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* [[Black Comedy]]: On being introduced to Li H'sen Chang the Doctor asks to see a trick. Tong member promptly drops dead from the suicide pill. The Doctor applauds.
* [[Black Comedy]]: On being introduced to Li H'sen Chang the Doctor asks to see a trick. Tong member promptly drops dead from the suicide pill. The Doctor applauds.
* [[The Butcher]] (of Brisbane): Magnus Greel.
* [[The Butcher]] (of Brisbane): Magnus Greel.
* [[Call Back]]: A rather sneaky one: The Doctor mentions he hasn't been to China for [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S1 E4 Marco Polo|about 400 years.]]
* [[Call Back]]: A rather sneaky one: The Doctor mentions he hasn't been to China for [[Doctor Who/Recap/S1 E4 Marco Polo|about 400 years.]]
* [[Changed My Jumper]]: When the TARDIS first materializes, Leela steps out complaining about having to wear appropriate clothes. The Doctor's voice from inside the TARDIS tells her, "You can't go around [[Victorian London]] in skins, you'd frighten the horses." Then [[Hypocritical Humor|he himself emerges in the stereotypical Sherlock Holmes outfit -- only more colorful --]] and says, "We don't want to be conspicuous, do we?"
* [[Changed My Jumper]]: When the TARDIS first materializes, Leela steps out complaining about having to wear appropriate clothes. The Doctor's voice from inside the TARDIS tells her, "You can't go around [[Victorian London]] in skins, you'd frighten the horses." Then [[Hypocritical Humor|he himself emerges in the stereotypical Sherlock Holmes outfit -- only more colorful --]] and says, "We don't want to be conspicuous, do we?"
* [[Chinese Launderer]]
* [[Chinese Launderer]]
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* [[Rodents of Unusual Size]]: The rat.
* [[Rodents of Unusual Size]]: The rat.
* [[See You in Hell]]
* [[See You in Hell]]
* [[Shout Out]]: To ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' ("A hatbox?").
* [[Shout-Out]]: To ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' ("A hatbox?").
* [[Slurpasaur]]: That giant rat is played, at least in part, by a perfectly normal rat in a model sewer.
* [[Slurpasaur]]: That giant rat is played, at least in part, by a perfectly normal rat in a model sewer.
* [[Spin-Off]]: Jago & Litefoot were so popular that a spinoff was briefly discussed; 30 years later, [[Big Finish]] gave them [http://bigfinish.com/311-Doctor-Who-The-Companion-Chronicles-The-Mahogany-Murderers their own story] and, in 2010, [http://bigfinish.com/Jago-and-Litefoot their own series.]
* [[Spin-Off]]: Jago & Litefoot were so popular that a spinoff was briefly discussed; 30 years later, [[Big Finish]] gave them [http://bigfinish.com/311-Doctor-Who-The-Companion-Chronicles-The-Mahogany-Murderers their own story] and, in 2010, [http://bigfinish.com/Jago-and-Litefoot their own series.]
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* [[Yellow Peril]]
* [[Yellow Peril]]
* [[You Have Failed Me]]
* [[You Have Failed Me]]
* [[You Look Familiar]]: John "[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S11 E2 Invasion of the Dinosaurs|General Finch]]" Bennett returns as Li H'sen Chang.
* [[You Look Familiar]]: John "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S11 E2 Invasion of the Dinosaurs|General Finch]]" Bennett returns as Li H'sen Chang.
* [[You Rebel Scum]]: Magnus Greel repeatedly refers to his Tong hatchetmen mooks as "opium-addicted scum".
* [[You Rebel Scum]]: Magnus Greel repeatedly refers to his Tong hatchetmen mooks as "opium-addicted scum".