History Trivia / DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang

** This story was not aired in Canada during the original 1980 syndication run on [=TVOntario=], because of issues raised by the local Chinese Canadian community, specifically the Chinese Canadian National Council. In their complaint to [=TVOntario=], the CCNC had described it as "dangerous, offensive, racist stereotyping to associate the Chinese with everything fearful and despicable". The similarities to Literature/FuManchu were also noted as a concern too. The serial's Canadian premiere ended up on Creator/{{YTV}} in 1990.

* The Doctor and Leela’s outfits here were meant to be a full SignificantWardrobeShift to underscore the “My Fair Lady” dynamic between the pair.

** This story was not aired in Canada during the original 1980 syndication run on [=TVOntario=], due to complaints from the local Chinese Canadian community, specifically the Chinese Canadian National Council. In their complaint to [=TVOntario=], the CCNC had described it as "dangerous, offensive, racist stereotyping to associate the Chinese with everything fearful and despicable". The similarities to Literature/FuManchu were also noted as a concern too. The serial's Canadian premiere ended up on Creator/{{YTV}} in 1990.

* CreatorsFavouriteEpisode: Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe named this as one his favourite stories, while Creator/LouiseJameson named it as her second favourite after "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E4TheSunmakers The Sunmakers]]".
* EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/LouiseJameson didn't have a happy time filming the sewer scenes, as she was suffering from glandular fever. Not only did she have to contend with thrashing about in the water, but she discovered that the undergarments which made up her costume became partly transparent when damp.

** The true identity of Weng-Chiang was supposed to be the desiccated, decomposing Master; there are several story elements still left over from this original plan in fact, such as the time cabinet and Magnus Greel's plan to restore himself through the life energy of others. Creator/RobertHolmes and Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe decided not to reuse the Master, though, due to the fact that it hadn't even been a full season since [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin his last appearance]] (this being the era where the show started to shy away from its recurring villains; the Master wouldn't return to the series [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E6TheKeeperOfTraken for another four seasons]]).

* The Doctor and Leela’s outfits here were meant to be a full SignificantWardrobeShift to underscore the “My Fair Lady” dynamic between the pair.

** John Bennett (Li H'sen Chang) had previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E2InvasionOfTheDinosaurs General Finch]].
** Christopher Benjamin had previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno Sir Keith Gold]], and would later play [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp Colonel Hugh Curbishly]].
** Michael Spice (Magnus Greel) had also provided the voice of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius Morbius]].

* YouSoundFamiliar: Michael Spice (Magnus Greel) also provided the voice of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius Morbius]].

* FakeNationality: Li H'sen Chang is played by a British actor in {{Yellowface}}.

** The season 14 finale was originally intended to be "The Foe from the Future", written by Robert Banks Stewart. The story featured a similar premise, in that a villain from the far future is deformed and trapped in the distant past by a faulty time travel experiment and seeks to rejuvenate himself by kidnapping people, but was set on contemporary Earth rather than Victorian England and lacked the YellowPeril subplot. When Banks Stewart's script fell through, a new one was put together by Creator/RobertHolmes at the last minute; the original story would later be adapted by ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' as part of the ''Lost Stories'' range.

* WorkingTitle: ''The Foe from the Future'' and ''The Talons of Greel''.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: According to David Maloney, the serial was largely written on the fly:

** The true identity of Weng-Chiang was supposed to be the desiccated, decomposing Master; there are several story elements still left over from this original plan in fact, such as the time cabinet and Magnus Greel's plan to restore himself through the life energy of others. Creator/RobertHolmes and Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe decided not to reuse the Master, though, due to the fact that it hadn't even been a full season since his last appearance.

* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/RobertHolmes drew upon UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, Literature/SherlockHolmes, ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' and Literature/FuManchu.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Louise Jameson didn't have a happy time filming the sewer scenes, as she was suffering from glandular fever. Not only did she have to contend with thrashing about in the water, but she discovered that the undergarments which made up her costume became partly transparent when damp.

** The true identity of Weng-Chiang was supposed to be the desiccated, decomposing Master; there are several story elements still left over from this original plan in fact, such as the time cabinet and Magnus Greel's plan to restore himself through the life energy of others. Creator/RobertHolmes and Phillip Hinchcliffe decided not to reuse the Master, though, due to the fact that it hadn't even been a full season since his last appearance.