Odysseus and Menelaus, respectively, Ivor Salter and Jack Melford had worked with Leeston-Smith on Thorndyke in 1964. Veteran actor Francis de Wolff was cast as Agamemnon, having previously portrayed Vasor in the Doctor Who serial The Keys of Marinus (1964). Adrian and de Wolff became irritated by Hartnell's difficulties remembering lines, while Hartnell was jealous and fearful of being upstaged by the actors, a concern with which he approached Wiles. Frances White was cast as Cassandra, but later asked Wiles to omit her name from the cast listings in Radio Times. Barrie Ingham, who portrayed Paris, had portrayed Alydon in the film Dr. Who and the Daleks some months earlier. Filming Filming for The Myth Makers took place at Frensham Ponds, close to Leeston-Smith's home. Early 35 mm filming took place on 27 August 1965, depicting the serial's two major fight sequences. During filming, Haywood grazed his hand on a shield, and Kendall was blistered and grazed; as a result, some of Kendall's scenes were refilmed on 30 August. The following day, Lynn cut his hand during production, which required additional refilming. For filming on 2 September, Wood and his team created a model of Troy, which was established on location and filmed using the Schüfftan process, through a partially-reflective mirror allowing actors to appear to be moving around the set. Wood built the model in a little more than a week to make it appear "hurried". Weekly rehearsals for The Myth Makers began on 13 September at the North Kensington Community Centre. By this time, Wiles had fully taken over from his predecessor, the show's original producer Verity Lambert, which, alongside O'Brien's departure, greatly upset Hartnell. Further upset came from the death of Hartnell's aunt Bessie, the only person from his childhood to whom he was close; the production schedule prevented him from attending her funeral. Weekly recording began on 17 September. During camera rehearsals for the first episode, Hartnell was struck by a camera, leaving his left shoulder bruised. The final episode was recorded on 8 October. Recording for the four episodes cost a total of . Reception Broadcast and ratings Episode is missing The Myth Makers was broadcast on BBC1 in four weekly parts from 16 October to 6 November 1965. As with "Mission to the Unknown", viewership had dropped significantly from the series opener Galaxy 4, but it was comparable to Planet of Giants (1964), which