1289

1289 was a year.

According to Marco Polo, this was the year in which the First Doctor, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton and Susan Foreman found themselves on a long, overland journey from the Plain of Pamir to Peking in Cathay. (TV: Marco Polo) The journey lasted several months. (PROSE: Nightshade; AUDIO: 1963: The Space Race)

Jared Khan missed his chance to steal the Doctor's TARDIS. (PROSE: Birthright)