Marco Polo
daveyboy7472
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I know Marco Polo is a popular amongst a lot of people on the forum but for me, it's one story that I'm not too fond of. It isn't an awful story by any means, it's well written and acted and all the regulars have a reasonable contribution to the story. From the coloured telesnaps I've seen it looks quite good visually but in it's original black and white transmission that may not have been so obvious.
For me though, it's too long and repetitive and seriously gets trying over 7 episodes. It seems every single episode The Doctor tries to gain access or is stopped from entering the TARDIS and when he does there always seem to be some consequences. The first couple of times was interesting but after the umpeenth time it becomes annoying. I'm also not fond of third party narration so that also is another reason.
I will say though that it is hard to judge a story solely from the audio and telesnaps. Maybe if I could see it I may think differently but some of the issues I've mentioned above wouldn't really change that much.
For me though, it's too long and repetitive and seriously gets trying over 7 episodes. It seems every single episode The Doctor tries to gain access or is stopped from entering the TARDIS and when he does there always seem to be some consequences. The first couple of times was interesting but after the umpeenth time it becomes annoying. I'm also not fond of third party narration so that also is another reason.
I will say though that it is hard to judge a story solely from the audio and telesnaps. Maybe if I could see it I may think differently but some of the issues I've mentioned above wouldn't really change that much.
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The story is ambitious, which is one of the things I like about the Hartnell era. The DW team wanted to do bold new sorts of stories, and when they fell short of what they wanted to achieve (**glances at The Web Planet**) at least they were thinking big and aiming high.
I agree, compared to the other Historicals it is quite big in terms of costume, settings and characters and considering it was the first 'proper' historical. Also agree about Tegana, that Marco never really suspected him right to the end I thought was a bit unrealistic.
You can't really recapture the feel of lost stories through remakes. Just hope one day several more of these episodes turn up.
poppycod has them all.
Who?
Sorry, I suppose he started his forum holiday shortly before you arrived. He was in the same league with the legendary 'Dervish'.
A phenomenon probably reflecting a script revision from 'TARDIS' to 'the TARDIS' that failed to catch every instance. (The unfilmed and thus unrevised early script The Masters of Luxor used the reference 'TARDIS'.)
She gives occasional proof of her existence.
I do try, but I'm currently up to Meglos and rapidly losing the will to live.
But then it can't be long till you hit the Davison Deckchair. :cool: