The Horns of Nimon

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Outside references

As with the earlier stories "The Time Monster" and "Underworld", elements of this serial owe much to classical Greek mythology, in particular here the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur. Various names are obvious Greek anagrams, such as the planets Aneth (Athens), Crinoth (Corinth) and Skonnos (Knossos). Also, "Soldeed" backwards is similar to his Greek labyrinth-building counterpart "Daedalus", and "Nimon" is a play on the first two syllables of "minotaur" (oddly, "Sezom" seems to be a backwards form of "Moses", which is out of place among the Greek references). The Doctor's parting warning to be sure the returning spacecraft is painted white refers to Theseus's tragic failure to remember his father's instruction to fly a white sail on his return voyage.

In print

Doctorwhobook
title=Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon
series=Target novelisations
number=31
featuring=


writer=Terrance Dicks
publisher=Target Books
coverartist=Steve Kyte
isbn=0 426 20131 0
set_between=
pages=
date=16 October 1980
preceding=Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden
following=Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon|A novelisation of this serial, written by Terrance Dicks, was published by Target Books in October 1980.

Broadcast and VHS release

*This story was released on VHS in June 2003.

References

External links

*BBCCDW|id=hornsofnimon|title=The Horns of Nimon
*Brief |id=5l | title=The Horns of Nimon
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_5l | title=The Horns of Nimon

Reviews

*OG review | id=5l | title=The Horns of Nimon
*DWRG | id=horn | title=The Horns of Nimon

Target novelisation

* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1980/horns/80horns.htm On Target — "Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon"]