num_pages: 141
description: Novelization of the Doctor Who TV episodes/story of the same name.Set deep in the darkest heart of Victorian London, the Doctor and Leela are confronted by a series of bizarre and horrific events.An innocent cabbie is viciously slain by the agents of a secret Chinese cult; young women disappear quietly and suddenly; in the depths below, the rankest sewers are infested by giant, deadly abominations.The Doctor, helped only by the local pathologist Professor Litefoot and the cowardly Henry Jago, finds himself battling for his life against the hideously deformed Magnus Greel, who pretends to be the ancient Chinese God, Weng-Chiang. But Greel is not the only menace; the Doctor must also deal with the illusionist Li H'sen Chang and the murderous dwarf Mr Sin before Leela falls prey to the Talons of Weng-Chiang. 
language: English
title: Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang
titlecomplete: Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang
characters: Professor George Litefoot, The Fourth Doctor, Leela, Henry Gordon Jago, The Doctor, Percival Quick
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, British Literature, Doctor Who, Time Travel, Science Fiction Fantasy, Childrens, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 422
places: London, England
series: Doctor Who Pinnacle Novelizations, Doctor Who Target Books, Adventures of the 4th Doctor, Doctor Who Target Books (Numerical Order)
publisher: Pinnacle