TV Club: Marco Polo

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Absolutely - and they can be even better with the narrated soundtrack from the BBC.

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I don’t think I have any that are the combined Loose Cannon and BBC Audio version with linking narration, but I’ve heard that strongly recommended as the best way to go if you can.

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Some of the recons even have short animated bits, and they’re pretty good.

I agree with everything you’ve said. I always urge people to give one a go. But if it’s not for you, fair enough.

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Personally I love the recons and always watch them. I don’t find the still images bother me at all. Better than nothing! (but worse than the real episodes :frowning: )

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Personally I think recons are best enjoyed whilst doing something else, that way you can watch and enjoy it without getting too bored!

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Always like a good Recon, then again I haven’t tried the linked Narration yet properly, so my Mind might change when I eventually get around to it. (But as @sircarolyn said they are still worse than having the real Thing, oh well I suppose we who fans should be grateful for so much still surviving.. hmm, or not I am a Doctor Who Fan, so I am greedy :smiling_face_with_horns: /j

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Oh no, please don’t do that, at least not on a first-time watch! You’ll lose the little extra context you get from the telensnaps!

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I just finished all 7 parts of Marco Polo , it was enjoyable! I wish Ping-Cho didn’t get married though :pensive_face:

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She doesn’t! Her ancient fiancee dies before they get married.

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Really?? I think I missed that part then

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Ohhh thank you :sob:

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this was the only story in the first doctor’s run that I skipped when I was going in order, it was just too long and I couldn’t get into it. I finished it recently though, because I wanted to have them all watched before moving on to the second doctor, and I actually ended up quite liking it, because by this time I was more used to recons and also was missing Ian and Barbara, and Susan, so it was a lot more enjoyable on the second try. I loved the friendship between Susan and Ping-Cho as well, I thought it was quite sweet

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I just experienced this story for the fourth time a few days ago, and whereas in the past I’d done the 30-minute BBC version and the recons, this time I decided to listen to the audio with William Russell’s narration. So I sat back, closed my eyes, and wow, did the story impress so much more this way! Easily a 9/10 now, and I really wish this one would return.

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The BBC audio is so lovely and atmospheric! William Russell’s voice is so gorgeous. It’s like honey.

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It really is! I loved the sound effects, particularly things like the sandstorm.

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This was the first time I ever watched a reconstructed episode. Beyond that, I’ll also admit that I’m not a huge fan of the pure historicals (with some very rare exceptions like The Peterloo Massacre). But that really must say something about this story in particular because, even through telesnaps, I really dug how this looked. It’s a testament to the artistic ambitions that went into it that, even through those stills, the costuming and set design just bursts out of the frame.

I mean, I could take or leave the actual story, but aesthetically, I have a lot of fondness for this one.

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