Doctor Who: Marco Polo (1964)
Science Fiction
Adventure
Drama
The TARDIS crew lands in the Himalayas of Cathay in 1289, their ship badly damaged, and are picked up by Marco Polo's caravan on its way along the fabled Silk Road to see the Emperor Kublai Khan. The story concerns the Doctor and his companions' attempts to thwart the machinations of Tegana, who attempts to sabotage the caravan along its travels through the Pamir Plateau and across the treacherous Gobi Desert, and ultimately to assassinate Kublai Khan in Peking, at the height of his imperial power.
Cast
The Doctor
Susan Foreman
Acomat
Ling-Tau
Wang-Lo
Kuiju
Empress
Man at Lop
Mongol Bandit
Vizier
Office Foreman
Barbara Wright
Ian Chesterton
Marco Polo
Tegana
Ping Cho
Kublai Khan
Chenchu
Malik
Crew
Director
Director
Writer
Script Editor
Producer
Producer
Music
Costume Design
Production Design