- The Horns of Nimon
] [cite web
url= http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5l.html
title= The Horns of Nimon
publisher = A Brief History of Time Travel
last = Sullivan
first = Shannon
date = 2007-08-07
accessdate = 2008-08-30]Outside references
As with the earlier stories "
The Time Monster " and "Underworld", elements of this serial owe much to classicalGreek mythology , in particular here the legend ofTheseus and theMinotaur . 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 byTerrance Dicks , was published byTarget 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 NimonReviews
*OG review | id=5l | title=The Horns of Nimon
*DWRG | id=horn | title=The Horns of NimonTarget novelisation
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1980/horns/80horns.htm On Target — "Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon"]
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