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- They are saved by the arrival of a man of European appearance whom Barbara later identifies as the Venetian explorer Marco Polo (Mark Eden).
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Mark Eden (14 February 1928-1 January 2021) played Marco Polo in the Doctor Who television story Marco Polo. Nearly fifty years later, Eden played BBC One Controller Donald Baverstock in the 2013 docu-drama, An Adventure in Space and Time. He also notably reprised his role as Marco Polo for...
Apr 19, 2013 · Doctor Who credits Played: Chenchu in Marco Polo (1964) Played: Idmon in Underworld (1979) Career highlights
The Roof of the World: Directed by Waris Hussein. With William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford. The TARDIS arrives on Earth in the 13th century, where it is claimed by famed explorer Marco Polo as a gift for his employer, Kublai Khan.
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- 1964-02-22
The TARDIS materialises at the Roof of the World, Central Asia, in 1289. There they meet Marco Polo and his fellow travellers, on their mammoth journey across the Pamir Plateau and through the Gobi desert to Peking. Unfortunately for the Doctor, his Ship proves to be of immense interest to Polo, who sets his mind […]
His many television and film roles included the Doctor Who serial Marco Polo (1964) in which he played Marco Polo. He played Number 100 in The Prisoner in 1967, and Inspector Parker in the TV adaptations of several Lord Peter Wimsey stories in the 1970s.
Marco Polo was seven episodes of quality Doctor Who commissioned by producer Verity Lambert to suit the guidelines imposed by the Head of BBC Drama, Sydney Newman. Newman wanted the programme to educate and entertain children, and so this story was one of which he could be proud.
Doctor Who News. Last updated 23 March 2024. Cast; William Hartnell: Dr. Who: Carole Ann Ford: Susan Foreman
