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| A lovely posed shot of Ping-Cho (Zienia Merton) and the Doctor, from Five Hundred Eyes. Image restoration by Clayton Hickman. |
In the months that she has shared her adventures with the Doctor and his companions, young bride-to-be Ping-Cho has become a more independent person and enjoys their company, especially the similar-of-age Susan whose forthright opinions and sense of wonder deeply resonate. Fearful of her impending marriage to a much older man, and with her prior relationship with Marco Polo strained. Ping-Cho ultimately chooses to desert his travelling caravan to Cathay and tries to buy passage back to her Samarkand homelands when returning to the way station of Cheng-Ting. Unfortunately, her trusting nature gets the better of her and she is soon conned out of what little money she has by the eye-patched fiend Kuiju (Tutte Lemkow). Thankfully, the ever heroic Ian Chesterton is to the eventual rescue, under promise to Marco Polo to bring her back, whilst also finding that the once briefly stolen TARDIS (by Tegana, as a gift to his warrior leader) is now being delivered to Kublai Khan. With Ping-Cho saved from further harm and emotional distress as they return to the caravan, she encounters one of Kublai Khan's dashing warrior couriers in Ling-Tau (Paul Carson). Marriage to such a handsome and heroic man such as Tau would be a much better choice for Ping, if only there was a way out for her from pre-arranged events....
Selected images by Barry Newbery and Don Smith/Radio Times/BBC Studios.
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| Ping-Cho is deceived into giving money to bandit thief Kuiju (Tutte Lemkow), thinking that he will help her escape home. |
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| Journeying back to Cheng-Ting, Ian rescues the vulnerable Ping-Cho and must take her back to the travelling party now reaching the Summer Palace, but soon receives disturbing news from local way station manager Wang-Lo (Gabor Baraker). |
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| Ian and Ping-Cho discuss the recently stolen TARDIS. Thankfully it is soon recovered. |
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