Tegana sabotages the party's water bags, leaving them in dire need of fresh supplies.Tegana sabotages the party's water bags, leaving them in dire need of fresh supplies.Tegana sabotages the party's water bags, leaving them in dire need of fresh supplies.
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Arnold Lee
- Mongol Warrior
- (uncredited)
John Lee
- Mongol Warrior
- (uncredited)
Zohra Sehgal
- Attendant on Ping-Cho
- (uncredited)
John Woodcock
- Marco Polo's Hand
- (uncredited)
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- John Lucarotti
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
- Donald Wilson(uncredited)
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- TriviaWilliam Hartnell fell ill during production and so the script had to be re-written to minimise The Doctor's role in the episode.
- GoofsThe end of this episode it says next time the Cave of five hundred eyes despite the next episode being called five hundred eyes.
This was the working title and was changed during the week.
- Quotes
Susan Foreman: One day, we'll know all the mysteries of the skies... and we'll stop our wandering.
Barbara Wright: Then you and I will say goodbye.
Susan Foreman: Mmm? Oh, not yet! Not for a long time.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Marco Polo - Documentary (2020)
Featured review
Sounds like all The Devils in Hell laughing.
Susan and Ping Cho decide to venture out for a walk, but a huge sandstorm is on the way, a traitor is also at work, ready to sabotage the long journey.
I have to be totally honest, I had only briefly listened to this several years ago. This afternoon I decided to take the cellophane off the vinyls, and listen properly. I am so glad I did.
I thought this was a fantastic episode, I had a real assumption that it was a long drawn out historical story, which lacked excitement, I was totally wrong, yes, it's very different to the usual sci fi story, the TARDIS crew have the purpose of just being onlookers, people from another time caught up in historical events.
At times, Part one felt a little like a history lesson, this one has a lot going on.
It's notable how absent Hartnell is from the episode, not to the degree of The Celestial Toymaker, but he's still absent for most of it, apparently he had been ill, so was written out, you can hear his voice is very weak.
Brilliant, 9/10.
I have to be totally honest, I had only briefly listened to this several years ago. This afternoon I decided to take the cellophane off the vinyls, and listen properly. I am so glad I did.
I thought this was a fantastic episode, I had a real assumption that it was a long drawn out historical story, which lacked excitement, I was totally wrong, yes, it's very different to the usual sci fi story, the TARDIS crew have the purpose of just being onlookers, people from another time caught up in historical events.
At times, Part one felt a little like a history lesson, this one has a lot going on.
It's notable how absent Hartnell is from the episode, not to the degree of The Celestial Toymaker, but he's still absent for most of it, apparently he had been ill, so was written out, you can hear his voice is very weak.
Brilliant, 9/10.
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