History Trivia / DoctorWhoS3E3TheMythMakers

* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/WilliamHartnell 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. This led to exacerbating Hartnell's already incredibly poor relationship with new producer Creator/JohnWiles.
* DeletedScene: A scene cut for time featured an exchange between Vicki and Katarina, in which the two discuss how Katarina came to serve as a handmaiden. In the process, Katarina would have revealed that recent auguries have foretold her imminent death...
* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/WilliamHartnell was aggressive through the entire making of the story. The first effects of arteriosclerosis were starting to become apparent. Creator/MaureenOBrien’s firing made him less comfortable working with new producer John Wiles, and he was worried that Adrian and Francis de Wolff were upstaging him. This also lead to the rumour that he refused to share a scene with Max Adrian due to him being gay and Jewish.

* PropRecycling: Francis de Wolff wore the same costume as Agamemnon as he had worn as Agrippa in ''Film/CarryOnCleo''.

* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/WilliamHartnell 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. This led to him becoming difficult during production, refusing to speak to actors Max Adrian or Francis de Wolff, declaring director Michael Leeston-Smith a "fool", and exacerbating Hartnell's already incredibly poor relationship with new producer Creator/JohnWiles.

* HostilityOnTheSet: It was rumoured that Creator/WilliamHartnell refused to share a scene with Max Adrian due to him being gay and Jewish. This is false, as the characters were never meant to share any scenes together anyway. He did, however feel that Adrian and Francis de Wolff were upstaging him.

* WorkingTitle: ''The Mythmakers'', ''The Myth-Makers'', ''The Trojans'', ''The Trojan War'' and ''The Trojan Horse''.

* McLeaned: Vicki was written out in this serial because producer John Wiles had been unhappy with Creator/MaureenOBrien's complaints about her dialogue in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E1Galaxy4 "Galaxy 4"]].

* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/WilliamHartnell 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. This led to him becoming difficult during production, refusing to speak to actors Max Adrian or Francis de Wolff, declaring director Michael Leeston-Smith a "fool", and exacerbating Hartnell's already incredibly poor relationship with new producer John Wiles.

* McLeaned: Vicki was written out in this serial because producer John Wiles had been unhappy with Maureen O'Brien's complaints about her dialogue in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E1Galaxy4 "Galaxy 4"]].

* PunBasedTitle: Originally, the titles of all the episodes were intended by Dennis Spooner to be puns, 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--"Small Prophet, Quick Return"--was allowed to remain only at script editor Donald Tosh's insistence. A number of chapters in the novelisation have titles based around these puns.

* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/WilliamHartnell 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. This led to him becoming difficult during production, refusing to speak to actors Max Adrian or Francis de Wolff and declaring director Michael Leeston-Smith a "fool".

* MissingEpisode: All four episodes are missing from the archives, making it the first story to suffer this fate since the first season's "Marco Polo". There are a few brief off-screen 8mm clips made by a fan pointing his camera at the screen. These include Steven and Vicki in the TARDIS, the Doctor and Steven arguing after being captured by the Greeks and Vicki exiting the TARDIS in Troy, among others. The clips can be found on the Lost in Time DVD set.
* PropRecycling: Francis De Wolff wore the same costume as Agamemnon as he had worn as Agrippa in ''Film/CarryOnCleo''.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Mythmakers'', ''The Myth-Makers'', ''The Trojans''. ''The Trojan War'' and ''The Trojan Horse''.

** Tutte Lemkow had previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E4MarcoPolo Kuiju]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E6TheCrusade Ibrahim ]].

* MissingEpisode: All four episodes are missing from the archives. There are a few brief off-screen 8mm clips made by a fan pointing his camera at the screen. These include Steven and Vicki in the TARDIS, the Doctor and Steven arguing after being captured by the Greeks and Vicki exiting the TARDIS in Troy, among others. The clips can be found on the Lost in Time DVD set.

* McLeaned: Vicki was written out in this serial because producer John Wiles had been unhappy with Maureen O'Brien's complaints about her dialogue in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E1Galaxy4 Galaxy 4]]

** Ivor Salter had previously played [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E7TheSpaceMuseum the Morok Commander]].

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Peter Purves named this as his favourite story.

* YouLookFamiliar: Francis de Wolff had previously played Vasor in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E5TheKeysOfMarinus The Keys of Marinus]].
** Tutte Lemkow had previously played Kuiju in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E4MarcoPolo Marco Polo]] and Ibrahim in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E6TheCrusade The Crusade]].
** Ivor Salter had previously played the Morok Commander in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E7TheSpaceMuseum The Space Museum]].

* ActorAllusion: Francis De Wolff wore the same costume as Agamemnon as he had worn as Agrippa in ''Film/CarryOnCleo''.

* MissingEpisode: All four episodes are missing from the archives. There are a few brief off-screen 8mm clips made by a fan pointing his camera at the screen. These include Steven and Vicki in the TARDIS, the Doctor and Steven arguing after being captured by the Greeks and Vicki exiting the TARDIS in Troy, among others. The clips can be found on the Lost in Time DVD set.