Marco Polo

"Doctor Who and the Chinese", "Voyage to the East", "Cathay Specific"

"The One with the Caravan" (USA), "A Box of Old Photos That No One Could Possibly Be Interested In" (Waris Hussain)

Doctor Who joins Marco Polo is travelling a long way to find someone called Cathy.

*** - It sounds quite dull but I imagine it looked more interesting, even as it burned.

"Hmm ? What's that ? I don't support… suppose you… would you Chesterfield ? No I don't think you wah-would. Check the fornicator and pack the radiation gloves… What do you mean we should have another take ? Hmm ?" (outtake) 

"Hear me, Mongols. In these pants live evil spirits who take our likeness to deceive us and then lead us to our deaths. Let us therefore destroy these evil spirits before they destroy us!"

Fan fiction has speculated that Tegana is an ancestor of Tegan because their names are similar. And because they're both a bit grumpy.

This story was originally to have involved Francis Drake’s explorations and adventures but it was discovered that Drake never crossed China in a caravan and the script had to be changed.

The shortlist for the role of Marco included such names as Clement Freud, Mr Pastry, Ernie Wise and Peggy Mount.

Rumours persist to this day that episode two was broadcast in animated form. This is utterly untrue and may have been started by an early fan who fell asleep during the original broadcast and didn’t wake up until Bugs Bunny had come on. This also accounts for the allegation that William Hartnell had already become bored with the role and had begun to perform with large comedy teeth.

This story was recorded over a period of six months, not (as has been suggested) to add authenticity to the considerable timescale in which events occur but because Jacqueline Hill was allergic to sand and kept ruining her hair piece with violent sneezes.

Si Hunt

"I remember having a brief conversation at a semi-popular fan organised gathering with the episode re-constructor Derek Handley of the "Loose Cannon" team. He was telling me in some considerable (and rather tedious) detail about the work he and his colleagues undertook to hand colour over a hundred photographs taken during the making of Story D. "What a pathetically stupid thing to do" I quipped wittily, "why on earth didn't you simply take pictures from the perfectly good quality colour DVD of the story?" He looked at me with some amazement and I realised I had committed a small faux pas. I decided to cover my indiscretion with another piece of humour. "And if you believe such a digital versatile disc exists then you are extremely gullible and frankly beneath contempt" I said, getting up and walking briskly away to add comedic emphasis to my jest. I attempted to contact him some time later but his identical twin brother, who was living with him, informed me that Derek had passed away or gone to Birmingham. At least he took his ill-gotten secret to the grave."

Lots of Caravans

The History of Marco Polo