Story Order
- Story 4 from Doctor Who
- Story 4 of 8 from Season 1
Episodes
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Doctor Who - Marco Polo - The Roof of the World (1/7)
Episode 1 of 7 from Marco Polo
In the Himalayas and the Doctor, Barbara, Ian and Susan meet Marco Polo and join him on his journey.
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Doctor Who - Marco Polo - The Singing Sands (2/7)
Episode 2 of 7 from Marco Polo
In the dry Gobi desert, Tegana secretly slashes the water gourds, losing almost all of the precious water.
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Doctor Who - Marco Polo - Five Hundred Eyes (3/7)
Episode 3 of 7 from Marco Polo
At the Cave of Five Hundred Eyes, Tegana has a secret meeting with a bandit who he instructs to kill Marco Polo.
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Doctor Who - Marco Polo - The Wall of Lies (4/7)
Episode 4 of 7 from Marco Polo
In an effort to divert attention from himself, Tegana encourages Marco to be suspicious of the Doctor.
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Doctor Who - Marco Polo - Rider From Shang-Tu (5/7)
Episode 5 of 7 from Marco Polo
Ping Cho returns the TARDIS key to Susan so that the travellers might escape. But Tegana has other plans.
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Doctor Who - Marco Polo - Mighty Kublai Khan (6/7)
Episode 6 of 7 from Marco Polo
Ian follows Ping Cho to Cheng-Ting and there discovers that the TARDIS has been stolen by Tegana's allies.
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Doctor Who - Marco Polo - Assassin at Peking (7/7)
Episode 7 of 7 from Marco Polo
Arriving at Kublai Khan's palace, the Doctor loses the TARDIS key to the Khan in a game of backgammon.
Characters
First Doctor
Susan Foreman
Barbara Wright
Ian Chesterton
Marco Polo
Ping-Cho
Tegana
Wang-lo
Kuiju
Credits
- Dr. WhoWilliam Hartnell
- Susan ForemanCarole Ann Ford
- Barbara WrightJacqueline Hill
- Ian ChestertonWilliam Russell
- Marco PoloMark Eden
- Man at LopLeslie Bates
- Ping-ChoZienia Merton
- TeganaDerren Nesbitt
- ChenchuJimmy Gardner
- AcomatPhilip Voss
- MalikCharles Wade
- Mongol BanditMichael Guest
- Wang-loGabor Baraker
- Ling-TauPaul Carson
- KuijuTutte Lemkow
- VizierPeter Lawrence
- Kublai KhanMartin Miller
- Office ForemanBasil Tang
- EmpressClaire Davenport