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Marco Polo

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on September 6, 2021April 14, 2025
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Marco Polo

This Story: Season 1, Story 4. Production Code D
Overall: Story 4, Episodes 14-20
Airdates: 22 Feb 1964 – 4 Apr 1964
Written by John Lucarotti.  Directed by Waris Hussein & John Crockett (ep 4 only)

Episode Titles

  1. The Roof of the World
  2. The Singing Sands
  3. Five Hundred Eyes
  4. The Wall of Lies
  5. Rider from Shang-Tu
  6. Mighty Kublai Khan
  7. Assassin at Peking

Notes

  • Only a small 30 minute official reconstruction is available on the DVD, not the full story, due to its “lost” status.

Links

[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD | My earlier 2012 review | Reconstruction ]

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 14 - "The Roof Of the World" (1/7 - Serial D, Story 4) - 22 Feb 1964. #DoctorWho 1/3

This is the first of the "lost" episodes of #DoctorWho - they were erased in the 70's. If you want to dig into that, watch this vid by @josh_snares: https://t.co/JkupNQMK5j pic.twitter.com/I5awUaImod

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 31, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 14 - "The Roof Of the World" (1/7 - Serial D, Story 4) - 22 Feb 1964. #DoctorWho 2/3

These are only avail as "reconstructions", where fans merged photos of the stories with the existing audio. They also have text you need to read for things you can't see. pic.twitter.com/pCIwzTrDHk

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 31, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 14 - "The Roof Of the World" (1/7 - Serial D, Story 4) - 22 Feb 1964. #DoctorWho 3/3

Plot: The crew land in China in 1289, and are taken in by Marco Polo's caravan, who is on the way to see Kublai Khan. Makes use of Barbara's history knowledge. Looks great! pic.twitter.com/c3BipsVxRh

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 31, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 15 - "The Singing Sands" (2/7 - Serial D, Story 4) - 29 Feb 1964. #DoctorWho

Marco's warrior Tegana plots against Marco and the Tardis crew to capture the "magic box" and defeat Kublai Khan. Much of the plot is about Tegana sabotaging their water supply. pic.twitter.com/FxvkLZ9Gl4

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 1, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 16 - "500 Eyes" (3/7 - Serial D, Story 4) - 7 Mar 1964. #DoctorWho

The Doctor solves the water problem, and the group carries on. They get to a city where they rest and there's more plotting to expose them as frauds by Tegana, who captures Barbara. pic.twitter.com/bQggxMiBpK

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 2, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 17 - "The Wall of Lies" (4/7 - Serial D, Story 4) - 14 Mar 1964. #DoctorWho

Barbara is rescued, and Tegana continues trying to sow mistrust. It mostly works, as Marco Polo also plots to dispose of the crew as well. I really liked the pacing of this episode. pic.twitter.com/kfRUS21XxA

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 3, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 18 - "Rider from Shang-Tu" (5/7 - Serial D, Story 4) - 21 Mar 1964. #DoctorWho

After fending off some attackers to their caravan, Marco and crew are summoned to Kublai Khan's place posthaste. The crew continue to try and get their Tardis keys from Marco. pic.twitter.com/oRXb9VUyzo

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 5, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 19 - "Mighty Kublai Khan" (6/7 - Serial D, Story 4) - 28 Mar 1964. #DoctorWho

The Tardis crew almost escape, but got stuck because Susan wasn't where she should be. Most of this ep is taken up by a search for Ping-Cho, and finding the now stolen Tardis. pic.twitter.com/pDwgxayf0a

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 6, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 20 - "Assassin at Peking" (7/7 - Serial D, Story 4) - 4 Apr 1964. #DoctorWho 1/2

The last episode had the Doctor and Kublai Khan go off seemingly as friends sharing ailments of old age. Then in this episode they're playing a friendly game of backgammon. pic.twitter.com/nWA8zMVQcb

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 6, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 20 - "Assassin at Peking" (7/7 - Serial D, Story 4) - 4 Apr 1964. #DoctorWho 2/2

Tegana attempts to kill the Khan. When he fails, Marco fights Tegana, who eventually kills himself after failing. Marco gives the Doctor the Tardis keys, and the crew escape. pic.twitter.com/FKqJt0Zhm9

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 6, 2021

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