#18: Marco Polo: Rider From Shang-Tu
Doctor Who S1E18
Title: Doctor Who (1963)
Director:
Waris Hussein
Writer:
John Lucarotti
Release Date:
March 21, 1964
Network: BBC
Production No: 118
Times Watched: 142
Times Rated: 79
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Baron Karza
+1
Nov 2, 2025
How is Tegana still not exposed? 300 miles a day on horseback? I wonder if Carole Ann Ford and Ping-cho's actress got along well? They were (presumably) close in age and had lots of scenes together. Oh no Susan!
Dragonwitch
+1
Apr 24, 2025
We get a proper skirmish in this one! Also, one aspect of this story that strikes me this time around is just how long the road trip really is. After spending a few days in 100,000 BCE, perhaps a week on Skaro, and maybe a day or so stuck in the TARDIS, they've been traveling across Asia for several weeks, possibly even a couple of months at this point...
May 11, 2022
Ugh, can't believe that Susan ended up making us go through two more episodes.
Aug 24, 2020
DOCTOR: "If you believe that, Polo, you're a bigger fool that even I think you are."
An interesting scene with the bamboo thrown into the fire. I thought it was funny when they would not promise to not try and escape. Okay episode.
An interesting scene with the bamboo thrown into the fire. I thought it was funny when they would not promise to not try and escape. Okay episode.
DELTA
+2
Aug 28, 2019
I kind of like the fact that Marco Polo is not really a bad guy nor an ally. It's always a good trope to have such a character.
The episode was slightly better than the precedents.
The episode was slightly better than the precedents.
Jan 3, 2019
A little more action but still crawling through this.
Jul 31, 2018
Cheers for having us suffer through two more episodes, Susan.. really appreciate it.
May 12, 2017
Godammit, Susan.
