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Mark Eden: 1928-2021

Mark Eden: 1928-2021

Actor Mark Eden, who played “Marco Polo” in the 1964 story has passed away at the age of 92. Eden was born in London in 1928 and decided to become an actor in his teens after falling in love with Shakespeare. However, he was unable to launch a career until he was almost 30, he told the Daily Express newspaper in 2013. “I contracted tuberculosis, spent two years in a sanatorium, worked on the fairgrounds, got married… in fact, I was…

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Missing Doctor Who story ‘Marco Polo’ comes to vinyl!

Missing Doctor Who story ‘Marco Polo’ comes to vinyl!

Demon Records presents the narrated TV soundtrack of a ‘lost’ seven-part adventure set in the 13th Century, starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, pressed on 4 x 140g Desert Sandstorm Vinyl. When the TARDIS breaks down in Central Asia, its occupants are met by the explorer Marco Polo. The year is 1289, and Marco is crossing the Gobi desert to Peking, for an audience with the emperor Kublai Khan. Marco sets his mind on offering the TARDIS as a…

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