Nathan and Juliette are at it again as they talk about their very first missing story, Marco Polo. They talk about the reasons for the BBC not having every Doctor Who story and why we can still hear the audio. Nathan gushes over the dialog while but Juliette thinks that it’s just an excuse for innuendo. Juliette talks about the friendship between Susan and Ping-Cho while Nathan wants to know when Susan became a beatnik. They discuss whether Marco Polo really ever did any of this and why no one can see how evil Tegana sounds. They also talk about how Ian and the Doctor seem sidelined, and Juliette takes extreme offense that no one listens to Barbara. They wrap things up as the story takes a turn towards another popular series that they both enjoy.

Credit to David Burgess (@CloisterofDoom) for the cover image.

Episodes Reviewed:

Serial Title: Marco Polo (Loose Canon Reconstruction LC39)
Alternate Title: A Journey to Cathay (As the BBC didn’t assign titles to the serials until the 1970’s, some fans have other titles for the storylines that they consider “more accurate”. After the first three seasons no more of these alternate titles occur.)

Episode One: The Roof of the World (Air Date: February 22, 1964)
Episode Two: The Singing Sands (Air Date: February 29, 1964)
Episode Three: Five Hundred Eyes (Air Date: March 7, 1964)
Episode Four: The Wall of Lies” (Air Date: March 14, 1964)

Next episode of Timestreams: We’ll cover episodes 5-7 of Marco Polo (A Journey to Cathay).

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