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{{wikipediainfo|Cassandra}} | {{wikipediainfo|Cassandra}} | ||
{{Infobox Individual | {{Infobox Individual | ||
|species = Human | |||
|species = Human | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |father = Priam | ||
|father = Priam | |brother = Paris (The Myth Makers){{!}}Paris | ||
|brother = Paris (The Myth Makers){{!}}Paris | |brother2 = Hector | ||
|brother2 = Hector | |brother3 = Troilus | ||
|brother3 = Troilus | |first = The Myth Makers (TV story) | ||
|first = The Myth Makers (TV story) | |||
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... Prologue (short story)|Of the City of the Saved... Prologue]]'' | |appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... Prologue (short story)|Of the City of the Saved... Prologue]]'' | ||
|actor = Frances White | |actor = Frances White | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Cassandra''' was the High Priestess of [[Troy]] and the daughter of King [[Priam]]. The [[First Doctor]]'s [[companion]] [[Katarina]] served as her handmaiden. She was the sister of [[Paris (The Myth Makers)|Paris]], [[Hector]] and [[Troilus]]. | '''Cassandra''' was the High Priestess of [[Troy]] and the daughter of King [[Priam]]. The [[First Doctor]]'s [[companion]] [[Katarina]] served as her handmaiden. She was the sister of [[Paris (The Myth Makers)|Paris]], [[Hector]] and [[Troilus]]. | ||
For a time prior to the arrival of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], Cassandra had had nightmares of the future. A mean-spirited and vindictive sort, she nevertheless warned Priam and those associated with her that doom would come to Troy, the people of which had long failed to take her seriously. When [[Vicki Pallister | For a time prior to the arrival of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], Cassandra had had nightmares of the future. A mean-spirited and vindictive sort, she nevertheless warned Priam and those associated with her that doom would come to Troy, the people of which had long failed to take her seriously. When [[Vicki Pallister]], later called Cressida emerged from the TARDIS, which the Trojans had taken to the city, Cassandra immediately accused her of practising [[witch]]craft. She warned of the [[Trojan Horse]], a plan put into action by the First Doctor, borrowing the idea from [[Homer]], but to no avail. | ||
After the fall of Troy in which her father and her brother Paris were killed, she became the slave of the [[Greek]] warlord [[Agamemnon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Malera]]'') | After the fall of Troy in which her father and her brother Paris were killed, she became the slave of the [[Greek]] warlord [[Agamemnon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Malera]]'') | ||
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She was resurrected in the [[City of the Saved]] as a young woman. In [[AF 291]], while on [[the Tube]], Cassandra prophesied in painstaking detail the imminent [[City of the Saved Civil War|Civil War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... Prologue (short story)|Of the City of the Saved... Prologue]]'') | She was resurrected in the [[City of the Saved]] as a young woman. In [[AF 291]], while on [[the Tube]], Cassandra prophesied in painstaking detail the imminent [[City of the Saved Civil War|Civil War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... Prologue (short story)|Of the City of the Saved... Prologue]]'') | ||
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[[Category:Royalty from the real world]] | [[Category:Royalty from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:People from the real world encountered by the First Doctor]] | [[Category:People from the real world encountered by the First Doctor]] | ||
[[Category:City of the Saved residents]] | [[Category:City of the Saved residents]] | ||
