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November 7th, 2003 7 comments

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Marco Polo

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Starring William Hartnell

The First Doctor, William Hartnell, and his companions join the caravan of the legendary explorer Marco Polo in this seven-part ‘lost’ story from the programme’s original 1964 series.

The TARDIS materialises at the Roof of the World, Central Asia, in 1289. There they meet Marco Polo and his fellow travellers, on their mammoth journey across the Pamir Plateau and through the Gobi desert to Peking.

Unfortunately for the Doctor, his Ship proves to be of immense interest to Polo, who sets his mind on presenting it to the mighty Kublai Khan on arrival at his court.

But Polo isn’t the only one with designs on the TARDIS. The war-like Tegana will go to any lengths to steal the magical blue box – lengths which endanger the lives of all the travellers. When the Doctor meets Kublai Khan himself, his precious Ship is his only collateral in a high-stakes game of backgammon – and Khan is a master of the game…

William Russell, Jacqueline Hill and Carole Ann Ford co…star as the Doctor’s companions, whilst Mark Eden plays the explorer Marco Polo. This story is currently missing from the BBC Television Archives.


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7 comments

  • josh smith

    May 27th, 2013 - 5:45pm

    best 1st doctor story. Its amazing.

    Reply
    • videogamemad00

      May 27th, 2013 - 5:47pm

      I have a recon of this but I disagree. My favourite is Inside The Spaceship.

    • josh smith

      May 27th, 2013 - 5:50pm

      wats inside the spaceship?

    • videogamemad00

      May 28th, 2013 - 12:47pm

      It’s more commonly known as The Edge of Destruction (Serial 3).

    • josh smith

      May 28th, 2013 - 12:50pm

      oh i love edge of destruction 2

    • Joethewhovian

      May 28th, 2013 - 12:57pm

      I love marco polo aswell. For 60s, its up there with

      An unearthly child
      The aztecs
      The dalek invasion of earth
      Galaxy 4
      The daleks master plan
      Tenth planet
      Power of the daleks
      The moonbase
      Evil of the daleks
      Tomb of the cybermen
      The ice warriors
      The mind robber
      The invasion
      The war games

    • josh smith

      May 28th, 2013 - 1:12pm

      i dont like power of the daleks ors the inavsion

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