Marco Polo

Marco Polo was the first story to be entirely missing, the only things remaining being the audio and screenshots. To review this serial, I watched the condensed version found on the 'Edge of Destruction' R2 DVD release. It's a fast paced and interesting story, but the fact that the original was seven episodes in length and the version I watched was only one might have had something to do with that.

Nevertheless, I was drawn into the world very quickly and found the character of Marco Polo great to watch. 'Marco Polo' feels very dated with all the BBC english and the low quality of the black and white images, but if you ignore these facts, you've got a classic expedition story complete with the search for water and bandits. I think that it could have gone on for longer but I'm content with the version we've got. Hopefully more reconstructions of this type will be on the way in the not-too-distant future.