This story is often compared to ‘The Romans’ for its comedic slant. However it is best remembered for being the final story for Vicki who had joined the show at the beginning of the year. It also comes after the regulars had a week off after ‘Mission to the Unknown’ aired the week before. This story is a historical adventure in Homeric Troy. To be honest I’m was never a fan of this particular time in history despite this, I kept an open mind. With historical events you know how things are and it’s quite exciting to think that certain events are caused by the Doctor and/or his companions.
The story opens with the Doctor exiting the TARDIS and Achilles beliving that he is Zeus disguised as a beggar. Only in Doctor Who would this happen. Soon they are all separated and Vicki leaves the TARDIS with again the King and Paris think she has been sent by the Gods and rename her Cressida though this instantly causes a friction with Cassandra. As this is Vicki’s last story it might worth mention how good a character she was and how good an actress Maureen O’Brien was/is. It’s a shame that she didn’t stay for longer because I always thought that she is the character that Susan should have been. She got the exit story that she deserved, she didn’t get a Leela exit and by that I mean a totally unbelievable exit. It’s a little Leela like in that falls in love with Prince Troilus but goes a step further by getting married. O’Brien puts in a great performance throughout this story. Peter Purves takes a little bit of a back seat but makes up for it at the end when he gets injured and is taken into the TARDIS by Katarina. The story seemed to shoehorn Katarina into the TARDIS at the last moment. It seems obvious to say that character had a very short shelf life as she was killed off four weeks into the next story. Adrienne Hill is good as a supporting character but I think to last as a long term companion her character should have been a bit more like Leela, primitive yet not weak. Yet again the Doctor seems to be having a lot of fun during an adventure. He tries to get out of trying to help the Greeks that he proposes that they use a wooden horse which is of course the thing that everyone knows about the Ancient Greeks was the use of the horse. It was probably the first thing that Donald Cotton (the writer) was thinking was how to work the Trojan horse into the story.
The Myth Makers is an enjoyable adventure that would have been better when watched at the time. However despite it not being particularly outstanding in terms of originality, it does have something that makes it worth listening to. For a historical story it’s one of the better ones even with the comedic moments.
The story opens with the Doctor exiting the TARDIS and Achilles beliving that he is Zeus disguised as a beggar. Only in Doctor Who would this happen. Soon they are all separated and Vicki leaves the TARDIS with again the King and Paris think she has been sent by the Gods and rename her Cressida though this instantly causes a friction with Cassandra. As this is Vicki’s last story it might worth mention how good a character she was and how good an actress Maureen O’Brien was/is. It’s a shame that she didn’t stay for longer because I always thought that she is the character that Susan should have been. She got the exit story that she deserved, she didn’t get a Leela exit and by that I mean a totally unbelievable exit. It’s a little Leela like in that falls in love with Prince Troilus but goes a step further by getting married. O’Brien puts in a great performance throughout this story. Peter Purves takes a little bit of a back seat but makes up for it at the end when he gets injured and is taken into the TARDIS by Katarina. The story seemed to shoehorn Katarina into the TARDIS at the last moment. It seems obvious to say that character had a very short shelf life as she was killed off four weeks into the next story. Adrienne Hill is good as a supporting character but I think to last as a long term companion her character should have been a bit more like Leela, primitive yet not weak. Yet again the Doctor seems to be having a lot of fun during an adventure. He tries to get out of trying to help the Greeks that he proposes that they use a wooden horse which is of course the thing that everyone knows about the Ancient Greeks was the use of the horse. It was probably the first thing that Donald Cotton (the writer) was thinking was how to work the Trojan horse into the story.
The Myth Makers is an enjoyable adventure that would have been better when watched at the time. However despite it not being particularly outstanding in terms of originality, it does have something that makes it worth listening to. For a historical story it’s one of the better ones even with the comedic moments.
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