Episode
Doctor Who: Mighty Kublai Khan
Overview
The Doctor, Ian and Barbara are forced to surrender to Tegana and Marco, leaving both of them the opportunity to gain possession of the TARDIS.
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 1964-03-28
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Mighty Kublai Khan is Episode 19 in Season 1 of Doctor Who. It aired on 1964-03-28. The runtime is 25 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 18: Rider from Shang Tu
The Doctor and his friends elect to warn Marco of Acomat's attack even though it means losing their chance to gain access to the TARDIS.
Episode 20: Assassin at Peking
Tegana finally makes his move to assassinate the Khan, giving the Doctor and his friends an opportunity to thwart his plans and regain the TARDIS.
More episodes from this season
Episode 17: The Wall of Lies
The Doctor's group manage to rescue Barbara from the Mongols but once more Marco remains unaware of Tegana's involvement.
Episode 21: The Sea of Death
The alien world of Marinus. Perfect peace has reigned here for decades due to the mind-controlling influence of a machine known as the Conscience. But now a race known as the Voord have developed an immunity and Arbitan, keeper of the machine, has been forced to scatter the vital control keys around the planet. Now he needs the help of the time travellers to get them back - it will be an extraordinary journey, with perils every step of the way...
Episode 16: Five Hundred Eyes
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.
Episode 22: The Velvet Web
The Doctor and his friends arrive in the apparently idyllic city of Morphoton but Barbara soon begins to realise there is more to their hosts than meets the eye.
Episode 15: The Singing Sands
Tegana sabotages the party's water bags, leaving them in dire need of fresh supplies.
Episode 23: The Screaming Jungle
The search for the second key takes the travellers to a jungle where Ian and Barbara come under threat from rapidly growing plants.
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...
Episode 24: The Snows of Terror
Searching for the third key, Ian and Barbara meet with the sinister trapper Vasor before following Susan and the others into a cave system guarded by the mysterious Ice Soldiers.
Episode 13: The Brink of Disaster
The TARDIS is adrift, the crew turning on each other. Only by working together can they find their way out before they are destroyed.
Episode 25: Sentence of Death
The group are reunited with the Doctor in the city of Millennius where Ian faces trial for murder after the fourth key is stolen.