01x04 Marco Polo (lost).pdf

DOCTOR

WHO

MARCO POLO

E PISODE O NE

THE ROOF OF THE WORLD

BY JOHN LUCAROTTI

FIRST BROADCAST - 22 ND F EBRUARY , 1964

1. EXTERIOR THE TARDIS

(A Snowy Pass in a bleak mountainous range. BARBARA and SUSAN are outside the

TARDIS; SUSAN is kneeling down on her hands and knees in the snow, looking at a large

footprint.)

SUSAN: Must've been made by a giant!

(IAN emerges from the TARDIS, and kneels next to SUSAN as they examine the footprint.)

SUSAN: What do you make of this?

IAN: Well, it could be a perfectly ordinary footprint, Susan, and the Sun's melted the edges

and made it look a bit bigger.

(SUSAN hadn't thought of that.)

SUSAN: Oh.

(The DOCTOR staggers breathlessly from the ship.)

IAN: You alright, Doctor?

DOCTOR: Yes... Oh, a little bit out of breath. Oh, that's quite understandable. After all, we're

several thousand feet above sea level.

SUSAN: Do you know where we are, then, Grandfather?

(The DOCTOR is prepared to take credit, even if he does not know where they are.)

DOCTOR: Well, I directed the ship towards Earth and it looks as though I've been successful!

SUSAN: (Pointing to the footprints) But what about that?

DOCTOR: That? Oh, I can't see anything without my glasses! Anyway, I don't like this place!

You'll have to excuse me... I've got a lot of work to do first

(He bustles back into the TARDIS, mumbling to himself.)

IAN: Barbara, I wonder... do you think it could be the Earth? If it were, where do you think

we could be? In the Alps?

BARBARA: Or it could be the Andes...

SUSAN: Himalayas - the roof of the world!

IAN: The roof of the world? I wonder... If only... Ha! Well... the Doctor isn't very reliable,

you know. Mustn't count on it.

(The DOCTOR emerges once more from the TARDIS, in a panic.)

DOCTOR: Oh, dear, dear, dear, dear! We're always in trouble! Isn't this extraordinary - it

follows us everywhere!

IAN: What's the matter?

DOCTOR: All the lights in the ship have gone out! The whole circuit has burned itself to a

cinder, and added to that it affected the water - we haven't got any!

IAN: Well, the water's no bother, Doctor. I mean, we've got snow...plenty of it... but how

about the heating?

DOCTOR: Oh, the heating as well! Everything's gone to pot!

BARBARA: But that's serious... we could freeze to death!

(The DOCTOR turns angrily to BARBARA)

DOCTOR: Serious!... Are you telling? - there's no need for you to tell me that, really!

IAN: I think I'd better try and find some fuel.

DOCTOR: Fuel? Now where on earth do you expect to find fuel here, hmm?

(IAN is irritated by the DOCTOR's fatalistic response.)

IAN: Well, I must try, mustn't I?

DOCTOR: Oh well, I wish you luck!

BARBARA: I'll come with you, Ian.

IAN: Thank you.

SUSAN: Yes, me too!

IAN: No, Susan, you stay here.

DOCTOR: You stay with me, child. You might be able to help me.

SUSAN: OK.

IAN: Oh, come on, Barbara, we haven't much time!

DOCTOR: Now, Susan, go into the ship and fetch me the 2-L-O, will you? You know what it

is. Even if I do find the fault, I don't suppose I shall be able to repair it before it gets dark, and

then we shall all freeze to death!

(IAN and BARBARA set off into the snow.)

2. EXTERIOR MOUNTAINS

(Further down the mountain, IAN and BARBARA are still struggling through the blizzard.

BARBARA is exhausted.)

BARBARA: Ian, wait a minute. I... I must rest!

(IAN isn't prepared to give up yet, and urges BARBARA on.)

IAN: Come on, Barbara! We haven't found anything yet. We must find something!

BARBARA: Alright then, you go on... I'll catch up with you

IAN: Alright.

(IAN moves on into the blizzard, leaving BARBARA to herself for a moment.)

BARBARA: Oh, it's hopeless!

(Suddenly, she sees a dark figure through the snow and cries out.)

Ian! (IAN rushes back.)

IAN: What is it? What's the matter?

BARBARA: I... there was... there was an animal or something! Just standing there staring at

me!

(She points in the direction she had seen the figure. IAN looks and, apparently seeing nothing

unusual, shrugs his shoulders.)

You don't believe me, do you? Well, look at these footprints!

(She draws his attention to the indentations in the snow. IAN closely examines them.)

IAN: I'd better take you back to the ship.

(They head back the way they came.)

3. EXTERIOR THE TARDIS

(The DOCTOR and SUSAN are examining a broken piece of equipment from the TARDIS.)

SUSAN: Can you mend it, Grandfather, or have you got to make a new one?

DOCTOR: I'm afraid it's going to need a new one, dear... and it's going to take me days! Oh

well... I don't know, really... I always seem to...

(IAN returns, leading a distressed BARBARA.)

DOCTOR: Well, Chesterton?

IAN: Just as you predicted, Doctor, nothing but snow and ice

DOCTOR: Yes.

BARBARA: Have you found the fault?

DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, but it's going to take such a long time...and time we don't have!

Now the only chance is to try and get down to a lower a-altitude and, er... er... you know...

before it gets cold... and we...

BARBARA: Doctor... there are strange things on the mountain. I- I saw one of them!

DOCTOR: What's she talking about now?

IAN: Well, I only saw a print.

DOCTOR: Print? What sort of print - paws, hooves, what?

IAN: To tell you the truth, I thought it was made by a fur boot.

(BARBARA sounds very distressed at IAN's disbelief.)

BARBARA: No, Ian, I-I'm sure it wasn't human!

DOCTOR: And if it were, that means there's shelter nearby!

(Off in the distance, SUSAN sees what appears to be a brightly coloured wagon, quickly

travelling away from them.)

SUSAN: Look!

(BARBARA sees it also.)

BARBARA: Look, there it is!

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