Production
| Episode | Broadcast date | Run time | Viewers |
Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Temple of Secrets" | 16 October 1965 (1965-10-16) | 24:45 | 8.3 | Only stills and/or fragments exist |
| "Small Prophet, Quick Return" | 23 October 1965 (1965-10-23) | 24:43 | 8.1 | Only stills and/or fragments exist |
| "Death of a Spy" | 30 October 1965 (1965-10-30) | 25:39 | 8.7 | Only stills and/or fragments exist |
| "Horse of Destruction" | 6 November 1965 (1965-11-06) | 24:25 | 8.3 | Only stills and/or fragments exist |
This was the first story produced by new series producer John Wiles, replacing the original producer, Verity Lambert, in the role. Originally, the titles of all the episodes were intended by Dennis Spooner to be puns (as was that of Episode 2), including: "Zeus Ex Machina" and "Is There A Doctor In The Horse?". These titles were vetoed by the BBC, but the title of Episode 2 was allowed to remain only at script editor Donald Tosh's insistence.
Donald Cotton pulled material for his scripts from his extensive knowledge of classical and medieval literature, including the epics of Homer, the plays of Aeschylus and Euripides, Virgil's Aeneid, and Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.
William Hartnell suffered a bereavement while working on the story: the death of his Aunt Bessie, who had looked after him during his troubled childhood. Unfortunately, the tight recording schedules prevented Hartnell from taking time off to attend her funeral.
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