The Doctor, Vicki and Steven arrive on the plains outside the city of Troy during the Trojan War. The arrive during the epic one-on-one battle between Hector and Achilles. Achilles kills Hector and believes The Doctor to be Zeus, king of the Gods. The Doctor is forced to return with Achilles to the Greek camp. Along the way, they are joined by Odysseus, who believes The Doctor to be a Trojan spy.
Steven and Vicki, who remained in the Tardis debate what to do. Steven leave the Tardis, in hopes of rescuing The Doctor. He is captured by the Greek spy Cyclops and taken to Odysseus. The Tardis is found by the Trojans, who take it back with them to Troy with Vicki still inside.
The Greeks demand that The Doctor and Steven help them to defeat the Trojans before they will let him continue on his travels. The Doctor attempts to devise a flying machine that will help the Greeks gain entrance into Troy. Meanwhile, Vicki has emerged from the Tardis when the Trojans start debating on whether to burn the Tardis on a pyre, as is suggested by the Trojan prophet Cassandra.
King Priam renames Vicki, calling her Cressida. Vicki, as Cressida, forms a romantic attachment to Priam's youngest son Troilus. Steven, who has been sent out to fight Paris in Achilles' stead, is captured by Paris and the Trojans. Vicki greets Steven, and is thus accused by Cassandra of being a Greek spy. Steven and Vicki are thrown into the Trojan dungeon, where Vicki (as Cressida) is to come up with a idea on how to end the war.
The Doctor, still in the Greek camp, decides to use the ruse of the Trojan Horse when the flying machine idea doesn't work out. The Doctor, Odysseus and a group of hand-picked Greek soldiers hide inside the horse, which is taken inside Troy. As is does in the legendary story, the Greeks inside the horse come out during the night, open the gates and the sacking of Troy begins.
Priam, Paris and Cassandra are captured by Odysseus. Odysseus kills Priam and Paris and Cassandra is given to the Greek leader Agamemnon. Steven, who escaped the dungeon with Vicki's help, is injured fighting a Trojan soldier. He is helped to the Tardis by Cassandra's handmaiden Katarina. Meanwhile, Troilus, who has been looking for Steven outside the city, finds Achilles and kills him in one-on-one combat. Troilus is injured during the combat.
Vicki has decided to stay behind as she's fallen in love with Troilus. Vicki finds Troilus on the plain outside the city, where they are rescued by the arrival of Troilus' cousin Aeneas and together they escape the area. The Doctor, the injured Steven and Katarina depart Troy in the Tardis.
The Myth Makers is yet another missing story, and I chose to listen to the audio version on CD (pictured above). The Myth Makers keeps one on the edge of your seat up until the very end. This time around, rather than simply being observers in major events, The Doctor and his companions are actual participants with The Doctor being the one who instigates the famous Trojan Horse ruse. While any missing episodes are a real shame, this is such a good story that I'm really sorry that none of this still exists in the BBC archives.
Vicki gets a nice send-off, and we get introduced to our newest companion Katarina. Katarina was an interesting choice for a replacement for Vicki, but sadly she wouldn't be a companion for very long.
The Myth Makers show that, done correctly, a strictly historical story can be quite entertaining. However, by this time in the show's run the historical was beginning to be phased out. The science fiction stories would far outnumber the historical episodes this season as the science fiction stories simply garnered better ratings than the historical stories. A bit of a shame, really, as the historical stories in series/season three are some of the best stories from the First Doctor era.
