S1E14
The Roof of the World
Doctor Who · 1964-02-22 · 24 min
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what happens
The TARDIS experiences a total power failure and is stranded in the Himalayas in the 13th century. The travellers are forced to join the caravan of the famous explorer, Marco Polo, in order to survive -- but Polo, fascinated by their claims that the TARDIS can fly through the air, seizes it on behalf of Kublai Khan in the hope that presenting the Khan with such a fabulous gift will convince him to let Polo return home to Venice. The travellers are forced to accompany Polo on his long trek across Asia to the Khan's court, but their many attempts to reclaim their property are foiled -- not just by Polo, but by the war lord Tegana, who is apparently on a mission of peace but has entirely different plans for dealing with Kublai Khan...
nobody has mapped this one
We draw an episode's shape from public discussion of it, and there isn't enough about this one to draw anything honest. Forty-five seconds with the dial and it has a curve.
rate S1E14 →who made it
- directed
- Waris Hussein
- written
- John Lucarotti
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Mark Eden as Marco Polo
Derren Nesbitt as Tegana
Zienia Merton as Ping-Cho
Leslie Bates as Man at Lop