Doctor Who: Marco Polo
1964, English. Directed by Waris Hussein & John Crockett.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 55m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Waris HusseinDirector
- John CrockettDirector
- William HartnellThe Doctor
- Carole Ann FordSusan Foreman
- Jacqueline HillBarbara Wright
- William RussellIan Chesterton
- Mark EdenMarco Polo
- Derren NesbittTegana
- Zienia MertonPing Cho
- Martin MillerKublai Khan
- Jimmy GardnerChenchu
- Charles WadeMalik
- Philip VossAcomat
- Paul CarsonLing-Tau
Details
- Released
- 4 April 1964
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- John Lucarotti
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Doctor Who: Marco Polo runs 175 minutes (2h 55m).
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Doctor Who: Marco Polo isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 April 1964. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Doctor Who: Marco Polo?
Doctor Who: Marco Polo (1964) was directed by Waris Hussein and John Crockett and stars William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill.