The Curse of Peladon
Joe Siegler
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The Curse of Peladon
This Story: Season 9, Story 2. Production Code MMM
Overall: Story 61, Episodes 308-311
Airdates: 29 Jan 1972 to 19 Feb 1972
Written by Brian Hayles
Directed by Lennie Mayne
Notes
- King Peladon was played by Michael Troughton, son of second Doctor Patrick Troughton. Michael also appeared in the Second Doctor finale, “The War Games“, as well as the 10th Doctor story “Midnight“.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 308 - The Curse of Peladon 1/4 (Serial MMM, Story 61) - 29 Jan 1972. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) June 20, 2022
1st of the 2 Peladon stories, and the better one, I think. Starts off with a scenario that they did once before in Hartnell's era - Tardis falling down a hill. Didn't really pic.twitter.com/TlEwh1QUW4
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 308 - The Curse of Peladon 1/4 (Serial MMM, Story 61) - 29 Jan 1972. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) June 20, 2022
follow up on it, though. This story also features the return of the Ice Warriors & introduces Alpha Centauri. Finally King Peladon is David Troughton, son of the 2nd Doctor. pic.twitter.com/tRXmpXKULE
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 309 - The Curse of Peladon 2/4 (Serial MMM, Story 61) - 5 Feb 1972. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) June 23, 2022
Now I remember why I didn't go back to this story a lot. Hepesh annoyed the shit out of me, I kept wishing he'd get killed by Aggedor, and/or pushed off the giant cliff. pic.twitter.com/J6hWFARpWm
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 309 - The Curse of Peladon 2/4 (Serial MMM, Story 61) - 5 Feb 1972. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) June 23, 2022
The angle of King Peladon having the hots for Jo is an amusing one. The Doctor spends a lot of time thinking the Ice Warriors are behind all the evil doings here. #FuckHepesh pic.twitter.com/KXxAbqcR5b
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 310 - The Curse of Peladon 3/4 (Serial MMM, Story 61) - 12 Feb 1972. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) June 23, 2022
King Peladon doubles down on his hots for Jo thing by proposing marriage which freaks her out. One of my favorite bits of this story as a whole is how the Ice Warriors are pic.twitter.com/WIq5WSf86l
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 310 - The Curse of Peladon 3/4 (Serial MMM, Story 61) - 12 Feb 1972. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) June 23, 2022
shown to not be bad guys - it's a great twist if you had been watching since 60s. The King almost feels like a secondary character here. Fight felt like Thunderdome lite. pic.twitter.com/RBvvs2mS8L
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 311 - The Curse of Peladon 4/4 (Serial MMM, Story 61) - 19 Feb 1972. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) June 23, 2022
Hepesh is ratted out & the one representative who looked like a bug was killed as they were in league. The remaining characters team up to defeat Hepesh who tries to bring pic.twitter.com/1ZTwTC2Oh5
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 311 - The Curse of Peladon 4/4 (Serial MMM, Story 61) - 19 Feb 1972. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) June 23, 2022
civil war to Peladon. In the end, the Doctor wins by using the Aggedor creature against Hepesh, killing him. The Doctor escapes when the real Earth delegate arrives. pic.twitter.com/fhIqDwrzN0
