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}}The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was | }}The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a hollow [[wood]]en statue of a [[horse]] used by [[Agamemnon]] and the [[Greek]] army to invade the city of [[Troy]]. The [[First Doctor]] did not, at the time, believe the Trojan Horse to be an actual historical event, but rather an invention of Homer for his account of the [[Trojan War]]. Threatened with execution by Agamemnon and [[Odysseus]] if he did not devise a method to swiftly defeat the [[Trojan]]s, the Doctor first hoped to create flying machines for the Greeks. However, when Odysseus insisted the Doctor be the first test pilot, the Doctor reluctantly designed the Trojan Horse for the Greeks. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'') | ||
Much later, the [[Fourth Doctor]] stated that he didn't come up with the idea of the Trojan Horse. ([[TV]]: ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'') | Much later, the [[Fourth Doctor]] stated that he didn't come up with the idea of the Trojan Horse. ([[TV]]: ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'') | ||
