Season 1 (1963-1964)

Marco Polo: The Singing Sands

Last Updated 13 Mar 2013 by Harry Ward

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The Singing Sands

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The Singing Sands

Series Episode Number: 15

First Broadcast: Sat 29 Feb 1964 - 05:15:02pm
Running Time: 26 minutes 34 seconds

Appreciation Index: 62

Chart Position: 33
Recorded on Fri 07 Feb 1964 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: Missing

The caravan journeys across the dry Gobi desert. Tegana secretly slashes the water gourds, losing almost all of the precious water.

Characters
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Susan Foreman		Carole Ann Ford
Barbara Wright		Jacqueline Hill
Ian Chesterton		William Russell
Marco Polo		Mark Eden
Tegana		Derren Nesbitt
Ping-Cho		Zienia Merton
Attendent on Ping-Cho		Zohra Sehgal
Mongolian Warrior		Clen Choy
Mongolian Warrior		John Lee

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		John Lucarotti
Director		Waris Hussein
Producer		Verity Lambert
Studio Sound		Jack Brummitt
Incidental Music		Tristram Cary
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare
Make-up Supervisor		Ann Ferriggi
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Designer		Barry Newbery
Lighting		John Treays
Story Editor		David Whitaker
Film Editor		Richard Barclay
Production Assistant		Douglas Camfield
Assistant Floor Manager		Catherine Childs
Film Editor		Elmer Davies
Film Editor		John House
Associate Producer		Mervyn Pinfield

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