William Hartnell - (The Doctor)

William Russell - (Ian Chesterton)

Jaqueline Hill - (Barbara Wright)

Carole Ann Ford - (Susan)

Mark Eden - (Marco Polo)

Derren Nesbitt - (Tegana)

Zienia Merton - (Ping-Cho)

Leslie Bates - (Man at Lop)

Jimmy Gardner - (Chenchu)

Charles Wade - (Malik)

Philip Voss - (Acomat)

Michael Guest - (Mongol Bandit)

Paul Carson - (Ling-Tau)

Gabor Baraker - (Wang-Lo)

Tutte Lemkow - (Kuiju)

Peter Lawrence - (Vizier)

Martin Miller - (Kublai Khan)

Basil Tang -(Office Foreman)

Claire Davenport - (Empress)

The first Doctor, William Hartnell, and his companions join the caravan of the legendary explorer Marco Polo in this seven-part 'lost' story from the programme’s original 1964 series.

The TARDIS materialises at the Roof of the World, Central Asia, in 1289. There they meet Marco Polo and his fellow travellers, on their mammoth journey across the Pamir Plateau and through the Gobi desert to Peking. Unfortunately for the Doctor, his Ship proves to be of immense interest to Polo, who sets his mind on presenting it to the mighty Kublai Khan on arrival at his court.

But Polo isn’t the only one with designs on the TARDIS. The war-like Tegana will go to any lengths to steal the magical blue box – lengths which endanger the lives of all the travellers. When the Doctor meets Kublai Khan himself, his precious Ship is his only collateral in a high-stakes game of backgammon – and Khan is a master of the game…

Working Title:

A Journey to Cathay.

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Not yet released on Video.

Not yet released on DVD.

- UK release November 2003. Marco Polo (BBC ISBN cat.#0 563 53508 3)

- Marco Polo written by John Lucarotti, Published 1985 - [Target no.94]

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