Doctor Who: Marco Polo (1964)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.257 |
Directed By
Waris Hussein
John Crockett
Crew
John Lucarotti
Waris Hussein
John Crockett
Barry Newbery
Daphne Dare
David Whitaker
Verity Lambert
Mervyn Pinfield
Tristram Cary
TOP CAST
William Hartnell
The Doctor
Carole Ann Ford
Susan Foreman
Jacqueline Hill
Barbara Wright
William Russell
Ian Chesterton
Mark Eden
Marco Polo
Derren Nesbitt
Tegana
Zienia Merton
Ping Cho
Martin Miller
Kublai Khan
Jimmy Gardner
Chenchu
Charles Wade
Malik
Philip Voss
Acomat
Paul Carson
Ling-Tau
Gábor Baraker
Wang-Lo
Tutte Lemkow
Kuiju
Claire Davenport
Empress
Leslie Bates
Man at Lop
Michael Guest
Mongol Bandit
Peter Lawrence
Vizier
Basil Tang
Office Foreman
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