U. The Myth Makers

TRANSMISSION DETAILS:

87. Temple of Secrets             16.10.65   5.50pm - 6.15pm   8.3M/34th/48%
88. Small Prophet, Quick Return   23.10.65   5.50pm - 6.15pm   8.1M/40th/51%
89. Death of a Spy                30.10.65   5.50pm - 6.15pm   8.7M/33rd/49%
90. Horse of Destruction          06.11.65   5.50pm - 6.15pm   8.3M/38th/52%

ODYSSEUS: Ivor Salter; AGAMEMNON: Francis de Wolff (1-3); ACHILLES: Cavan Kendall (1,4); CYCLOPS: Tutte Lemkow (1-3); HECTOR: Alan Haywood (1); MENELAUS: Jack Melford (1); KING PRIAM: Max Adrian (2-4); PARIS: Barrie Ingham (2-4); CASSANDRA: Frances White (2-4); MESSENGER: John Luxton (2); TROLIUS: James Lynn (3-4); KATARINA: Adrienne Hill (4). UNCREDITED: SOLDIERS: Gerry Alexander, Paul Barnes, Leslie Bryan, Derek Chafer, Norton Clark, Peter Day, Jack Duggan, John Freeman, Pat Gorman, James Hamilton, Graham Hardy, Tony Hennessy, Ricky Lancing, Ken Norris, Steve Pokol, Mike Reid, Peter Roy, Russell Scott, Donald Simons, Mike Stevens, Peter Blair Stewart, Derek Ware, Michael Wilder, Gary Wyler; CITIZENS OF TROY: Ian Anton, Victor Bailey, Michelle Barry, Margaret Bass, Eric Blackburn, Daphne Green, David Grenau, Walter Henry, John May, John Moore, John Moyce, Michael Osborne, Darrel Richards, Jack Rowlands, Joanna Smithers, Cara Stevens, Doreen Ubels, Stephen Ubels; EXTRAS: Ralph Carrigan, Roy Douglas, Mary McMillan, Christopher Stevens, Beverly Stevens, Chris Stevens, Pat Stevens; DOUBLE FOR HECTOR: Michael Wilder; DOUBLE FOR ACHILLES: Pat Gorman

STORY:

The TARDIS materialises near the beseiged city of Troy on the plains of Asia Minor where the Doctor is hailed by Achilles as the god Zeus and is taken to a Greek camp.

Steven and Vicki are captured by the Trojans and thought to possess supernatural powers. In order to prove she is not a spy Vicki is given two days to banish the greeks. Meanwhile the Doctor has been given the task of devisaing a scheme to capture Troy.

The Doctor believes the story of the Trojan horse to be false, but decides to create the horse, allowing the troops inside the Troy city. In the following battle Steven is injured.

Steven is helped aboard the TARDIS by the Doctor and a handmaiden of the Trojan prophetess Cassandra, Katarina. Vicki decides to stay behind with Troilus.

STUDIOS: Riverside Studio 1, Ealing Television Film Studios

LOCATIONS: Ham, Nr. Petersham, Surrey; Frensham Ponds, Nr. Guildford, Surrey

WORKING TITLES: The Trojans, Part 3 - Is There a Doctor in the Horse?

NOTES: Vicki leaves at the end of the story

NOVELISATION: The Myth Makers Donald Cotton