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.
Cast
William Hartnell
The Doctor
Carole Ann Ford
Susan Foreman
Jacqueline Hill
Barbara Wright
William Russell
Ian Chesterton
Mark Eden
Marco Polo
Derren Nesbitt
Tegana
Zienia Merton
Ping Cho
Martin Miller
Kublai Khan
Jimmy Gardner
Chenchu
Charles Wade
Malik
Philip Voss
Acomat
Paul Carson
Ling-Tau
Gábor Baraker
Wang-Lo
Tutte Lemkow
Kuiju
Claire Davenport
Empress
Leslie Bates
Man at Lop
Michael Guest
Mongol Bandit
Peter Lawrence
Vizier
Basil Tang
Office Foreman
Crew
Waris Hussein
Director
John Crockett
Director
John Lucarotti
Writer
David Whitaker
Script Editor
Richard Barclay
Editor
Elmer Davies
Editor
John House
Editor
Verity Lambert
Producer
Mervyn Pinfield
Associate Producer
Douglas Camfield
Production Assistant
Barry Newbery
Production Design
Daphne Dare
Costume Design
Ann Ferriggi
Makeup Artist
Jack Brummitt
Sound
Hugh Barker
Sound
Derek Miller-Timmins
Sound
John Treays
Lighting Director
Howard King
Lighting Director
Tristram Cary
Original Music Composer
Brian Hodgson
Special Sound Effects
Delia Derbyshire
Theme Song Performance
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