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.
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama
Stars: William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, William Russell, Mark Eden, Derren Nesbitt
Crew: Waris Hussein (Director), John Crockett (Director), John Lucarotti (Writer), Daphne Dare (Costume Design), Barry Newbery (Production Design), David Whitaker (Script Editor)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: BBC
Runtime: 175 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 04, 1964
IMDb: 3.8
