Episode
Doctor Who: The Singing Sands
Overview
Tegana sabotages the party's water bags, leaving them in dire need of fresh supplies.
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1964-02-29
- Runtime
- 27 min
Episode context
The Singing Sands is Episode 15 in Season 1 of Doctor Who. It aired on 1964-02-29. The runtime is 27 min.
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Episode 14: The Roof of the World
The TARDIS experiences a total power failure and is stranded in the Himalayas in the 13th century. The travellers are forced to join the caravan of the famous explorer, Marco Polo, in order to survive -- but Polo, fascinated by their claims that the TARDIS can fly through the air, seizes it on behalf of Kublai Khan in the hope that presenting the Khan with such a fabulous gift will convince him to let Polo return home to Venice. The travellers are forced to accompany Polo on his long trek across Asia to the Khan's court, but their many attempts to reclaim their property are foiled -- not just by Polo, but by the war lord Tegana, who is apparently on a mission of peace but has entirely different plans for dealing with Kublai Khan...
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The Doctor and Susan are able to supply Marco with condensation that has formed inside the TARDIS, saving the group from dying of thirst. When the group are reunited with Tegana, the travellers begin to suspect he is up to something.
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