Blood and sand

(Image credit: BBC/Urban Myth Films/Nick Briggs)

As part of the celebrations of Ariadne's betrothal to Heptarian, a fighting tournament is to be held in which opponents battle to pick up a knife stuck in the arena sand, and the first to draw blood with the blade wins. A broken-hearted Jason enters, as does Hepatarian, who is an expert in this style of fighting with a tendency to kill his opponents rather than just spilling their blood... 

Despite suffering an injury, the inexperienced Jason makes it though to a final showdown with his love rival. When the bout ends in a draw, Ariadne tells Heptarian that it is a sign from the gods that they should not marry.

However, Pasiphae is not about to let her plans for the succession of Atlantis be thwarted just yet...

 

Ian MacEwan
Senior Writer

Ian writes about TV and film for TV Times, What’s on TV and TV & Satellite Week magazines. He co-hosts the weekly TV streaming podcast, Bingewatch.