History Recap / DoctorWhoS3E3TheMythMakers

* BrokenPedestal

Meanwhile, Hector captures the TARDIS, believing it to be something of value that would make a nice sacrifice to the Gods. Priestess Cassandra calls him an absolute idiot for not realising the TARDIS is a trap, and that there are probably soldiers inside the thing. (She had a dream earlier about a horse and is pretty upset about the whole business.) Instead, Vicki comes out, and decides to just tell the truth about who she is, which entirely fails to impress the Trojans. King Priam is willing to listen to her, though, although he considers "Vicki" a ridiculous name and makes up the name "Cressida" for her instead.

The one where the Doctor nearly gets launched in a giant paper airplane.

* BreatherEpisode: A mostly comic romp through Greek mythology before diving into the longest serial in the show's history fighting the Daleks across time and galaxies. Fits even better because "Mission To The Unknown" immediately before had established that it was coming.

After trying to avoid it, the Doctor gives up and gives Odysseus the idea for the wooden horse. Troilus, Paris' brother, has meanwhile developed a bit of a crush on Vicki and genuinely believes that she's some kind of witch. She tries to tell him the truth, since the crush is mutual, but all her claims of not having any magic are moot when the Greeks suddenly disappear and leave behind nothing but a horse. Vicki is hailed as the woman who magicked the Greeks away, and the horse is brought into the city, where the Greeks (including the Doctor) promptly invade. During the final battle, Steven is wounded by Paris and assisted to the TARDIS by Katarina, a handmaiden of Cassandra. Vicki can't bear to leave Troilus, and she hastily stays behind while the Doctor, Steven and Katarina leave in the TARDIS.

* AncientGreece

* AscendedExtra: The novelisation elevates Cyclops, Odysseus's servant, to narrator and a much more omnipresent character. Not only does he survive, but he's blinded by the blow that killed him in the TV show, and goes on to become the blind poet Homer.

* {{Cukoloris}}: The BBC used the Trojan horse's shadow, along with model shots of the horse, to avoid the cost of building a full-size version.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: 'Upon my soul, you're making me as nervous as a Baccante at her first orgy'.

* AscendedExtra: The novelization elevates Cyclops, Odysseus's servant, to narrator and a much more omnipresent character. Not only does he survive, but he's blinded by the blow that killed him in the TV show, and goes on to become the blind poet Homer.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Thanks to her dreams, Cassandra correctly predicts that the Greeks will leave a "gift" on the plains outside of Troy, out of which will come soldiers who will kill everyone in Troy. At first, once Paris has brought it into the city, she's sure the TARDIS is the gift, and insists that it should be burned. Upon seeing the Trojan Horse, she knows exactly what it is and the danger it represents. But no one believes her.

* TroilusAndCressida: King Priam insists that Vicki take the name Cressida. Naturally, she falls in love with his son Troilus, and escapes from Troy with him rather than leaving in the TARDIS.

The TARDIS and occupants arrive on the plains outside the city of Troy in the middle of a fight between Hector and Achilles. Hector is distracted by the Doctor, believing him to be Zeus (he arrived right in the middle of some lightning strikes), and Achilles kills him. The Doctor attempts to leave, but is prevented from doing so by the arrival of Odysseus, who scoffs at the idea of the Doctor being Zeus. He takes him back to camp, and Steven follows to try and rescue him. Meanwhile, the Trojans find the TARDIS and take it inside their city, both the Greeks and the Trojans turn out to inhabit a massive WorldOfSnark, and Menelaus reveals that he's not too keen on having his cheating tart of a wife back anyway.

Meanwhile, Hector captures the TARDIS, believing it to be something of value that would make a nice sacrifice to the Gods. Priestess Cassandra calls him an absolute idiot for not realising the TARDIS is a trap, and that there are probably soldiers inside the thing. (She had a dream earlier about a horse and is pretty upset about the whole business.) Instead, Vicki comes out, and decides to just tell the truth about who she is, which entirely fails to impress the Troyans. King Priam is willing to listen to her, though, although he considers "Vicki" a ridiculous name and makes up the name "Cressida" for her instead.

With the TARDIS gone, the Doctor is forced to admit he is in fact a mortal. Agammemnon orders him killed, but Odysseus forces the Doctor and Steven to tell him the truth about who they really are. He accepts their story and, since he's not quite as clever as the legends make him out to be, he gives them two days to come up with a way for him to capture Troy and end the decade-long war. The Doctor briefly considers the whole wooden horse business but discards it as myth. They come up with a plan: Steven, pretending to Diomedes pretending to be Achilles, intentionally gets himself captured by a very reluctant Paris and ends up in Troy. This backfires immediately when Vicki blurts out his name and they're both thrown into the cells as Greek spies.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: 'Upon my soul, you're making me as nervous as a Baccante at her first orgy'. if you thought Steven Moffat was bad...

* TheTrojanWar

* AscendedExtra: The novelization elevates Cyclops, Odysseus's servant, to narrator and a much more omnipresent character. Not only does he survive, but [[spoiler: he's blinded by the blow that killed him in the TV show, and goes on to become the blind poet Homer]].

Meanwhile, Hector captures the TARDIS, believing it to be something of value that would make a nice sacrifice to the gods. Priestess Cassandra calls him an absolute idiot for not realising the TARDIS is a trap, and that there are probably soldiers inside the thing. (She had a dream earlier about a horse and is pretty upset about the whole business.) Instead, Vicki comes out, and decides to just tell the truth about who she is, which entirely fails to impress the Troyans. King Priam is willing to listen to her, though, although he considers "Vicki" a ridiculous name and dubs her "Cressida" instead.

With the TARDIS gone, the Doctor is forced to admit he is in fact a mortal. Agammemnon orders him killed, but Odysseus forces the Doctor and Steven to tell him the truth about who they really are. He accepts their story and, since he's not quite as clever as the stories make him out to be, he gives them two days to come up with a way for him to capture Troy and end the decade-long war. The Doctor briefly considers the whole wooden horse business but discards it as myth. They come up with a plan: Steven, pretending to Diomedes pretending to be Achilles, intentionally gets himself captured by a very reluctant Paris and ends up in Troy.

After trying to avoid it, the Doctor gives up and gives Odysseus the idea for the wooden horse. The Greeks invade Troy, and during the final battle Steven is wounded and assisted to the TARDIS by Katarina, a handmaiden of Cassandra. Vicki stays behind with Troilus while the Doctor, Steven and Katarina leave in the TARDIS.

Much like The Gunfighters, The Myth Makers is largely a comedy until the MoodWhiplash of the final episode.

With the TARDIS gone, the Doctor is forced to admit he is in fact a mortal. Agammemnon orders him killed, but Odysseus forces the Doctor and Steven to tell him the truth about who they really are. He accepts their story and, since he's not quite as clever as the stories make him out to be, he gives them two days to come up with a way for him to capture Troy and end the decade-long war. The Doctor briefly considers the whole wooden horse business but discards it as myth. They come up with a plan: Steven, pretending to Diomedes pretending to be Achilles, intentionally gets himself captured by a very reluctant Hector and ends up in Troy.

With the TARDIS gone, the Doctor is forced to admit he is in fact a mortal. Agammemnon orders him killed, but Odysseus forces the Doctor and Steven to tell him the truth about who they really are. He accepts their story and gives them two days to come up with a way to capture Troy and end the decade-long war. Meanwhile Vicki have been captured by the Trojans, who are convinced that she has supernatural powers and give her two days to banish the Greeks.

The TARDIS and occupants arrive on the plains outside the city of Troy in the middle of a fight between Hector and Achilles. Hector is distracted by the Doctor, believing him to be Zeus (he arrived right in the middle of some lightning strikes), and Achilles kills him. The Doctor attempts to leave, but is prevented from doing so by the arrival of Odysseus, who scoffs at the idea of the Doctor being Zeus. He takes him back to camp, and Steven follows to try and rescue him. Meanwhile, the Trojans find the TARDIS and take it inside their city, both the Greeks and the Trojans turn out to inhabit a massive WorldOfSnark, and Agamemnon reveals that he's not too keen on having his cheating tart of a wife back anyway.

The TARDIS and occupants arrive on the plains outside the city of Troy in the middle of a fight between Hector and Achilles. Hector is distracted by the Doctor, believing him to be Zeus, and Achilles kills him. The Doctor attempts to leave, but is prevented from doing so by the arrival of Odysseus, who scoffs at the idea of the Doctor being Zeus. He takes him back to camp, and Steven follows to try and rescue him. Meanwhile, the Trojans find the TARDIS and take it inside their city.

'''WARNING! THERE MAY BE UNMARKED SPOILERS!'''

* MissingEpisode: All four episodes are missing from the archives. There are a few brief off-screen 8mm clips made by a fan pointing his camera at the screen. These include Steven and Vicki in the TARDIS, the Doctor and Steven arguing after being captured by the Greeks and Vicki exiting the TARDIS in Troy, among others. The clips can be found on the Lost in Time DVD set.