TEXT: Broadcast: 30 May, 1964 Duration: 24 minutes 11 seconds [SCENE_BREAK] 1: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE TLOTOXL: No, no, this is not Yetaxa. This is a false goddess!... (Quietly.) and I shall destroy her... [SCENE_BREAK] 2: INT. TEMPLE. ANTE ROOM (BARBARA is alone, deep in thought. The DOCTOR walks in, furious.) DOCTOR: Well, young woman, I hope you're satisfied? A happy day for you, eh? BARBARA: Doctor, please... DOCTOR: You wouldn't be advised, would you? Oh dear me no, you knew better! BARBARA: I couldn't stand by and watch that man being sacrificed! DOCTOR: Do you think we felt any differently? BARBARA: Of course not. DOCTOR: Then why not leave well alone? Human sacrifice is their tradition - their religion! There's nothing we can do about it. BARBARA: I had to try! DOCTOR: Yes, and what happened? Tlotoxl lost faith in you, our lives are in danger and Susan is locked up in some kind of seminary! BARBARA: Well at least she is safe there. DOCTOR: (Shouts.) Safe? Safe? My dear child, she was perfectly safe here until you started meddling! BARBARA: Look, I wanted it to rain without that man being killed! I wanted them to see that his death was unnecessary... DOCTOR: Don't you realise he wanted to be offered to the gods? It made him feel one... BARBARA: I just didn't think about it... DOCTOR: Oh, that's just it - you didn't think! (BARBARA starts to break down, and sits on a chair.) BARBARA: (Sobbing.) Oh, go away... leave me alone... (The DOCTOR pats her gently on her arm.) DOCTOR: I'm sorry, my dear. I didn't mean to be so harsh with you. BARBARA
SUMMARY:
The arrival of the TARDIS in 15th century Mexico leads the crew to the doomed Aztec people, a mixture of high culture and brutal savagery. Matters are further complicated when Barbara is mistaken for a god and the Doctor becomes engaged to be married.