When next you see your caravan, it will be at the great Khan's summer palace, and that will make an end of it. In the main room of the way station, IAN and BARBARA are talking.) IAN: By boat. He holds up the TARDIS key.) MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL
POLO: (Writing in journal.) Even I? But where? Not since the Khan built his palace at Peking. When the Khan moved, the Mongols dispersed. SUSAN: Are they? Kowtow before the Ruler of Asia, India, Cathay and other territories. (As the other members of the group kowtow, the DOCTOR groans in agony as he kneels to the floor.) Where is the Warlord Tegana? POLO: Riding for Shang-Tu, my lord, with the lady Ping-Cho and a companion of theirs. (Moaning and grumbling to one another, the DOCTOR and Kublai KHAN, linked arm-in-arm, slowly hobble from the throne room. SUSAN: That's the mighty Kublai Khan!
Plan: A: Central Asia; Q: Where did the Doctor and his companions arrive in 1289? A: the Doctor; Q: Who strikes up an extraordinary friendship with the now-aged ruler? A: the famous Venetian explorer Marco Polo; Q: Who did the Doctor and his companions join in Central Asia? A: its way; Q: What does the caravan of Marco Polo make? A: the Pamir Plateau; Q: Where did Marco Polo start his journey? A: the treacherous Gobi Desert; Q: What desert did Marco Polo cross? A: the heart; Q: What part of Cathay did Marco Polo travel through? A: Cathay; Q: What imperial city did Marco Polo travel through? A: a variety; Q: What kind of dangers did the Doctor and his companions survive? A: the mighty Kublai Khan's Summer Palace; Q: Where did the Doctor and his companions arrive in Shang-tu? A: Peking; Q: Where is the Imperial Palace? A: the travellers; Q: Who saves the Khan from an assassination attempt? A: an assassination attempt; Q: What does the Doctor save the Khan from? A: a peace mission; Q: What was the Mongol warlord Tegana supposedly on? A: the TARDIS; Q: What vehicle does the Doctor and his companions leave in? Summary: Missing episode Arriving in Central Asia in 1289, the Doctor and his companions join the caravan of the famous Venetian explorer Marco Polo as it makes its way from the snowy heights of the Pamir Plateau, across the treacherous Gobi Desert and through the heart of imperial Cathay. Having witnessed many incredible sights and survived a variety of dangers, they arrive at the mighty Kublai Khan's Summer Palace in Shang-tu, where the Doctor strikes up an extraordinary friendship with the now-aged ruler. They move on at last to the even more sumptuous Imperial Palace in Peking, where the travellers save the Khan from an assassination attempt by the Mongol warlord Tegana - supposedly on a peace mission - before departing once more in the TARDIS.