NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 137: "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" is Up!

"Hah!  Do you know what this is?"
"You ask me so that you can tell me."
"Exactly."
-- The Fourth Doctor and Leela, Doctor Who: "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"

Back from time and space, original partner in time Jesse Jackson joins me for a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast, as we discuss "The Talons of Weng-Chiang", the controversial sixth serial from Doctor Who Season 14 in 1977, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Louise Jameson as Leela, Christopher Benjamin as Henry Gordon Jago, and Trevor Baxter as Professor George Litefoot!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like our great special guest companion fill-in hosts, which episodes are left to discuss on Next Stop Everywhere, Weng-Chiang/Magnus Greel being a replacement for The Master, the various Sherlock Holmes references, William Goldman's The Princess Bride, Deep Roy as Keenser in the Star Trek reboot films, the yellowface racism controversy of white actor John Bennett being made up as the Chinese magician Li H'Sen Chang, Leela being the Doctor's bodyguard, Leela's "My Fair Lady" instruction with Professor Litefoot, the Victorian era always making for a good Doctor Who story, Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor getting his Sherlock Holmes on, the greatness of Jago and Litefoot, why the Master would've made for a better reveal than Magnus Greel, Li H'Sen Chang deciding to join his ancestors to free himself from Greel, the Big Finish audio adventure The Butcher of Brisbane, Mr. Sin the Peking Homunculus, Mr. Sin's homicidal killing spree, our favorite lines of the story, the Doctor's toy Batmobile, the really bad giant rat, my Reverse the Reverse the Polarity segment, some feedback from Holly from Wisconsin and Paul from Australia, the return of Christine Peruski, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as special guest companion Christine Peruski returns to Next Stop Everywhere and we discuss "A Good Man Goes to War", the seventh episode from Doctor Who Series 6 in 2011, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Alex Kingston as River Song, and introducing Neve McIntosh as Madame Vastra, Catrin Stewart as Jenny Flint, and Dan Starkey as Strax!  Look for more of Next Stop Everywhere on iTunes, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!