O jovem veneziano Marco Polo está a caminho da corte do Imperador em Peking quando encontra os intrépidos viajantes do tempo, pois a TARDIS pousou na Terra no ano de 1289.
Marco Polo reconhece na TARDIS um meio de ganhar as graças do Imperador. Mas no final o Doctor não possui ninguém além de si mesmo para culpar pela perda de sua maravilhosa máquina do tempo - a qual ele perde em uma aposta com Kublai Khan...
Títulos dos capítulos[]
The Roof of the World
The Emissary of Peace
Down to Earth
The Singing Sands
The Desert of Death
A Tale of Hashashins
Five Hundred Eyes
The Wall of Lies
Too Many Kan-Chow
Bamboozled
Rider from Shang-Tu
Runaway
The Road to Karakorum
Mighty Kublai Khan
Gamblers
Best-laid Schemes
Key to the World
Diferenças da história televisionada[]
Marco Polo não tem uma luta de espadas com Tegana para salvar Kublai Khan.
Tegana morre por uma flecha de Ling-Tau. Na história televisionada, Tegana se mata com sua espada.
Notas de escrita e publicação[]
Dedicação: Em memória carinhosa do Original Inimitável, William 'Bill' Hartnell
Junto com The Myth Makers, esta novelização teve o maior número de cópias vendidas em sua primeira impressão das novelizações da Target (65.000)
Galeria de capas[]
Edição de capa dura; capa por David McAllister
Edição da Target Books; capa por David McAllister
Histórico de publicação britânica[]
Primeira publicação:
Capa dura, pela W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. do Reino Unido
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