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First Episode An Unearthly Child (An Unearthly Child, Part One) |
Previous Episode Mighty Kublai Khan (Marco Polo, Part Six) |
Next Episode The Sea of Death (The Keys of Marinus, Part One) |
Last Episode Survival, Part Three |
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Assassin at Peking (Marco Polo, Part Seven) Season 1 - Episode 20 |
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| Missing episodeArriving in Central Asia in 1289, the Doctor and his companions join the caravan of the famous Venetian explorer Marco Polo as it makes its way from the snowy heights of the Pamir Plateau, across the treacherous Gobi Desert and through the heart of imperial Cathay. Having witnessed many incredible sights and survived a variety of dangers, they arrive at the mighty Kublai Khan's Summer Palace in Shang-tu, where the Doctor strikes up an extraordinary friendship with the now-aged ruler.They move on at last to the even more sumptuous Imperial Palace in Peking, where the travellers save the Khan from an assassination attempt by the Mongol warlord Tegana — supposedly on a peace mission — before departing once more in the TARDIS. | |
| Production Number: | D |
| Aired On: | Saturday 4th of April 1964 on BBC One |
| Written by: |
John Lucarotti
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| Directed by: |
Waris Hussein
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| Starring: |
Paul Carson
as Ling-Tau Claire Davenport as The Empress Mark Eden as Marco Polo Peter Lawrence as Vizier Tutte Lemkow as Kuiju Zienia Merton as Ping-Cho Martin Miller as Kublai Khan Derren Nesbitt as Tegana |
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