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Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
Starring: Jon Pertwee , Elisabeth Sladen
Directed by: Lennie Mayne
Produced by: Barry Letts
Written by: Brian Hayles
Fifty years after the Doctor's last visit, the TARDIS returns to Peladon, a planet now ruled by Queen Thalira, daughter of the late King Peladon. The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) are arrested for trespassing on sacred ground. Soon, the Doctor discovers a directional heat ray that he employs to fend off a group of renegade Martian warriors.
Item Number: 15629
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 2 1/2 Hours
- Number of Discs:
- 2
- Special Features:
English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
• Audio Commentary by actors Nina Thomas, Donald Gee, Ralph Watson and Stuart Fell, producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks
• Fan Commentary (Episode Four only) Rob Shearman, Mark Aldridge, Kate Du-Rose and Philip Newman
• The Peladon Saga - Part Two "Making Of" (22 mins)
• Deleted Scene (2 mins)
• Where Are They Now? David Jacobs interviews Ysanne Churchman (Alpha Centauri )(2 mins)
• On Target - Terrance Dicks Celebration of his many Doctor Who novelizations (21 mins)
• Photo Gallery (8 mins)
• PDF materials (DVD-Rom - PC/Mac): Radio Times Listings, BBC Enterprises sales literature and a studio floor plan
• Production Notes Subtitle Option
• Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
When the TARDIS lands 50 years after its first visit to Peladon, the Doctor and Sarah Jane discover a troubled planet ruled by the late king's daughter. Peladon is at the center of a war - and the Galactic Federation desperately needs a mineral found in the mines. But why is the ghost of Aggedor killing miners, and why can't everyone be trusted? Queen Thalira needs the Doctor's help to find out.
The TARDIS returns to Peladon some fifty years after the Doctor's last visit. The planet is now ruled by Queen Thalira - daughter of the late King Peladon - with advice from Chancellor Ortron. The Doctor and Sarah are arrested by Ortron for trespassing on sacred ground but their names are cleared by Alpha Centauri, now Galactic Federation ambassador to Peladon.
A ghost-like image of Aggedor has been responsible for some deaths in the planet's trisilicate mines, heightening unrest amongst the miners. The Doctor discovers that the apparitions are really the result of the use of a matter projector and a directional heat ray by a human engineer, Eckersley.
Eckersley is in league with a group of renegade Martian warriors, led by Commander Azaxyr, in a plot to seize the trisilicate deposits for Galaxy 5, a power bloc at war with the Federation. Azaxyr mounts an attack on the throne room and kills Ortron.
The Doctor however turns the heat ray on some of the Martians, while others are dispatched by the miners. Eckersley flees, taking the Queen hostage, but the Doctor uses the real Aggedor to track him down. Eckersley is killed, but Aggedor also dies in the skirmish.
Its plans thwarted, Galaxy 5 surrenders to the Federation. The Doctor is invited by Thalira to take over as Chancellor but he declines, suggesting the miners' leader Gebek would make a better candidate.
First Transmitted
1 - 23/03/1974 17:30
2 - 30/03/1974 17:30
3 - 06/04/1974 17:30
4 - 13/04/1974 17:30
5 - 20/04/1974 17:30
6 - 27/04/1974 17:30
| The Doctor | --- | Jon Pertwee |
| Sarah Jane Smith | --- | Elisabeth Sladen |
| Aggedor | --- | Nick Hobbs |
| Azaxyr | --- | Alan Bennion |
| Blor | --- | Michael Crane |
| Body of Alpha Centauri | --- | Stuart Fell |
| Eckersley | --- | Donald Gee |
| Ettis | --- | Ralph Watson |
| Gebek | --- | Rex Robinson |
| Guard Captain | --- | Terry Walsh |
| Miner | --- | Roy Evans |
| Miner | --- | Max Faulkner |
| Ortron | --- | Frank Gatliff |
| Preba | --- | Graeme Eton |
| Sskel | --- | Sonny Caldinez |
| Thalira | --- | Nina Thomas |
| Vega Nexos | --- | Gerald Taylor |
| Voice of Alpha Centauri | --- | Ysanne Churchman |
Directed by Lennie Mayne
Written by Brian Hayles
Produced by Barry Letts
Incidental Music by Dudley Simpson
Film Editing by William Symon
Costume Design by Barbara Kidd
Title Music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Delia Derbyshire
In an attempt to recapture the feel of The Curse of Peladon, the same director and designer were assigned to this story and many of the props that still existed (including the Alpha Centauri, Aggedor and Ice Warrior costumes) were reused.
