Tegana's distrust and hostility towards the time travelers due to his superstitious beliefs, creating a potential threat to the group's safety.

The Doctor and companions are ambushed by Tegana’s Mongol warriors on a Himalayan mountainside, who immediately brand them as 'evil spirits' and demand their execution. Ian attempts to reason with …

Marco Polo interrogates Ian and Barbara about the TARDIS’s design, probing its impossible dimensions and function. His skepticism clashes with Tegana’s superstitious fear of the travelers as 'evil spirits,' escalating …