Talk:Marco Polo (TV story)

I have added the plot outline at the Wikipedia article for this story. As I shall soon be called away to dinner (made from scratch lasagna and bruscetta) and will be out of town for the next two days, I shall leave it to someone else to edit the plot to fit the style for this site. --Freethinker1of1 23:30, 1 September 2006 (UTC)


 * The plot outline has now been split in to episodes. I also did a minimal amount of re-writing. However, further work needs to be done as some important details are missing. Episode two and six particularly need to be expanded. An introductory paragraph also needs to be added. --Mantrid 17:47, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Discontinuity notes
I removed a discontinuity note, cause it's not really discontinuous:
 * The TARDIS contains a circuit that if damaged can deactivate the lights, water supplies, and heating. Without this circuit the external temperature can affect the inside of the TARDIS allowing condensation to form on the walls. (why would a ship such as the TARDIS have one circuit which could cause this much damage if it became defective).
 * The basic answer to this is "because it does". It's like putting the following discontinuity notes into their respective episode pages:

Descriptions of how the TARDIS works, so long as they don't contradict other such descriptions, fundamentally can't be errors. The TARDIS is what the writers tell us it is. Moreover it's not really as much damage as the original editor suspects. It's little more than a blown fuse. Depending on how your house is wired, you could quite easily blow a circuit which could cut power to the lights, the water pump and the furnace in one go. And if it were the middle of winter, you'd be pretty screwed too.  Czech Out  ☎ | ✍ 03:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * It is extremely improbable that a police box could be bigger on the inside than out. (An Unearthly Child)
 * The TARDIS doesn't fly in normal space, but utilizes only the time space vortex to "disappear there and reappear here." (Fury from the Deep, "Time and the Rani", "The Runaway Bride")
 * Why would the TARDIS have an alternate control room? That's just inviting trouble. Imagine if one of the companions discovered while getting a midnight snack and started flipping buttons! (The Masque of Mandragora)

Mention in Rose
Shouldn't it be metioned in continuity that the Ninth Doctor states in Rose, that "The combined hordes of Genghis Kahn couldn't get through those doors, and believe me, they've tried." This line seems to be a reference to this episode.


 * Not particularly. I don't recall any hordes entering the TARDIS (though, admittedly, I was watching the protracted version on The Edge of Destruction DVD), but either way, Kublai Khan (Genghis' grandson) was the Khan in this story, not Genghis. -- Tybort (talk page) 14:26, November 11, 2011 (UTC)

Uncredited cast
When I encountered it, this page had the following huge list of uncredited cast members. Given the fact that nothing survives of this story, this is a huge statement that we can't just put out there without proof. I'm removing these people from the live page. They should not be reintroduced without credible sources. 16:42: Tue 27 Mar 2012
 * Marco Polo's Writing Hand - John Woodcock
 * Mongol Extras - Leslie Bates, Gordon Bremworth, David Brewster, Ronald Chee, Stanley Chen, Clem Choy, Elton Fing-On, Arnold Lee, John Lee, Philip Lee, Valentino Musetti, Carlton Ngui, Arman Tokyo, Roy Vincente, Santos Wong
 * Extras - David Anderson, Bill Brandon, Robert Chow, Harry Dillon, Kay Fong, Michael Guest, Maung Hlashwe, Irene Ho, Lloyd Lam, Boon Wan Lee, Violet Leon, LL Lim, Henry Loy, Iris Loy, Suk Hee S'Hng, WA Scully, Zohra Sehgal, Peggy Sirr, Suchin, Doreen Tang, Aman Tokyo, Ying Wiu