(As if to confirm his words, at that moment the DOCTOR emerges once more from the TARDIS, in a panic.) (He turns and faces the travellers again.) (The DOCTOR gasps in the altitude. (They head back the way they came.) In the centre of the main part of the tent is a small brazier with a cooking pot on it. MARCO POLO: It's a town on the edge of the Gobi Desert, beyond Kashgar and Yarkand. MARCO POLO: Well, at the Khan's court in Peking, I have seen Buddhist monks make cups of wine fly through the air unaided and offer themselves to the Great Khan's lips. PING-CHO: No, Kublai Khan's summer palace is in Shang-Tu. TEGANA: (Quietly.) The DOCTOR stands up.)
Plan: A: Central Asia; Q: Where did the Doctor and his companions arrive in 1289? A: the famous Venetian explorer Marco Polo; Q: Who's caravan did the Doctor join? A: the Pamir Plateau; Q: What is the name of the plateau the caravan crossed? A: the treacherous Gobi Desert; Q: What desert did the caravan cross? A: imperial Cathay; Q: What is the name of the country the Doctor and his companions travel through? A: a variety; Q: What kind of dangers did the Doctor and his companions survive? A: an extraordinary friendship; Q: What kind of friendship does the Doctor strike up with Kublai Khan? A: Imperial Palace; Q: What is the name of the palace in Peking? A: the travellers; Q: Who saves the Khan from an assassination attempt? A: an assassination attempt; Q: What do the travelers save the Khan from? A: a peace mission; Q: What was Tegana supposedly on? A: TARDIS; Q: What is the name of the Doctor's time machine? 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.