Mestor

Classical: Mestor is not a single supernatural origin-figure but a personal name applied to multiple mortal men in Greek myth. The name appears across genealogical and epic cycles: a son of Perseus and Andromeda who fathered Hippothoe (Apollodorus summary); a son of Pterelaus in the Lelegian/Taphian traditions; a son of Priam mentioned in the Iliad and treated variably in the Bibliotheca and Dictys Cretensis (killed or captured in Trojan narratives); a son of Ajax counted among the companions of Agamemnon in later summaries; and, in Plato's Critias, an Atlantean prince—one of Poseidon's ten sons—who was allotted a tenth of the island under Atlas' overall rule. Modern reuse: in 1979 the name Mestor was applied to a fictional antagonist in the Doctor Who serial 'The Twin Dilemma', portrayed by Edwin Richfield; this character is a human antagonist armed with advanced technology and mind-possession plot elements in the serial and novelisation.

Classical myth: surviving classical sources do not give distinctive physical descriptions that mark any Mestor as a supernatural type; each is identified by parentage, role, and narrative actions rather than by a consistent physical template. Plato's Critias outlines the political geography of Atlantis and the partition that names the princes, but not personal physiognomy for Mestor. Modern fiction: the Doctor Who Mestor is portrayed on-screen by actor Edwin Richfield; the serial and tie-in novelisation emphasize his role as a technologically protected antagonist (use of a force field) and dramatized villainous presence rather than providing a canonical, detailed physical archetype in the mythic sense.

Classical: the mythic Mestors are mortal princes and warriors whose 'abilities' in sources are ordinary human actions—progeny, rulership within a dynastic partition (in Plato), participation in warfare, and death or capture in heroic conflict. No supernatural powers are attributed in the classical record provided. Modern fictional: in 'The Twin Dilemma' the television/novelisation Mestor uses advanced technology (a force field that protects him) and threatens/ demonstrates mind-possession by taking control of another character's body; he is depicted as willing to kill to enforce his laws (novelisation synopsis). These traits are narrative/technological rather than evidence of a traditional supernatural taxonomy.