The troupe arrives in Troy,

where there's no Helen, Vicki falls in love,

and the Doc leaves but one Trojan left alive.

* * *

The Doctor, Vicki and Steven materialise just outside of Troy, and then get Hector killed, and themselves split up and captured.

The siege of Troy has raged on for 10 long years, and when Doc is suddenly mistaken for the God Zeus, the Greeks want him to win the war for him. Meanwhile, Vicki is stuck in the city and the Trojans want her to win the war for them. And Steven, oh, let's not even go there...

A few more tidbits about this Doctor Who serial:

- Helen never makes an appearance. (What?)

- A guy who looks exactly like Kuiju (of 'Marco Polo' fame) pops up as "the cyclops".

- We lose a companion. (Guess who...)

- The Doc makes up for it by kidnapping a new one.

This marvellous four-episode epic, sadly, is almost entirely lost. All we have left is the audio (well recon'd by Loose Cannon Productions, as always), a couple of grainy 8mm clips and some stills here and there. What a shame.