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| Marco (Mark Eden), Tegana (Derren Nesbitt) and the Doctor (William Hartnell) |
First broadcast Feb 22 to Apr 4 1964
Average audience for serial: 9.47m
- A pictorial guide to the guest cast can be found at the bottom of this entry. Read an episode-by-episode review of this story at Time Space Visualiser here!
William Hartnell (The Doctor) Jan 8 1908 to Apr 23 1975 (heart failure after a series of strokes) For a full career biography for William Hartnell, click here.
William Russell (Ian Chesterton) Nov 19 1924 to Jun 3 2024 For a full career biography for William Russell (aka Russell Enoch), click here.
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright) Dec 17 1929 to Feb 18 1993 (bone cancer) For a full career biography for Jacqueline Hill, click here.
Carole Ann Ford (Susan) Born Jun 16 1940 For a full career biography for Carole Ann Ford, click here.
CREDITED GUEST CAST
Gabor Baraker (Wang-Lo) Jun 10 1926 to Apr 30 1983
Doctor Who credits
Played: Wang-Lo in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Luigi Ferrigo in The Crusade (1965)
Career highlights
After Doctor Who he appeared in Redcap (1965), George and the Dragon (1966), The Saint (1969) and From a Bird's Eye View (1971).
Leslie Bates (Man at Lop) Died Jan 14 2014
Doctor Who credits
Played: Shadow [the one cast across the TARDIS at the end of episode 1] in An Unearthly Child (1963, uncredited)
Played: Tribesman in An Unearthly Child (1963, uncredited)
Played: Man at Lop in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Mongol warrior/ bandit in Marco Polo (1964, uncredited)
Played: Second guard in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
Played: Villager at inn/ pirate in The Smugglers (1966, uncredited)
Played: 1862 Confederate soldier in The War Games (1969, uncredited)
Played: BBC3 TV crewmember in The Daemons (1971, uncredited)
Played: Lunar guard in Frontier in Space (1973, uncredited)
Played: Draconian in Frontier in Space (1973, uncredited)
Played: Extra in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974, uncredited)
Played: Exxilon in Death to the Daleks (1974, uncredited)
Career highlights
Other work includes Barnaby Rudge (1960), The Ghost Sonata (1962), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966) and David Copperfield (1974), as well as various episodes of Z Cars between 1964 and 1977.
Paul Carson (Ling-Tau) Aug 18 1934 to Feb 3 1989
Career highlights
Later appeared in A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) and You Only Live Twice (1967). Texan Paul was once married to author Annette Carson.
Claire Davenport (Empress) Apr 24 1933 to Feb 25 2002 (stroke and kidney failure)
Career highlights
Claire debuted in The Rag Trade (1963, as Myrtle), then appeared in The Baron (1966), Queenie's Castle (1971), On the Buses (1971/73), Shoulder to Shoulder (1974), Fawlty Towers (1975), I Didn't Know You Cared (1975-78), Couples (1976), Adventures of a Plumber's Mate (1978), Carry On Emmannuelle (1978), The Elephant Man (1980), Sink or Swim (1981), By the Sword Divided (1983-85), Alice in Wonderland (1986), Camping (1990) and The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer (1993). One of her most unusual roles was as the buxom Askajian dancer, Yarna d'al' Gargan, in Jabba's palace in Return of the Jedi (1983).
Facts
Before becoming an actor, Claire was a teacher in the late 1950s. A series of strokes in the 1990s hampered her acting career.
In memoriam: Buried at Stockport Cemetery and Crematorium, Stockport, Greater Manchester
Mark Eden (Marco Polo) Feb 14 1928 to Jan 1 2021 (Alzheimer's Disease)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Marco Polo in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Donald Baverstock in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
Career highlights
Mark debuted in Quatermass and the Pit (1958), then took roles in The Password is Courage (1962), Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), Catch Hand (1964), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Prisoner (1967), Crime Buster (1968), Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), Clouds of Witness (1972), Poldark (1975), Jesus of Nazareth (1977), The Detective (1985), Cluedo (1991), Agatha Christie's Poirot (1993), and Doctors (2002/06). His most memorable role was as the villainous Alan Bradley in Coronation Street (1986-89).
Facts
Mark received little formal education as a child as he spent two years in a tuberculosis sanatorium. His first wife was Joan Malin, who went on to marry actor John Le Mesurier, while his third wife was Coronation Street actress Sue Nicholls. His granddaughter is actress Emma Griffiths Malin, best known from her role as Louise in The Cazalets. In 2013, he co-wrote a musical about the Beach Boys.
Jimmy Gardner (Chenchu) Aug 24 1924 to May 3 2010
Doctor Who credits
Played: Chenchu in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Idmon in Underworld (1979)
Career highlights
Jimmy first appeared in Tyger's Hart (1954), then Stranger in the City (1962), The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), The Elusive Pimpernel (1969), 10 Rillington Place (1971), The XYY Man (1977), Coronation Street (1978), The Company of Wolves (1984), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Martin Chuzzlewit (1994), My Hero (2002), Finding Neverland (2004) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005). He played Ernie Prang, driver of the Knight Bus, in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).
Facts
Before becoming an actor, Jimmy worked as both a clapper boy at Gainsborough Studios, and as playwright John Osborne's personal driver. Jimmy's father Teddy was a jockey; he won the Epsom Oaks riding Pogrom in 1922, and came second in the 1923 Epsom Derby. Jimmy was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal as an air gunner with No. 10 Squadron during World War Two. The medal was one of several stolen by thieves from the Yorkshire Air Museum in 2014.
Michael Guest (Mongol bandit)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mongol bandit in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Saxon hunter in The Time Meddler (1965)
Played: Interviewer in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Career highlights
His acting debut came in Quatermass and the Pit (1958-59), then Pathfinders in Space (1960), R3 (1965), The Champions (1968), Menace (1970), Upstairs, Downstairs (1972), Special Branch (1974) and Dixon of Dock Green (1975), after which he went into production, helming Memoirs of a Survivor (1981), Starship (1985), A Woman's Guide to Adultery (1993) and The Toybox (2005).
O. Ikeda (Yeng)
This was his only credit.
Peter Lawrence (Vizier) Sep 1 1924 to Feb 9 1998 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Further work included How Green was My Valley (1960), Crossroads (1964), Weavers Green (1966), Department S (1969), The Befrienders (1970) and Play for Today (1978).
Tutte Lemkow (Kuiju) Aug 28 1918 to Nov 10 1991
Doctor Who credits
Played: Kuiju in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Ibrahim in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Cyclops in The Myth Makers (1965)
Choreographed: The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
Career highlights
Norwegian born Tutte had a long career appearing in The Lost People (1949), Moulin Rouge (1952), Hancock's Half Hour (1957), The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Moon-Spinners (1964), The Wrong Box (1966), Fiddler on the Roof (1971, as the title character), Theatre of Blood (1973), Huntingtower (1978), Sphinx (1981), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Red Sonja (1985). He was also an experienced choreographer, including on Casino Royale (1967), and helped adapt Ibsen's The Wild Duck (1983) for film, for which he was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award.
Facts
Tutte's first wife was Swedish actress Mai Zetterling.
Mark Eden (Marco Polo) Feb 14 1928 to Jan 1 2021 (Alzheimer's Disease)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Marco Polo in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Donald Baverstock in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
Career highlights
Mark debuted in Quatermass and the Pit (1958), then took roles in The Password is Courage (1962), Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), Catch Hand (1964), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Prisoner (1967), Crime Buster (1968), Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), Clouds of Witness (1972), Poldark (1975), Jesus of Nazareth (1977), The Detective (1985), Cluedo (1991), Agatha Christie's Poirot (1993), and Doctors (2002/06). His most memorable role was as the villainous Alan Bradley in Coronation Street (1986-89).
Facts
Mark received little formal education as a child as he spent two years in a tuberculosis sanatorium. His first wife was Joan Malin, who went on to marry actor John Le Mesurier, while his third wife was Coronation Street actress Sue Nicholls. His granddaughter is actress Emma Griffiths Malin, best known from her role as Louise in The Cazalets. In 2013, he co-wrote a musical about the Beach Boys.
Jimmy Gardner (Chenchu) Aug 24 1924 to May 3 2010
Doctor Who credits
Played: Chenchu in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Idmon in Underworld (1979)
Career highlights
Jimmy first appeared in Tyger's Hart (1954), then Stranger in the City (1962), The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), The Elusive Pimpernel (1969), 10 Rillington Place (1971), The XYY Man (1977), Coronation Street (1978), The Company of Wolves (1984), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Martin Chuzzlewit (1994), My Hero (2002), Finding Neverland (2004) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005). He played Ernie Prang, driver of the Knight Bus, in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).
Facts
Before becoming an actor, Jimmy worked as both a clapper boy at Gainsborough Studios, and as playwright John Osborne's personal driver. Jimmy's father Teddy was a jockey; he won the Epsom Oaks riding Pogrom in 1922, and came second in the 1923 Epsom Derby. Jimmy was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal as an air gunner with No. 10 Squadron during World War Two. The medal was one of several stolen by thieves from the Yorkshire Air Museum in 2014.
Michael Guest (Mongol bandit)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Mongol bandit in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Saxon hunter in The Time Meddler (1965)
Played: Interviewer in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965-66)
Career highlights
His acting debut came in Quatermass and the Pit (1958-59), then Pathfinders in Space (1960), R3 (1965), The Champions (1968), Menace (1970), Upstairs, Downstairs (1972), Special Branch (1974) and Dixon of Dock Green (1975), after which he went into production, helming Memoirs of a Survivor (1981), Starship (1985), A Woman's Guide to Adultery (1993) and The Toybox (2005).
O. Ikeda (Yeng)
This was his only credit.
Peter Lawrence (Vizier) Sep 1 1924 to Feb 9 1998 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Further work included How Green was My Valley (1960), Crossroads (1964), Weavers Green (1966), Department S (1969), The Befrienders (1970) and Play for Today (1978).
Tutte Lemkow (Kuiju) Aug 28 1918 to Nov 10 1991
Doctor Who credits
Played: Kuiju in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Ibrahim in The Crusade (1965)
Played: Cyclops in The Myth Makers (1965)
Choreographed: The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
Career highlights
Norwegian born Tutte had a long career appearing in The Lost People (1949), Moulin Rouge (1952), Hancock's Half Hour (1957), The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Moon-Spinners (1964), The Wrong Box (1966), Fiddler on the Roof (1971, as the title character), Theatre of Blood (1973), Huntingtower (1978), Sphinx (1981), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Red Sonja (1985). He was also an experienced choreographer, including on Casino Royale (1967), and helped adapt Ibsen's The Wild Duck (1983) for film, for which he was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award.
Facts
Tutte's first wife was Swedish actress Mai Zetterling.
In memoriam: Buried at Golders Green Crematorium, Barnet, London
Zienia Merton (Ping-Cho) Dec 11 1945 to Sep 14 2018 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Ping-Cho in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Registrar in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (2009)
Career highlights
Burmese born Zienia debuted in Masters of Venus (1962), then had roles in The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964), Help! (1965), The Chairman (1969), Strange Report (1969), The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), Casanova (1971), Jason King (1972), Beryl's Lot (1973), The Wilde Alliance (1978), The Other Side (1979), The History Man (1981), Bergerac (1983), The Brief (1984), Tenko (1984), Grange Hill (1985), Lovejoy (1986), Chiller (1995), Crime Traveller (1997), The Lakes (1997), Family Affairs (2000), Dinotopia (2002), Judge John Deed (2006), Coronation Street (2008), Wire in the Blood (2008), Law and Order UK (2009) and Wizards vs Aliens (2013). She regularly played Sandra Benes in 35 episodes of Space: 1999 (1975-77).
Facts
In the pilot episode of Space: 1999, the moon is blasted out of Earth's orbit on September 13th, 1999. By sad coincidence, Zienia passed away on September 14th, 19 years later. In another nice piece of closure, one of the first TV jobs Zienia had was Marco Polo, and 55 years later the very last work she completed before her death was the narration for the BBC audio reading of the Marco Polo novelisation (released posthumously).
Martin Miller (Kublai Khan) Sep 2 1899 to Aug 26 1969 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Czech-born Martin's career began in Squadron Leader X (1943), then Night Boat to Dublin (1946), Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948), The Gamma People (1956), Peeping Tom (1960), Children of the Damned (1963), The Pink Panther (1963) and Department S (1969). He died just a week before his 70th birthday while filming the Michael Caine/ Omar Sharif film The Last Valley (1971) in Austria.
Facts
After fleeing from the persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany, Martin (born Rudolph Muller) established the Little Viennese Theatre in Britain in 1939. During the 1950s, he appeared in over 1,000 performances of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap as Mr Paravacini on stage. He was married to actor Hannah Norbert.
Derren Nesbitt (Tegana) Born Jun 19 1935
Career highlights
Derren's first credit was in Sword of Freedom (1957), followed by Room at the Top (1959), Victim (1961), The Rat Catchers (1967), The Prisoner (1967), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Monte Carlo or Bust (1969), Burke and Hare (1972), Spy Story (1976), Return of the Saint (1979), The Chinese Detective (1982), Eat the Rich (1987), Bullseye! (1990), Hale and Pace (1993), Flawless (2007) and Home for Christmas (2014). He had recurring roles as Campbell Goffin in Emergency Ward 10 (1963), DCI Jordan in Special Branch (1969-70) and Judge Arnold Francis in The Courtroom (2004). He also wrote, directed and produced sex comedy The Amorous Milkman in 1975.
Facts
His career was damaged in 1973 when he was convicted of assault causing actual bodily harm on his wife, actress Anne Aubrey. He thrashed her on the bare buttocks with a leather strap after she admitted an affair.
Basil Tang (Office foreman) Dec 22 1912 to Dec 19 2000
Doctor Who credits
Played: Office foreman in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Chinese diplomat in Day of the Daleks (1972, uncredited)
Played: Coolie in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977, uncredited)
Career highlights
Other work includes Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Callan (1967) and Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977).
Philip Voss (Acomat) Aug 20 1936 to Nov 13 2020 (cancer and complications from coronavirus)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Acomat in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Wahed in The Dominators (1968)
Career highlights
Philip's debut came in Top Secret (1962), then Suspense (1963), No Hiding Place (1964), The Troubleshooters (1970), Elizabeth R (1971), Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973), Melissa (1974), Lillie (1978), Ladykillers (1980), Octopussy (1983), Clockwise (1986), Inspector Morse (1987), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Boon (1995), Let Them Eat Cake (1999), Fish (2000), North Square (2000), The Brides in the Bath (2003), About Time (2013) and Vicious (2013-16).
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Philip here.
Charles Wade (Malik) Apr 2 1901 to Dec 14 1968
Career highlights
Other credits include David Copperfield (1956), The Avengers (1961), Dixon of Dock Green (1965) and Z Cars (1967).
Zienia Merton (Ping-Cho) Dec 11 1945 to Sep 14 2018 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Ping-Cho in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Registrar in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (2009)
Career highlights
Burmese born Zienia debuted in Masters of Venus (1962), then had roles in The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964), Help! (1965), The Chairman (1969), Strange Report (1969), The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), Casanova (1971), Jason King (1972), Beryl's Lot (1973), The Wilde Alliance (1978), The Other Side (1979), The History Man (1981), Bergerac (1983), The Brief (1984), Tenko (1984), Grange Hill (1985), Lovejoy (1986), Chiller (1995), Crime Traveller (1997), The Lakes (1997), Family Affairs (2000), Dinotopia (2002), Judge John Deed (2006), Coronation Street (2008), Wire in the Blood (2008), Law and Order UK (2009) and Wizards vs Aliens (2013). She regularly played Sandra Benes in 35 episodes of Space: 1999 (1975-77).
Facts
In the pilot episode of Space: 1999, the moon is blasted out of Earth's orbit on September 13th, 1999. By sad coincidence, Zienia passed away on September 14th, 19 years later. In another nice piece of closure, one of the first TV jobs Zienia had was Marco Polo, and 55 years later the very last work she completed before her death was the narration for the BBC audio reading of the Marco Polo novelisation (released posthumously).
Martin Miller (Kublai Khan) Sep 2 1899 to Aug 26 1969 (heart attack)
Career highlights
Czech-born Martin's career began in Squadron Leader X (1943), then Night Boat to Dublin (1946), Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948), The Gamma People (1956), Peeping Tom (1960), Children of the Damned (1963), The Pink Panther (1963) and Department S (1969). He died just a week before his 70th birthday while filming the Michael Caine/ Omar Sharif film The Last Valley (1971) in Austria.
Facts
After fleeing from the persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany, Martin (born Rudolph Muller) established the Little Viennese Theatre in Britain in 1939. During the 1950s, he appeared in over 1,000 performances of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap as Mr Paravacini on stage. He was married to actor Hannah Norbert.
Derren Nesbitt (Tegana) Born Jun 19 1935
Career highlights
Derren's first credit was in Sword of Freedom (1957), followed by Room at the Top (1959), Victim (1961), The Rat Catchers (1967), The Prisoner (1967), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Monte Carlo or Bust (1969), Burke and Hare (1972), Spy Story (1976), Return of the Saint (1979), The Chinese Detective (1982), Eat the Rich (1987), Bullseye! (1990), Hale and Pace (1993), Flawless (2007) and Home for Christmas (2014). He had recurring roles as Campbell Goffin in Emergency Ward 10 (1963), DCI Jordan in Special Branch (1969-70) and Judge Arnold Francis in The Courtroom (2004). He also wrote, directed and produced sex comedy The Amorous Milkman in 1975.
Facts
His career was damaged in 1973 when he was convicted of assault causing actual bodily harm on his wife, actress Anne Aubrey. He thrashed her on the bare buttocks with a leather strap after she admitted an affair.
Basil Tang (Office foreman) Dec 22 1912 to Dec 19 2000
Doctor Who credits
Played: Office foreman in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Chinese diplomat in Day of the Daleks (1972, uncredited)
Played: Coolie in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977, uncredited)
Career highlights
Other work includes Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Callan (1967) and Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977).
Philip Voss (Acomat) Aug 20 1936 to Nov 13 2020 (cancer and complications from coronavirus)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Acomat in Marco Polo (1964)
Played: Wahed in The Dominators (1968)
Career highlights
Philip's debut came in Top Secret (1962), then Suspense (1963), No Hiding Place (1964), The Troubleshooters (1970), Elizabeth R (1971), Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973), Melissa (1974), Lillie (1978), Ladykillers (1980), Octopussy (1983), Clockwise (1986), Inspector Morse (1987), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Boon (1995), Let Them Eat Cake (1999), Fish (2000), North Square (2000), The Brides in the Bath (2003), About Time (2013) and Vicious (2013-16).
In 2014 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Philip here.
Charles Wade (Malik) Apr 2 1901 to Dec 14 1968
Career highlights
Other credits include David Copperfield (1956), The Avengers (1961), Dixon of Dock Green (1965) and Z Cars (1967).
UNCREDITED GUEST CAST
Gordon Bremworth (Mongol bandit; Palace guard)
Gordon Bremworth (Mongol bandit; Palace guard)
Ronald Chee (Palace guard)
Stanley Chen (Mongol bandit) A Stanley Chen married a Leonie Robertson in Lambeth, London, in 1959. This could be him, as no other Stanley Chens come up in restricted UK BMD searches.
Su Chin (Attendant to the Empress)
Robert Chow (Traveller to Peking; Courtier)
Clem Choy (Mongol warrior; Chinese villager; Attendant to Ping-Cho; Palace guard; Litter bearer; Soldier) May 21 1944 to Dec 28 2010. A Clement C Choy married a Mary P McSweeney in Wandsworth, London, in 1967. In 2013, their son Jason completed a London to Paris sponsored cycle ride in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care, stating on his Just Giving page that he lost both his parents to cancer at a relatively young age. The site has a photo of Clem and Mary on their wedding day.
Harry Dillon (Spittoon bearer to the Khan) Harry also appeared in three episodes of the 1965 series Volpone.
Eton F'Ong (Mongol porter; Courtier)
Kay Fong (Noblewoman; Courtier)
Maung Hlashwe (Mongol porter; Courtier)
Irene Ho (Chinese villager)
John Lee (Mongolian warrior; Litter bearer; Palace guard)
Philip Lee (Palace guard)
Boon Wan Lee (Mongol porter)
Violet Leon (Chinese lady of quality; Traveller to Peking; Courtier) Violet was the great-aunt of Peter Ware, journalist on Doctor Who Magazine 2007-2023.
L.L Lim (Mongol porter) Paperwork also lists a Lloyd Lam as playing uncredited Traveller to Peking and Courtier in 'Mighty Kublai Khan'. Could Lloyd Lam and L.L Lim be one and the same?
Henry Loy (Mongol porter; Courtier) Henry and Iris could well have been related.
Iris Loy (Courtier) Iris and Henry could well have been related.
Carlton Ngui (Palace guard) Artist Marc Ngui mentions that his father was named Carlton Ngui on his website. As it is such an unusual name, it's possible this is the same man. Marc was born in Guyana and later moved to Canada.
W A Scully (Courtier)
Suk Hee S'Hng (Attendant at Wang-Lo's inn; Courtier)
Peggy Sirr (Chinese lady; Traveller to Peking; Courtier) Mar 14 1929 to Dec 5 2021. Burmese-born Peggy ran the Oriental Casting Agency between 1991-2015. She had a recurring role as Jo in the 1985-87 series The Mistress.
Doreen Tang (Attendant to the Empress) It's possible Doreen was related to Basil Tang, who was credited as playing Office foreman (see above).
Aman Tokyo (Mongol porter; Attendant at Wang-Lo's inn; Courtier)
Roy Vincente (Mongol bandit; Courtier) Died 1994. Roy worked as a stuntman on series such as Man in a Suitcase, Strange Report and The Protectors, and the Bond film You Only Live Twice.
Ying Wiu (Servant at Way Inn; Courtier)
Santos Wong (Mongol bandit; Palace guard) It's possible his name was actually Santso Wong, but there is a 'Santos' credited on Theatricalia as appearing in a production of The World of Suzie Wong at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, in 1959, and a 'Santso' on IMDB as appearing in 1961's The Terror of the Tongs (as well as Doctor Who).
CREW
John Lucarotti (writer) May 20 1926 to Nov 20 1994 (spinal cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Marco Polo (1964), The Aztecs (1964), The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966), The Ark in Space (provided idea for story, uncredited, 1975)
Career highlights
John's writing career began in 1954 with Playbill, followed by work on Tomahawk (1957), Encounter (1958), City Beneath the Sea (1962), Dimensions of Fear (1963), Secret Beneath the Sea (1963), Ghost Squad (1963), Dr Finlay's Casebook (1965), The Avengers (1961-65), The Troubleshooters (1965-70), Joe 90 (1969), Paul Temple (1971), Moonbase 3 (1973), Operation Patch (1976), Star Maidens (1976), The Onedin Line (1974/78), The Ravelled Thread (1979-80) and Into the Labyrinth (1981). He also worked for French and Swiss television.
Facts
In November 1990, John wrote a short story under the Brief Encounter banner for Doctor Who Magazine (issue 167), later to become known as The Meeting. It featured the First Doctor, and was his final completed work before his death.
Waris Hussein (director, episodes 1-3 & 5-7) Born Dec 9 1938 Click here for Waris Hussein's entry on An Unearthly Child
John Crockett (director, episode 4) Jan 31 1918 to Oct 11 1986
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Marco Polo (episode 4, 1964), The Aztecs (1964)
Career highlights
John began his career with a travelling theatre company called The Compass Theatre, taking quality drama to people who might not ordinarily get to see it, and then he moved into directing stage productions. It was this that led to his brief TV directing career on Suspense (1963) and Compact (1964-65), after which he became an art teacher in Somerset.
Facts
John spent his final years as a Benedictine monk at Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire, where he is now buried.
Verity Lambert (producer) Nov 27 1935 to Nov 22 2007 (cancer) Click here for Verity Lambert's entry on An Unearthly Child
Mervyn Pinfield (associate producer) Feb 28 1912 to May 20 1966 Click here for Mervyn Pinfield's entry on An Unearthly Child
David Whitaker (story editor) Apr 18 1928 to Feb 4 1980 (lymphoma) Click here for David Whitaker's entry on An Unearthly Child
CREW
Doctor Who credits
Wrote: Marco Polo (1964), The Aztecs (1964), The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966), The Ark in Space (provided idea for story, uncredited, 1975)
Career highlights
John's writing career began in 1954 with Playbill, followed by work on Tomahawk (1957), Encounter (1958), City Beneath the Sea (1962), Dimensions of Fear (1963), Secret Beneath the Sea (1963), Ghost Squad (1963), Dr Finlay's Casebook (1965), The Avengers (1961-65), The Troubleshooters (1965-70), Joe 90 (1969), Paul Temple (1971), Moonbase 3 (1973), Operation Patch (1976), Star Maidens (1976), The Onedin Line (1974/78), The Ravelled Thread (1979-80) and Into the Labyrinth (1981). He also worked for French and Swiss television.
Facts
In November 1990, John wrote a short story under the Brief Encounter banner for Doctor Who Magazine (issue 167), later to become known as The Meeting. It featured the First Doctor, and was his final completed work before his death.
Waris Hussein (director, episodes 1-3 & 5-7) Born Dec 9 1938 Click here for Waris Hussein's entry on An Unearthly Child
John Crockett (director, episode 4) Jan 31 1918 to Oct 11 1986
Doctor Who credits
Directed: Marco Polo (episode 4, 1964), The Aztecs (1964)
Career highlights
John began his career with a travelling theatre company called The Compass Theatre, taking quality drama to people who might not ordinarily get to see it, and then he moved into directing stage productions. It was this that led to his brief TV directing career on Suspense (1963) and Compact (1964-65), after which he became an art teacher in Somerset.
Facts
John spent his final years as a Benedictine monk at Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire, where he is now buried.
Verity Lambert (producer) Nov 27 1935 to Nov 22 2007 (cancer) Click here for Verity Lambert's entry on An Unearthly Child
David Whitaker (story editor) Apr 18 1928 to Feb 4 1980 (lymphoma) Click here for David Whitaker's entry on An Unearthly Child
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