The Myth Makers is alright.  I really like Vicki as a character and this story features her pretty well, but I don't really like her exit here.  It's the same old boring trope of a character falling in love in a single story and bailing out of the adventure of a lifetime at the last minute.  That's my least favourite way for a companion to leave so it's never really fun to see.  I do like how stories contextualize this moment a bit down the road - that Vicki would go on to regret this decision a bit as one that was impulsive, but she does ultimately find a meaningful life in the antiquity era for herself.  Katarina's introduction on the other hand, felt pretty underwhelming.  Definitely one of the weaker ones for any companion I've seen thus far.

On paper, I think I should enjoy this historical more than I actually do.  The premise is pretty fun as the TARDIS crew find themselves on opposite sides of the Trojan War.  Yet a lot of characters and scenes in this world of ancient Greece kind of feel flat and boring.  I never really got pulled in by these episodes and the serial as a whole felt deeply underwhelming.  All that being said, I'm not too against The Myth Makers and feel like this review is a bit more negative in tone than the actual story deserves after all.  Sure, all these problems exist, and they are hard to completely ignore, but The Myth Makers gets away with a lot thanks to its kind of laid back energy.  The comedic tone and commitment of having at least some decent costumes and effort in the production give it just enough of a solid pace that this feels more like a cozy viewing experience rather than an outright boring one overall.

In that light, I might even go so far as recommending it, but you kind of have to know what you are in for especially with footage missing for all four episodes, which is a bit of a shame since it does seem like The Myth Makers had some cool visuals to it.  I always like the sets and costumes from this era.  It's so fun seeing what the crew could put together, often from what clearly must have been leftovers of other shows being made at the time that were sitting around BBC storage.  There's an underdog tone to the black and white era where I'm often amazed at their resourcefulness, and this story is a good example of that in action.  I do wonder if I'd like this one more if it were more easily accessible like the other historicals where all footage has been preserved.