"Assassin at Peking" | |
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Series Doctor Who Season 1, Episode 20 | |
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Air date | April 4th, 1964 |
Writers | John Lucarotti |
Director | Waris Hussein |
Producers | Verity Lambert; Mervyn Pinfield |
Starring | William Hartnell; William Russell; Jacqueline Hill; Carole Ann Ford |
Episode guide | |
Previous "Mighty Kublai Khan" |
Next "The Sea of Death" |
Synopsis[]
Cast[]
Principal Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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William Hartnell | The Doctor |
William Russell | Ian Chesterton |
Jacqueline Hill | Barbara Wright |
Carole Ann Ford | Susan Foreman |
Guest Stars[]
Actor | Role |
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Mark Eden | Marco Polo |
Derren Nesbitt | Tegana |
Zienia Merton | Ping-Cho |
Martin Miller | Kublai Khan |
Claire Davenport | The Empress |
Paul Carson | Ling-Tau |
Tutte Lemkow | Kuiju |
Peter Lawrence | Vizier |
David Anderson | Palace guard |
Gordon Bremworth | Palace guard |
Ronald Chee | Palace guard |
Su Chin | Attendant to the Empress |
Harry Dillon | Spittoon bearer |
Elton Fing-on | Courtier |
John Lee | Palace guard |
Philip Lee | Palace guard |
Violet Leon | Court lady |
Henry Loy | Courtier |
Iris Loy | Court lady |
Carlton Ngui | Palace guard |
W.A. Scully | Courtier |
Suk Hee Shng | Court lady |
Peggy Sirr | Court lady |
Basil Tang | Office foreman |
Doreen Tang | Attendant to the Empress |
Roy Vincente | Courtier |
Notes & Trivia[]
- This episode attracted 10.4 million viewers on initial broadcast.
- Claire Davenport, who plays the Empress, will go on to play slave dancer Yarna D'al' Gargan in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
See also[]
Media
The World of Doctor Who
Doctor Who miscellaneous
External Links[]
- "Assassin at Peking" at AMG
- "Assassin at Peking" at IMDB
- "Assassin at Peking" at the Doctor Who Wiki
- "Assassin at Peking" at TV.com Episode guide
- "Assassin at Peking" at TV Rage.com Episode guide
"Marco Polo" This is a multi-part storyline from series one of Doctor Who and is divided into seven chapters. Chapters
"The Roof of the World" • "The Singing Sands" • "Five Hundred Eyes" • "The Wall of Lies" • "Rider from Shang-Tu" • "Mighty Kublai Khan" • "Assasin at Peking" |