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* Marco Polo was not a lone European traveler. Specifically, his travels were almost always family ones, and certainly would have been in 1289. No explanation is provided for why Marco's father Niccolo Polo and uncle Maffeo Polo, who he mentions in the first episode, are not present during this journey. | * Marco Polo was not a lone European traveler. Specifically, his travels were almost always family ones, and certainly would have been in 1289. No explanation is provided for why Marco's father Niccolo Polo and uncle Maffeo Polo, who he mentions in the first episode, are not present during this journey. | ||
Historical accounts may have gotten this fact wrong, as they often do. | ::Historical accounts may have gotten this fact wrong, as they often do. | ||
* The name [[Peking]] is an anachronism and the city should properly have been referred to as Khan-balik. Furthermore, had the title of episode 7 been "Assassin at Cambuluc", it would have been an accurate nod to the way that Marco Polo was known to have spelled the name of the city. | * The name [[Peking]] is an anachronism and the city should properly have been referred to as Khan-balik. Furthermore, had the title of episode 7 been "Assassin at Cambuluc", it would have been an accurate nod to the way that Marco Polo was known to have spelled the name of the city. | ||
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* [[William Hartnell]] has an odd hysterical fit in episode one, laughing his head off for a full minute at all the troubles that have befallen the travellers. | * [[William Hartnell]] has an odd hysterical fit in episode one, laughing his head off for a full minute at all the troubles that have befallen the travellers. | ||
The Doctor's reactions are often unexpected or unusual compared to those of humans. He obviously found something about their predicament particularly amusing. | ::The Doctor's reactions are often unexpected or unusual compared to those of humans. He obviously found something about their predicament particularly amusing. | ||
* In 1289, Polo was anxious to leave China against Kublai's wishes, so what's he doing on the Pamir Plateau? | * In 1289, Polo was anxious to leave China against Kublai's wishes, so what's he doing on the Pamir Plateau? | ||
Historical accounts may have gotten this fact wrong, as they often do. | ::Historical accounts may have gotten this fact wrong, as they often do. | ||
