The Myth Makers (TV story)

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Summary

Upon arriving on the plains to Troy the TARDIS crew become involved in the events surrounding the seige of Troy and the plot to enter the city by means of a giant wooden horse (Click here for a more detailed summary)

Cast & Characters

Uncredited Cast

Crew

Notes

  • The working titles for this story included The Mythmakers, The Trojans, and The Trojan War. Individual episode titles included Deus ex Machina (episode 1) and Is There a Doctor in the Horse? (episode 3)
  • All 4 episodes of this story have been lost, with only very limited photographic material being held in the BBC archive
  • Some limited material from episodes 1, 2 and 4 exist in the form of 8mm home movie reel shot on a television set
  • One of the least documented stories, with only very limited material exisiting

Influences

Ratings

  • Temple of Secrets - 8.3m viewers
  • Small Prophet, Quick Return - 8.1m viewers
  • Death of a Spy - 8.7m viewers
  • Horse of Destruction - 8.3m viewers

Myths

Location Filming

Continuity

Discontinuity

Quotes

Story Arcs

Similar stories

References

More Info

Public Releases

  • DVD Release - This story has not yet been released on DVD.
  • Video Release - This story has not been released on video as only eleven short clips from episodes 1, 2 and 4 are known to exist. They are from a reel of 8mm film shot at a TV screen
The original audio of this story exists and was released as The Myth Makers in the form of 2 CD's with linking material provided by Peter Purves in January 2001
This audio has also been released as part of the Adventure in History CD Set in August 2003 [ISBN: 0 563 49494 8].
A photovideo reconstruction of this story has been produced by Loose Cannon Productions and more information can be found here

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