The TARDIS arrives on the plains of Asia Minor during the Trojan War, and when the Doctor emerges the credulous Achilles mistakes him for Zeus. The brutal Odysseus finds this highly unlikely, especially when he catches Steven trying to rescue his friend. When the TARDIS disappears, and the Doctor is thus unable to present a miracle to the Greeks, he is sentenced to passing - but Odysseus, intrigued by the newcomers, offers to spare the Doctor's life if he comes up with a way to end the war. The TARDIS has in fact been captured by the Trojans and taken into the city, where Vicki befriends the royal family, adopts the name Cressida - and makes a bitter enemy of the high priestess Cassandra, who feels she has a monopoly on foretelling the future. Outside the city, the Doctor eventually has little choice but to suggest the construction of a large wooden horse, and history takes its unfortunate course. Vicki, who has fallen in love with the Trojan prince Troilus, rescues him from the massacre, and together they join cavalry leader Aeneas and set off to found another city - Rome. Having lost one companion, the Doctor and Steven depart from Troy with a temple handmaiden named Katarina.

Doctor Who (1963) Season 3 Episodes...

• s03e01 - Four Hundred Dawns (1)
• s03e02 - Trap of Steel (2)
• s03e03 - Air Lock (3)
• s03e04 - The Exploding Planet (4)
• s03e05 - Mission to the Unknown
• s03e06 - Temple of Secrets (1)
• s03e07 - Small Prophet, Quick Return (2)
• s03e08 - Death of a Spy (3)
• s03e09 - Horse of Destruction (4)
• s03e10 - The Nightmare Begins (1)
• s03e11 - Day of Armageddon (2)
• s03e12 - Devil's Planet (3)
• s03e13 - The Traitors (4)
• s03e14 - Counter Plot (5)
• s03e15 - Coronas of the Sun (6)
• s03e16 - The Feast of Steven (7)
• s03e17 - Volcano (8)
• s03e18 - Golden Death (9)
• s03e19 - Escape Switch (10)
• s03e20 - The Abandoned Planet (11)
• s03e21 - Destruction of Time (12)
• s03e22 - War of God (1)
• s03e23 - The Sea Beggar (2)
• s03e24 - Priest of Death (3)
• s03e25 - Bell of Doom (4)
• s03e26 - The Steel Sky (1)
• s03e27 - The Plague (2)
• s03e28 - The Return (3)
• s03e29 - The Bomb (4)
• s03e30 - The Celestial Toyroom (1)
• s03e31 - The Hall of Dolls (2)
• s03e32 - The Dancing Floor (3)
• s03e33 - The Final Test (4)
• s03e34 - A Holiday for the Doctor (1)
• s03e35 - Don't Shoot the Pianist (2)
• s03e36 - Johnny Ringo (3)
• s03e37 - The O.K. Corral (4)
• s03e38 - The Savages (1)
• s03e39 - The Savages (2)
• s03e40 - The Savages (3)
• s03e41 - The Savages (4)
• s03e42 - The War Machines (1)
• s03e43 - The War Machines (2)
• s03e44 - The War Machines (3)
• s03e45 - The War Machines (4)

Doctor Who (1963) Show Summary

Doctor Who is the longest-running science fiction TV series in history, airing initially from 1963 to 1989. Doctor Who is about ideas. It pioneered sophisticated mixed-level storytelling. Its format was the key to its longevity: the Doctor, a mysterious traveller in space and time, travels in his ship, the TARDIS. The TARDIS can take him and his companions anywhere in time and space. Inevitably he finds evil at work wherever he goes...