Tegana sabotages the party's water bags, leaving them in dire need of fresh supplies.Tegana sabotages the party's water bags, leaving them in dire need of fresh supplies.Tegana sabotages the party's water bags, leaving them in dire need of fresh supplies.
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Arnold Lee
- Mongol Warrior
- (uncredited)
John Lee
- Mongol Warrior
- (uncredited)
Zohra Sehgal
- Attendant on Ping-Cho
- (uncredited)
John Woodcock
- Marco Polo's Hand
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- John Lucarotti
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
- Donald B. Wilson(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaWilliam Hartnell fell ill during production and so the script had to be re-written to minimise The Doctor's role in the episode.
- GoofsThe end of this episode it says next time the Cave of five hundred eyes despite the next episode being called five hundred eyes.
This was the working title and was changed during the week.
- Quotes
Susan Foreman: One day, we'll know all the mysteries of the skies... and we'll stop our wandering.
Barbara Wright: Then you and I will say goodbye.
Susan Foreman: Mmm? Oh, not yet! Not for a long time.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Marco Polo - Documentary (2020)
Featured review
Marco Polo Episode 2: Excellent historic adventure, very well written and acted.
Review for all 7 episodes:
Marco Polo is a story which covers The Roof of the World and the following six episodes. The adventures take place in the late 1200s in Cathay (ancient China) with Venetian explorer Marco Polo journeying to meet Kublai Khan the Mongol ruler. Polo confiscates the TARDIS and our heroes have an ongoing battle to convince Polo to return it whilst villains try to secure its powers for their own ambitions. The whole story was sadly lost when the BBC wiped the tapes. However the audio survives and along with numerous still photographs from the production a reconstruction is available. There is a full reconstruction with all the audio and stills for all 7 episodes so this is what you need to see, not the 30 minute massively reduced version!
It is a real measure of the quality of this story that even this reconstruction is incredibly interesting and enjoyable. I was totally engrossed despite the lack of moving pictures! The audio preserves the excellent performances of the actors and the brilliant script and story by John Lucarotti.
Marco Polo is an exciting, clever, sometimes amusing and always interesting adventure. The still photographs also leave proof of the superb sets and costumes which make this a top notch production all round.
My Ratings: Episodes 1-4, 6 and 7 - 10/10, Episode 5 - 9.5/10
Marco Polo is a story which covers The Roof of the World and the following six episodes. The adventures take place in the late 1200s in Cathay (ancient China) with Venetian explorer Marco Polo journeying to meet Kublai Khan the Mongol ruler. Polo confiscates the TARDIS and our heroes have an ongoing battle to convince Polo to return it whilst villains try to secure its powers for their own ambitions. The whole story was sadly lost when the BBC wiped the tapes. However the audio survives and along with numerous still photographs from the production a reconstruction is available. There is a full reconstruction with all the audio and stills for all 7 episodes so this is what you need to see, not the 30 minute massively reduced version!
It is a real measure of the quality of this story that even this reconstruction is incredibly interesting and enjoyable. I was totally engrossed despite the lack of moving pictures! The audio preserves the excellent performances of the actors and the brilliant script and story by John Lucarotti.
Marco Polo is an exciting, clever, sometimes amusing and always interesting adventure. The still photographs also leave proof of the superb sets and costumes which make this a top notch production all round.
My Ratings: Episodes 1-4, 6 and 7 - 10/10, Episode 5 - 9.5/10
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- Runtime27 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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