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Classic Who S3 • Serial 3 · (0/4 episodes intact)

The Myth Makers

3.25/ 5 226 votes

First aired Saturday, October 16, 1965
Production Code U
Written by Donald Cotton
Directed by Michael Leeston-Smith
Runtime 100 minutes
Time Travel Past
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Pure Historical Celebrity Historical
Locations Earth Troy
Synopsis

When the TARDIS arrives on the plains of Asia Minor not far from the besieged city of Troy, the Doctor is hailed by Achilles as the mighty god Zeus and taken to the Greek camp. He meets Agamemnon and Odysseus. Forced to admit he is a mere mortal — albeit a traveller in space and time — he is given two days to devise a scheme to capture Troy.

Steven and Vicki, meanwhile, have been taken prisoner by the Trojans. Vicki, believed to possess supernatural powers, is given two days to banish the Greeks to prove she is not a spy.

4 Episodes:

First aired Saturday, October 16, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Donald Cotton
Directed by Michael Leeston-Smith
UK Viewers 8.3 million
Appreciation Index 48

Synopsis

The TARDIS lands in the middle of the Trojan War, where the Doctor is mistaken for the god Zeus.

First aired Saturday, October 23, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Donald Cotton
Directed by Michael Leeston-Smith
UK Viewers 8.1 million
Appreciation Index 51

Synopsis

While Odysseus forces the Doctor to find a way to win the war, Steven decides to get himself taken prisoner in order to enter Troy and find Vicki and the TARDIS.

First aired Saturday, October 30, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Donald Cotton
Directed by Michael Leeston-Smith
UK Viewers 8.7 million
Appreciation Index 49

Synopsis

With Steven and Vicki being held prisoner by the Trojans, the Doctor's only hope of seeing them again is to suggest the idea of the Trojan Horse.

First aired Saturday, November 6, 1965
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Donald Cotton
Directed by Michael Leeston-Smith
UK Viewers 8.3 million
Appreciation Index 52

Synopsis

The Doctor waits inside the Trojan Horse for a chance to reach his companions but Steven's assumed identity as a Greek soldier and Vicki's growing feelings for Troilus endanger their escape.

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