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the myth makers

story 20 : season 3 : serial U : 4 episodes

Producer: John Wiles
Director: Michael Leeston-Smith
Writer: Donald Cotton
Script Editor: Donald Tosh
Designer: John Wood

cast information

William Hartnell (Dr. Who); Maureen O'Brien (Vicki); Peter Purves (Steven Taylor); Adrienne Hill (Katarina); Cavan Kendall (Achilles); Alan Haywood (Hector); Ivor Salter (Odysseus); Francis de Wolff (Agamemnon); Jack Melford (Menelaus); Tutte Lemkow (Cyclops); Max Adrian (King Priam); Barrie Ingham (Paris); Frances White (Cassandra); Jon Luxton (Messenger); James Lynn (Troilus);

crew information

Dawn Robertson (Assistant Floor Manager); Daphne Dare (Costumes); Tony Pearce (Costumes); Derek Ware (Fight Arranger); Peter Hamilton (Film Cameraman); Caroline Shields (Film Editor); Humphrey Searle (Incidental Music); Elizabeth Blattner (Make-Up); Sonia Markham (Make-Up); David Maloney (Production Assistant); Richard Brooks (Production Assistant); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Ralph Walton (Studio Lighting); Dave Kitchen (Studio Sound); Bryan Forgham (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Temple of Secrets 16 October 1965 at 17:50 24'45" 8.3mil does not exist
2 Small Prophet, Quick Return 23 October 1965 at 17:50 24'43" 8.1mil does not exist
3 Death of a Spy 30 October 1965 at 17:50 25'39" 8.7mil does not exist
4 Horse of Destruction 6 November 1965 at 17:50 24'25" 8.3mil does not exist
  1. Temple of Secrets
    » Clips exist in the form of an 8mm home movie reel shot off a television set
  2. Small Prophet, Quick Return
    » Clips exist in the form of an 8mm home movie reel shot off a television set
  3. Death of a Spy
  4. Horse of Destruction
    » Clips exist in the form of an 8mm home movie reel shot off a television set

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- The Myth Makers
Written by: Donald Cotton
Number 097 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
1985 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: Andrew Skilleter
ISBN: 0 491 03580 2
12 September 1985 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Andrew Skilleter
ISBN: 0 426 20170 1

plot synopsis

The TARDIS is mistaken for the Temple of Zeus in Troy, in the midst of the Trojan War, and the Doctor is thought to be a God. Steven, disguised as a warrior, takes on Achilles, whom the Doctor helps to defeat Hector, and bring about the fall of Troy. Vicki falls in love with Troilus, and decides to stay behind, while an unexpected new companion arrives on board the TARDIS, as Katarina, a slave girl, helps the badly injured Steven on board the vessel

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