad tidings, sir.
I shared a glass or two
while the poor thing got over the shock.
She did mention that the deceased
had been in a queer state all day.
Why?
It seems his wife, Emma Buller,
daughter of the house,
didn't come home last night.
Deceased had several drinks
and went round to the Palace Theatre.
- The theatre?
- Oh, not on pleasure bent, sir.
It seems he believed
that's where his wife was to be found.
Mrs Gusset says he went off
making horrible asseverations
as to his intentions.
Well, put as much in the report
as you think will concern the coroner.
It's quite clear the man got stupidly drunk
and picked a fight with a dwarf!
Yes, sir.
A night's work like that
does wonders for my appetite.
- How about some supper?
- I'd be delighted.
The police will have the Buller case
cleared up in no time,
but the Chinese, different kettle of fish, what?
Why are you making fire in your mouth?
Hasn't the girl seen a pipe before?
There's no tobacco where Leela comes from.
Sounds healthy but exceedingly dull!
Yes, as I was saying,
they're a mysterious lot, the Chinese.
Enigmatic. I've never understood them,
and I was brought up in China.
Really? What were you doing there?
My father was Brigadier General
in the punitive expedition of 1860,
then he stayed in Peking as a palace attach?.
He died there, poor old buffer.
Fireworks at the funeral -
odd custom. Odd people.
- (BANGING)
- What's up?
Fireworks frighten off evil spirits.
I know that. Where are you going?
You stay with Litefoot. I'll join you later.
- (LITEFOOT) Where are you going?
- Palace Theatre.
There'll be nobody there at this hour!
Extraordinary! I say, how can he join us later?
- I haven't given him a card!
- 4 Ranskill Gardens.
He heard you tell the driver.
- He's as sharp as a trout!
- Trout?
- (KNOCKING)
- All right! Coming!
Terrible weather for the time of year!
- The theatre's closed!
- Sh!
- What do you want?
- Are you the manager?
I'm the owner - Henry Gordon Jago,
at the end of a long day,
so if you'd kindly state your business...
How do you do, sir? I'm the Doctor.
- Doctor?
- Exactly!
I've rumbled your game!
I admire your brass, but it won't do!
- Call back on Saturday.
- Don't move. Hold that.
Auditions commence at ten o'clock sharp!
Supporting acts booked for one week only.
Hmm?
- Is that all?
- No. Dramatic recitations.
I play the Trumpet Voluntary
in a bowl of live goldfish.
Don't bother coming back.
I'm also a master hypnotist! Now then...
..how long since you were
under the influence, sir?
I'm a man of character and determination, sir.
The Rock of Gibraltar would be more easily...
..more easily...
Just as I thought. And quite recently, too.
What was your last order?
To remember nothing
since I said goodnight to Casey.
Henry Gordon Jago,
I command you to remember everything
you were ordered to forget.
When I count to three,
you will remember everything.
One...two...three...
..more easily influenced
than I would. I have a will of iron!
What the dickens am I talking about?
Did a cab driver come here tonight?
There was a fellow burst in
and accosted Mr Chang between shows.
- What did he want?
- Something about his Emma.
- Lady friend, no doubt!
- Emma Buller, his wife.
She disappeared last night.
Does Mr Chang do a vanishing lady act?
You're not suggesting Chang has
anything to do with these missing...
(DOCTOR) What is it?
Emma Buller...
E.B... Where did you find this?
In the cellar. Are you from the police?
I'm helping them.
I'd like to see this cellar, Mr Jago.
You're certain these are different streets?
The driver has his orders.
Every night we quarter a new sector.
- How much longer?!
- Patience, lord.
We know the time cabinet is here.
The cabinet of Weng-Chiang
in the house of an infidel!
We shall recover it!
I grow weary, Chang. (COUGHS)
Tomorrow I bring you two donors -
young, plump, high-spirited girls.
The distillation of their life essences
will recover your powers, lord.
It was over here.
This is where it was - down here.
- Why were you down here?
- I was reassuring Casey.
- Who?
- My factotum. He's been seeing ghosts.
He's about as sharp
as the corners of a round table!
Jumping Jehoshaphat! What a spider!
That must be the grandaddy of them all!
- It's a money spider.
- Money spider?!
- Yes.
- Don't kill it!
Genetic disruption - where does it come from?
- What's under here?
- You mean right where we're standing?
The course of the River Fleet
runs right under these foundations.
Excellent! We're getting somewhere!
Ah, let's see what we have here.
Mrs Hudson always leaves me
a cold collation. Ham, roast beef,
chicken, tongue. Those look
like quail unless I'm much mistaken!
Meat!
Perhaps we shouldn't wait for the Doctor.
Help yourself. Plate's on the table.
I'll, um... I'll just put a log or two on the fire.
It's good!
- I'm so glad.
- Is something wrong?
No, would you care for a knife or a fork?
It's a good knife. Aren't you going to eat?
Yes, yes.
Just going to eat.
(HUMMING WHINE)
Stop! Stop!
Somewhere here! Somewhere!
One of these dwellings!
(REGULAR BEEP)
This is the place, Chang!
The time cabinet is in there!
Leave the rest to your servants, lord.
Go back to your abode.
I must have the time cabinet! (COUGHS)
Lord, your weakness grows. Go back.
Rest. I will bring the cabinet to you.
Very well, but do not fail me now, Chang!
Well, if there is a secret entrance,
it's expertly hidden.
(JANGLING)
How very interesting!
(JAGO ) Oh!
Do you know what this is?
(DOCTOR SIGHS)
Come on...Rock of Gibraltar (!)
Napkin.
Oh, thank you, Professor.
The Doctor's taking a long time.
I hope he did note the address.
- Great Scott!
- What is it?
There's somebody out there watching the house.
Someone stepped back
into the shrubbery as I looked out.
Some scoundrel up to no good!
Odd thing, I could swear he was a Chinese!
Whoever he is, I'll give him more
than he expected! No, you wait here!
- How are you feeling?
- The ghost, I saw it!
- Casey, forgive me!
- No, it was a hologram.
I thought there was something
unnatural about that cellar!
There's nothing unnatural
about a holograph technique -
a projection of light by laser beam.
It wasn't known in this century.
- Drink this. You'll feel better.
- What was that?
Sh!
Agh!
(DOCTOR GASPS)
(RIPPING FABRIC...THUD!)
- Oh, Doctor!
- Cheer up, Jago. Cheer up!
(DESCENDING FOOTSTEPS)
He's gone back to his rats. Are you all right?
Yes, I think so. Who the devil was it?
I've no idea. He didn't introduce himself.
- Shall I call in the police?
- Oh, Henry Gordon Jago!
Then our reclusive phantom
would simply vanish! Boof!
- Good heavens, yes.
- We can tackle it together. You and I.
What are you going to do?
Think. I'm going to have some supper!
(LITEFOOT) Nobody out there.
Fellow must have got wind of...
(LITEFOOT GROANS...THUD )
Professor?
Are you there?
Professor!