{PDF EPUB} Doctor Who the Myth Makers by Donald Cotton the MYTH MAKERS

Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Doctor Who The Myth Makers by Donald Cotton THE MYTH MAKERS. The war was a 10 year long siege of the city of Troy, on the north-western coast of modern Turkey, by the invading Greek armies. The war had been caused by the 'abduction' of the Helen, wife of Menelaus, the Spartan king, by Paris, second son of the king of Troy. After 10 years, the Greeks, whose ranks included the heroes Achilles and Odysseus, were desperate for a speedy end to the conflict, and the opportunity would be presented to them in the most unlikely of manners. The story's main triumph is in the characterisations. The Heroes of the ancient world are portrayed in a totally new light - Achilles, the utterly invincible Greek warrior, is a cowardly dandy; Odysseus, the brave traveller of whom epic poems were written, is a maniacal pirate; Paris the ancient equivalent of an upper-class public schoolboy; Menelaus a slobbering drunkard. The characters are also portrayed excellently by the guest cast, which includes such famous (in the Sixties) names as Max Adrian, Barrie Ingham and Frances White, as well as Doctor Who veterans Ivor Salter and Tutte Lemkow. As with all comedy scripts, a large amount of the humour is generated by the actors' delivery of the lines, but the scripts alone should present a fair idea of the nature of the episodes. Unusually, the last part marks a complete change of direction - the invasion of Troy and subsequent massacre is dealt with in a much more sombre tone, and suddenly the dangers of the ancient become horribly real as the laughs are replaced by gritty battles and screams of death. The Myth Makers. The Doctor has adopted many guises in his time, but to be hailed as the great god Zeus is a bit of a shock. Yet this is exactly what happens when the TARDIS lands on the plains of Asia Minor, not far from the city of Troy. Taken to the Greek camp by Achilles, the Doctor is introduced to Agamemnon and Odysseus and forced to admit his less-than-godlike status. He is then given just two days to come up with a strategy for defeating the Trojans. Meanwhile, Steven and Vicki have been taken prisoner by the other side. The Trojans are convinced that Vicki is a spy — and to prove her loyalty she must concoct a plan to defeat the Greeks! Like the Doctor, she has just two days to do it. Luckily for the Doctor, a certain someone has already devised a scheme for beating the Trojans. Even if the wooden horse was invented for a piece of fiction written in the eighth century, it still works. As the opposing forces come face to face in a climactic battle, there are dangers aplenty for both Steven and Vicki. By the time the TARDIS moves away again, it will have both lost and gained a crew member. We arrived in your time entirely by accident. It's just another mis-calculation by the Doctor. Steven Taylor. TITLE SEQUENCE. 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Doctor Who: The Myth Makers (Classic Novels) Long, long ago on the great plains of Asia Minor, two mighty armies faced each other in mortal combat. The armies were the Greeks and the Trojans, and the prize they were fighting for was Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. To the Greeks it seemed that the city of Troy was impregnable and only a miracle could bring them success. And then help comes to them in a most mysterious way, as a strange blue box materialises close to their camp, bringing with it the Doctor, Steven and Vicki, who soon find themselves caught up in the irreversible tide of history and legend. Stephen Thorne, who appeared in several episodes of the classic BBC TV Doctor Who series, reads Donald Cotton’s complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1985. ‘BBC Audiobooks has chosen well with its books and has taken the right approach with its readers. they benefit from new music and sound effects’ - Doctor Who Magazine. Cotton, D: "Doctor Who" - The Myth Makers. Long, long ago on the great plains of Asia Minor, the armies of Greeks and Trojans faced each other in mortal combat, and the prize they were fighting for was Helen. To the Greeks, it seemed that the city of Troy was impregnable and only a miracle could bring them success. And then help comes to them in a most mysterious way. Donald Cotton became interested in writing and acting after he joined the drama society at Nottingham University, where he had studied zoology before transferring to English and philosophy. During the Fifties he wrote for and appeared in numerous stage revues. His first television work - a musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol - came in 1955 for ITV. His BBC debut was in 1958, as a contributor to a late-night revue show, Better Late! This was followed by a period of radio work as a writer for the BBC's Third Programme. It was story editor Donald Tosh who contacted Cotton about writing for Doctor Who and this resulted in his penning two scripts for the show: The Myth Makers (1965) and The Gunfighters (1966). At this point Tosh left the show, and the new production team wished to steer away from adventures in history, so Cotton's association with the programme ended. Having helped to develop the BBC series Adam Adamant Lives!, he grew disillusioned with television and concentrated instead on the theatre, where he had continued success as a playwright and actor throughout the Sixties and Seventies. He retired from acting in 1981, but continued his writing career into the Eighties. He novelised his two Doctor Who scripts for the Target range, and also novelised Dennis Spooner's similarly themed The Romans. Target Books also produced an original novel called The Bodkin Papers: Being the Memoirs of Josiah Bodkin, Bird about Town and Parrot of the World (1986), the bird in question being the 150-year-old parrot companion to Charles Darwin. Cotton died in January 2000. Author biography by David J. Howe, author of The Target Book, the complete illustrated guide to the Target Doctor Who novelisations. The Myth Makers ★★★★ Storyline Landing outside the ancient city of Troy, to which the Greeks have laid siege for a decade, the travellers soon become separated. The Doctor, initially mistaken for Zeus, is taken to the Greek camp, Steven follows him, and the Tardis containing Vicki is transported to Troy. The Greeks force the Doctor to devise a way of conquering their enemies while Vicki, christened Cressida by King Priam, must prove she is not a spy. The Greeks enter the city via the Doctor’s Trojan horse, and the Doctor and an injured Steven leave in the Tardis with Katarina, a Trojan handmaiden. Vicki stays behind with Priam’s son Troilus, with whom she’s fallen in love. First transmissions 1. Temple of Secrets – Saturday 16 October 1965 2. Small Prophet, Quick Return – Saturday 23 October 1965 3. Death of a Spy – Saturday 30 October 1965 4. Horse of Destruction – Saturday 6 November 1965. Production Location filming: August/September 1965 at Frensham Ponds, Surrey Filming: September 1965 at Ealing Studios Studio recording: September/October 1965 at Riverside 1. Cast Doctor Who – William Hartnell Vicki – Maureen O’Brien Steven Taylor – Peter Purves King Priam – Max Adrian Agamemnon – Francis de Wolff Odysseus – Ivor Salter Paris – Barrie Ingham Cassandra – Frances White Cyclops – Tutte Lemkow Hector – Alan Haywood Achilles – Cavan Kendall Menelaus – Jack Melford Troilus – James Lynn Katarina – Adrienne Hill Messenger – Jon Luxton. Crew Writer – Donald Cotton Incidental music – Humphrey Searle Designer – John Wood Story editor – Donald Tosh Producer – John Wiles Director – Michael Leeston-Smith. RT Review by Mark Braxton This rollicking historical works like a Trojan to distract viewers from the fact that this isn’t a Dalek adventure – something they would have expected after the little tease that was Mission to the Unknown. And while there isn’t a plunger to be seen, this is still a belting effort from former radio writer Donald Cotton. It shares The Romans’ blend of the bawdy and the barbaric, but ultimately achieves a more serious, even tragic tone. Sprightly playing and frolicsome lines (“You superstitious, dart-dodging decadent”/”Why can’t you learn to behave like a king instead of a dropsical old camp follower?”) make it all the sadder that The Myth Makers is yet another adventure that received the “delete” directive. As do the memorable if vaguely comic-strip characters, including the unaccountably rabid Cassandra (Frances White) with her voice to grate onions, Barrie Ingham’s effete and funny Paris, Tutte Lemkow’s shifty mute Cyclops, and Ivor Salter’s rambunctious Odysseus, cackling dementedly and rolling his “r”s with piratical glee.

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