Synopsis
Athens, 421 BC. An
ancient civilisation of philosophers and poets and the birthplace
of theatre. The Doctor has decided to show Ace and Hector how it
all began, with help from the great comedian Aristophanes.
But life in Athens is no laughing matter. There’s the ever-present
threat of invasion from the Spartan horde. The plague that turns
people into the walking dead. The slavery. The tyrannical rule of
the paranoid, malicious Cleon and his network of informers. And the
giant flying beetle with knives for wings that stalks the city
streets at night.
What Athens needs is a hero. And who better to be a hero in ancient
Greece than a man called Hector?
Written
By: James Goss
Directed
By: Ken Bentley
Cast
Sylvester
McCoy (The Doctor), Sophie
Aldred (Ace), Philip
Olivier (Hector), Samuel
West (Aristophanes), Alisdair
Simpson (Cleon), Russell
Bentley (Tyrgius/Slave Trader/Boy), Tim
Treloar (Telephus, Cisyphus/Old Man), Emily
Tucker(Adonia/Lysistrata)