Doctor Who: Marco Polo

1964 · 175 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 641 VOTES · DIR. Waris Hussein, John Crockett

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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.

Science FictionAdventureDrama1960s

Dialogue Timeline — 334 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:16 If I could choose a Doctor Who story that should never been junked
00:01:58 the newest colophotograph these are existence.
00:03:04 I've travelled 4 corners of Asia
00:04:05 "The roof of the World."
00:05:58 If it were, where do you think we could be? In the Alps?
00:06:46 - Well, I must try, mustn't I? - Oh well, I wish you luck!
00:07:58 You don't believe me, do you?
00:09:00 To tell you the truth, I thought it was made by a fur boot
00:10:15 Let us therefore destroy these evil spirits before they destroy us!
00:11:44 (As the Doctor sits, Ping-Cho distributes the soup.)
00:12:42 Oh we're... we're travellers... yes. Th-that's my grandchild, Susan, and that's Miss Wright, and that's Charlton.
00:13:50 known to those who travel to Cathay as The Roof of the World.
00:15:05 - Your... the man you're going to marry. - I have never seen him.
00:16:09 It just stands there like a warlord's tomb on one end!
00:17:17 I do not understand it, but I have seen it!
00:18:23 Ah... mmm... allow me!
00:19:13 Yes... uh, Messr. Marco, it is different!
00:20:14 However, should any of you attempt to enter, there would be trouble.
00:22:14 - Is the accommodation to your liking, Ping-Cho? - Thank you, Messr. Marco. It is most comfortable.
00:23:10 - I beg you to hear me out! - But I have work to do!
00:24:13 Well, I really don't see what this has to do with my repairing the TARDIS!
00:25:12 - It may take you longer, but you'll get there eventually! - Eventually?
00:26:09 - Your caravan goes with me to Kublai Khan! (Marco strides from the room.)
00:27:35 NEXT EPISODE : THE SINGING SANDS

Cast & Characters

William Hartnell Dr. Who William Russell Ian Chesterton Jacqueline Hill Barbara Wright Carole Ann Ford Susan Foreman Mark Eden Marco Polo Derren Nesbitt Tegana Zienia Merton Ping-Cho Leslie Bates Man at Lop Bill Brandon Mongol Warrior Clou Choy Mongol Warrior

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed334
Dialogue density1.9 lines / min
First line00:01:16
Final line00:27:35

Production Record

DirectorWaris Hussein, John Crockett
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes641