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1. The TARDIS materializes in a snowy, mountainous landscape at the beginning of "The Roof of the World", the first episode of the seven in the serial. Which of the four time travelers is the first to see another person?
2. A malfunction has occurred within the TARDIS, and it has completely lost power. With no other option, the Doctor and his companions join Marco Polo's caravan. They are on their way to see Kublai Khan, who is at his Summer Palace, located where?
3. Traveling with Marco Polo's caravan is a young woman by the name of Ping-Cho, who is on her way to an arranged marriage to a 75-year-old man in the Khan's court. During the trip, she forms a close friendship with the Doctor.
4. In "The Singing Sands" (episode 2), Marco Polo's caravan must cross the Gobi Desert. Who gets caught outside when a sandstorm suddenly engulfs the caravan?
5. In episode 3 ("Five Hundred Eyes"), after making it across the Gobi Desert, the caravan stops at the way-station at Tun-Huang to resupply. Tegana slips away to make more evil plans, but is seen and followed to the Cave of Five Hundred Eyes, a (supposedly) former bandit lair. By whom?
6. Tegana works to turn Marco against the Doctor and his companions in "The Wall of Lies" (episode 4), but in the end the time travelers get themselves in trouble when the Doctor gets caught doing what Marco had expressly forbidden. What does he do?
7. With their movements restricted, the Doctor and his companions resolve to leave, and Ian cuts his way out of their tent. When he goes to knock out the guard, Ian finds him already dead.
8. In episode 5 ("Rider from Shang-Tu"), Marco must leave the caravan behind at Cheng-Ting and bring everyone more quickly to Kublai Khan by horseback. Tegana yet again tries to take advantage of the changing situation, and arranges for the TARDIS to be stolen. What is the name of his accomplice?
9. The "Mighty Kublai Khan" (episode 6) finally appears in the serial, but not everyone in Marco's entourage is there to meet him. Before arriving at the Khan's Summer Palace, Ping-Cho ran away, and Marco sent two people to find her. Who went?
10. In the final episode "Assassin at Peking", Marco Polo finally listens to the time travelers and saves Kublai Khan from Tegana at the last minute. Who kills Tegana at the end?
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