TEXT: Broadcast: 6 June, 1964 Duration: 25 minutes 27 seconds [SCENE_BREAK] 1: INT. BARRACKS TLOTOXL: A false goddess forbids it! (To IXTA.) Destroy him! BARBARA: (Behind them all.) Stop! (She has entered the room unseen by all. The fight stops. She walks up to TLOTOXL, who looks at her with contempt.) TLOTOXL: Your place is in the temple. BARBARA: I am loyal to those who serve me. TLOTOXL: (Points at the fight.) If you are Yetaxa...save him!! (BARBARA looks down uncertainly at the groggy IAN and then seizes a knife which she holds at a TLOTOXL'S throat.) BARBARA: If my servant dies, so does Tlotoxl! (To IXTA.) Put it down. (He puts the club down.) BARBARA: I did as you commanded. Now you must obey me. Those who serve me shall not be punished. TLOTOXL: (With reluctance.) So be it. PERFECT VICTIM: (Clacks the sticks together again.) The contest is ended. Ixta may not claim the victory. (He hands the sticks over to TONILA and leaves. Everyone bows to him.) AUTLOC: (To the guards.) Attend Yetaxa's servant. Take the old man to the courtyard. And in obedience to Yetaxa, release him. (TLOTOXL walks over to IAN, now unconscious on the table. He snatches up the thorn stuck in IAN'S wrist, snags IXTA, and drags him off to the side.) TLOTOXL: Is it true? The old man gave you this... to win a victory? IXTA: It is true. TLOTOXL: It is not magic...it is the juice from a plant. Tonila will know. Why did he aid you? IXTA: It was
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 andthe Doctor becomes engaged to be married.