This is a completely missing serial. We watched recons.We watched the colour flash animation version of The Roof of the World (ep1) (edgy and sketchy but effective). Then the Loose Cannon colour stills version of ep2 (looks ok). We watched a B&W SIMS generated animated version for Ep3. Intriguing use of a gaming technology but it has the curious effect of 'recasting' every character as some computer "sprite" which leads to confusion about which character is which. So we went back to the Loose Cannon stills version for the rest.
This is a slowish, long read kind of story. It has the problem that more than half of the cliffhangers are bad guy Tegana about to threaten something or someone.
The story/plot is kind of unimportant. It seems to take second place to the character interaction.
Marco Polo is drawn as a desperate diplomat. Kublai Khan as a fussy old man. Other characters are cardboard cut out villains or bystander 'ticket inspectors' of some sort.
A good production and an interesting setting. Not what you expect if you want Daleks and terror but intriguing in other ways.
ABM Rating 3.00/4.00
LJM Rating 3.50/5.00
SPJ Rating 6.50/10.00
Peak Ranking No. 1 (out of 4)
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