TEXT: 5:50pm - 6:15pm [SCENE_BREAK] 1: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (It is the next morning. Where the TARDIS once stood, there are now only footprints in the sand.) [SCENE_BREAK] (The DOCTOR, AGAMEMNON, ODYSSEUS and CYCLOPS arrive at the spot. They all look round. Behind them STEVEN is held by several soldiers. CYCLOPS hands the Trojan plaque to ODYSSEUS who glances over it.) ODYSSEUS: Well, father Zeus, where is this temple of yours? DOCTOR: Well, it should be about here somewhere, hmm! It's rather hard to understand, these sandy plains are so much alike, hmm! (AGAMEMNON looks at the various tracks.) AGAMEMNON: Well, something has been here. ODYSSEUS: And someone, too. (He points.) ODYSSEUS: For see, some several tracks lead up to Troy. Lord Agamemnon, admit your fault - these men are spies! AGAMEMNON: So it would begin to seem. Bring on the prisoner. (STEVEN is shoved forward by a pair of soldiers.) AGAMEMNON: Well, father Zeus, you have but one chance left to prove yourself. (He indicates STEVEN.) AGAMEMNON: Kill this Trojan spy. ODYSSEUS: Yes, fling a thunderbolt or some such, do. Do rise to the occasion! DOCTOR: This sacrifice can only be performed within the temple. ODYSSEUS: Which temple is in Troy, therefore would we release you? Just so. (The DOCTOR sighs.) ODYSSEUS: I for one have had enough! (The DOCTOR realises the game is up.) DOCTOR: Do not labour this point! I am not Zeus, and this young man is a friend of mine. Neither of us are Trojans, sir. AGAMEMNON: I care not who you are. Seize him! (The soldiers
SUMMARY:
Missing episode When the TARDIS arrives on the plains of Asia Minor not far from the besieged city of Troy, the Doctor is hailed by Achilles as the mighty godZeus and taken to the Greek camp. He meets Agamemnon and Odysseus. Forced to admit he is a mere mortal - albeit a traveller in space and time - he is given two days to devise a scheme to capture Troy. Steven and Vicki, meanwhile, have been taken prisoner by the Trojans. Vicki, believed to possess supernatural powers, is given two days to banish the Greeks to prove she is not a spy.