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Often when Doctor Who visits Earth’s past, a lot is made of whether the characters can “change” history or not. Outcomes vary, but it’s oddly refreshing to look back on the series’ first historical, Marco Polo, where the question never comes up. Instead, the story creates stakes by thrusting the TARDIS team smack in the middle of the rivalries, duplicity and politics of quasi-real events in history, and letting the drama naturally unfold. At seven episodes, it’s a gradual unfolding — and some accounting for the time it was made is a given — but even if you don’t grade on a curve, Marco Polo sets a strong standard for Doctor Who historicals, missing or not.
Commentary for Marco Polo begins at 21:21.
Color reconstruction of Marco Polo (audio combined with telesnaps and audio) at DailyMotion.
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Pull To Open: Marco Polo
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
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By Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
4.7
3636 ratings
Often when Doctor Who visits Earth’s past, a lot is made of whether the characters can “change” history or not. Outcomes vary, but it’s oddly refreshing to look back on the series’ first historical, Marco Polo, where the question never comes up. Instead, the story creates stakes by thrusting the TARDIS team smack in the middle of the rivalries, duplicity and politics of quasi-real events in history, and letting the drama naturally unfold. At seven episodes, it’s a gradual unfolding — and some accounting for the time it was made is a given — but even if you don’t grade on a curve, Marco Polo sets a strong standard for Doctor Who historicals, missing or not.
Commentary for Marco Polo begins at 21:21.
Color reconstruction of Marco Polo (audio combined with telesnaps and audio) at DailyMotion.
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Story Essentials
Pull To Open: Marco Polo
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
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