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Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon

The Doctor returns to Peladon fifty years after his last visit, to find Queen Thalira, daughter of the late King Peladon, on the throne. A tense labour dispute between Pel nobility and miners is worsened when apparitions of their deity Aggedor attack and kill several miners. The Galactic Federation desperately needs trisilicate for its war against Galaxy 5 and sends in brutal Ice Warrior troopers to ensure production. The Doctor discovers a devious plot at the heart of Aggedor's appearances.

Release Date : 1974-04-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BBC

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : The Doctor

Original Name : Jon Pertwee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah Jane Smith

Original Name : Elisabeth Sladen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Queen Thalira

Original Name : Nina Thomas

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chancellor Ortron

Original Name : Frank Gatliff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gebek

Original Name : Rex Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ettis

Original Name : Ralph Watson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Preba

Original Name : Graeme Eton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blor

Original Name : Michael Crane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guard Captain

Original Name : Terry Walsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner

Original Name : Max Faulkner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner

Original Name : Roy Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aggedor

Original Name : Nick Hobbs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eckersley

Original Name : Donald Gee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Body of Alpha Centauri

Original Name : Stuart Fell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Voice of Alpha Centauri

Original Name : Ysanne Churchman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Azaxyr

Original Name : Alan Bennion

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sskel

Original Name : Sonny Caldinez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vega Nexos

Original Name : Gerald Taylor

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2024-06-24

Some fifty years after the "Doctor" (now Jon Pertwee) helped the King of "Peladon" lift a terrible curse, he and "Sarah Jane" (Elisabeth Sladen) return to it's citadel to find the new queen (Nina Thomas) being controlled by her chancellor "Ortron" (Frank Gatliff) and facing a rebellion from her oppressed mineworkers who are fed up being used as glorified slaves. Added to her misery is the fact that the planet is caught up in some intergalactic furore over that which they are mining - a rare mineral called "Trisilicate" that only exists on "Peladon". Thanks to the help of the miners' leader "Gebek" (Rex Robinson) and of ambassador "Alpha Centauri" - replete with one big eye and attired in a very 1970s shower curtain, the visitors must discover the mysteries of the monstrously lethal "Aggador" and fend off the invasive "Federation" before the kingdom is subsumed and everyone is reduced to servitude. It's a six-parter, this one, but the story is just too strung out to work well. The last pair of episodes do bring things to an head a bit more entertainingly but the pair leaping constantly from frying pan to fire does repeat itself a bit too often amidst just a little too much painted papier-mâchê. It's OK, but entirely forgettable.