The First Doctor in the Trojan War
The First Doctor and his companions become embroiled in the politics and battles of the Trojan War, facing figures like Achilles, Agamemnon, Cassandra, Paris, and Priam.
Arc Timeline
Season 3
13 eventsThe Doctor emerges from the TARDIS just as Hector, in a final act of defiance, blasphemes Zeus and is slain by Achilles. The timing of the Doctor’s arrival—coinciding with a …
Odysseus arrives at the Greek camp and immediately challenges the Doctor’s identity as Zeus, exposing Achilles’ blind faith in the stranger. The Doctor’s evasive responses and the TARDIS’s alien appearance …
Odysseus, skeptical of the Doctor’s claim to be a mere traveler, interrogates him outside the TARDIS, dismissing its modest size as unworthy of Zeus. His probing—laced with sarcasm and suspicion—only …
Achilles publicly challenges Odysseus after the Greek king orders the Doctor’s forced removal from the TARDIS, escalating their conflict. Odysseus, skeptical of the Doctor’s divine claim, mocks his ‘modest temple’ …
The TARDIS, disguised as a captured Greek shrine, is paraded into Troy by Paris, who presents it to King Priam as a trophy of war. Priam’s initial skepticism turns to …
In a tense confrontation in Troy’s city square, Vicki’s sudden emergence from the TARDIS disrupts Priam’s plan to burn it as a potential Greek trick. While Cassandra immediately brands her …
In a tense Greek tent, Steven seizes the moment to propose a daring plan: infiltrating Troy as a captured Greek soldier to rescue Vicki. The Doctor, preoccupied with devising a …
Steven, posing as Diomede, intercepts Paris’s challenge to Achilles and stages a duel to exploit the Trojan prince’s vanity. After feigning defeat, he surrenders and lavishes Paris with exaggerated praise—calling …
In Priam’s palace, Cassandra’s desperate warnings about the wooden horse as a Greek deception are met with outright dismissal. Paris mocks her prophecies, attributing Troy’s recent good fortune to Cressida’s …
Inside the cramped, suffocating confines of the Trojan Horse, the Doctor’s nervous technical concerns about the horse’s stability are abruptly cut short by Odysseus, who asserts absolute control over the …
Inside the Trojan Horse, the Doctor’s moral outrage erupts into a direct confrontation with Odysseus, who reveals his ruthless pragmatism and self-interest. The Doctor, trapped and desperate to escape, accuses …
The Greek invasion reaches its brutal climax as Odysseus and his soldiers breach Priam’s palace, cornering the Trojan king and his children. Priam, still reeling from the realization of the …
The Doctor, Katarina, and Vicki rush to get the gravely injured Steven into the TARDIS as Odysseus and his soldiers close in. Odysseus, seizing the moment of chaos, demands the …