Doctor Who (TV Series)

The Talons of Weng-Chiang: Part Five (1977)

Trevor Baxter: Professor Litefoot

Quotes 

• Leela : Doctor, what is the Peking...

  Doctor Who : Homunculus.

  Leela : Homunculus.

  Doctor Who : It was made in Peking for the Commissioner of the Icelandic Alliance. It was in the ice age about the year 5000.

  Professor Litefoot : Preposterous.

  Leela : Shh. Go on, Doctor.

  Doctor Who : Peking Homunculus was a... was a toy. A plaything for the Commissioner's children. It contained a series of magnetic fields operating on a printed circuit and a small computer. It had one organic component - the cerebral cortex of a pig. Anyway, something went wrong. It almost caused World War Six.

  Professor Litefoot : What?

  Doctor Who : Yeah. Somehow the pig part took over. So Weng-Chiang has brought the Peking Homunculus back through time. He could have done. Disappeared completely. It was never found.

• Henry Gordon Jago : I had the thought of communicating directly with Scotland Yard where, as you know, he's held in the highest esteem.

  Professor Litefoot : The Doctor is?

  Henry Gordon Jago : Oh, yes, of course. It's my opinion he solves half their cases and then lets them take the credit for it. Don't you agree?

  Professor Litefoot : I have no idea.

  Henry Gordon Jago : No, why, it stands to reason. I mean, they're policemen. And we all know, ay, they're solid, sterling fellows, but their buttons are the brightest things about them. Don't you agree?