Movie Description
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Waris Hussein,John Crockett
- Producer : Verity Lambert
- Writer : John Lucarotti
- Editor : Richard Barclay,Elmer Davies,John House
- Cast : William Hartnell,Carole Ann Ford,Jacqueline Hill,William Russell,Mark Eden,Derren Nesbitt,Zienia Merton,Martin Miller,Jimmy Gardner,Charles Wade,Philip Voss,Paul Carson,Gábor Baraker,Tutte Lemkow,Claire Davenport,Leslie Bates,Michael Guest,Peter Lawrence,Basil Tang
Cast
The Doctor
Susan Foreman
Barbara Wright
Ian Chesterton
Marco Polo
Tegana
Ping Cho
Kublai Khan
Chenchu
Malik
Acomat
Ling-Tau
Wang-Lo
Kuiju
Empress
Man at Lop
Mongol Bandit
Vizier
Office Foreman
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Facts
Original TitleDoctor Who: Marco Polo
Status Released
Release Information
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1964-04-04
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 55m
Production CompaniesBBC
Genres
- Science Fiction
- Adventure
- Drama
