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Feature film — 1964

Doctor Who: Marco Polo (1964)

7.42h 55mScience Fiction — Adventure — Drama

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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Director: Waris Hussein

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Cast & crew

William Hartnell as The Doctor

William Hartnell

The Doctor

Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman

Carole Ann Ford

Susan Foreman

Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright

Jacqueline Hill

Barbara Wright

William Russell as Ian Chesterton

William Russell

Ian Chesterton

Mark Eden as Marco Polo

Mark Eden

Marco Polo

Derren Nesbitt as Tegana

Derren Nesbitt

Tegana

Zienia Merton as Ping Cho

Zienia Merton

Ping Cho

Martin Miller as Kublai Khan

Martin Miller

Kublai Khan

Jimmy Gardner as Chenchu

Jimmy Gardner

Chenchu

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Charles Wade

Malik

Philip Voss as Acomat

Philip Voss

Acomat

Paul Carson as Ling-Tau

Paul Carson

Ling-Tau

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