Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon

1974 PG-13 2h 30m

5.5 / 10 4

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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.

Director Lennie Mayne

Writers

Brian Hayles Terrance Dicks

Stars

Jon Pertwee Elisabeth Sladen Nina Thomas

Body of Alpha Centauri

Ysanne Churchman

Voice of Alpha Centauri

Science Fiction Drama Adventure

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Geronimo1967 24 Jun 2024

6/10

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 tha...