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The Monster of Peladon

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on August 25, 2022July 1, 2024
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The Monster of Peladon

This Story: Season 11, Story 4. Production Code YYY
Overall: Story 73, Episodes 370-375
Airdates: 23 Mar 1974 to 27 Apr 1974
Written by Brian Hayles
Directed by Lennie Mayne

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  • This is the last time Alpha Centurai will be seen on screen until a surprise cameo in the 2017 Peter Capaldi episode “Empress of Mars“.
  • This is the last time we see the Ice Warriors on screen until the 2013 episode “Cold War“.

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[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 370 - The Monster of Peladon 1/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 23 Mar 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2

A sequel to the 1972 serial The Curse of Peladon. That one was just OK, and this one is lesser of the two, & is two episodes longer (at 6). That's all I remember except a pic.twitter.com/ZVnPCzJhm3

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 20, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 370 - The Monster of Peladon 1/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 23 Mar 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2

a really fun scene with Alpha Centauri w/ the Doctor being real. I remember both of these being bogged down in political bs between characters, and wasn't intersting to me. pic.twitter.com/UO2hIozrsS

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 20, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 371 - The Monster of Peladon 2/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 30 Mar 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2

The Doctor works with the miners to try and set things right. But they want to believe in the spirit of Aggedor which of course the Doctor scoffs at. This episode has a lot pic.twitter.com/0LJMXds7sa

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 21, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 371 - The Monster of Peladon 2/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 30 Mar 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2

of running about in tunnels. This story would be a lot shorter if two characters (Ortron & Ettis) weren't huge hotheads & want to blow up or kill everyone on other side. pic.twitter.com/mWbxKA1LfP

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 21, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 372 - The Monster of Peladon 3/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 6 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2

It's Peladon, so the Doctor ends up in a pit again. We do get to hear his fun song he uses to calm the real Aggedor. SJS has a "Women's Lib" scene with the Queen of Peladon. pic.twitter.com/WekxtNfPtc

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 23, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 372 - The Monster of Peladon 3/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 6 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2

SJS goes to explore in the caves, and the Doctor is held by Autron - again. More political back and forth, the kind of stuff that frustrates me in Doctor Who stories. pic.twitter.com/SxI8so0goX

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 23, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 373 - The Monster of Peladon 4/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 13 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2

The Ice Warriors appear again. When they were in the other Peladon story, they were thought to be bad guys but weren't. Here you now wonder "are they good or bad". That has pic.twitter.com/GLnfDKCnxY

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 23, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 373 - The Monster of Peladon 4/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 13 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2

a good air of mystery around their motivations. The story got much more interesting after the Ice Warriors showed up. Rather good cliffhanger as well. Best ep of 4 so far. pic.twitter.com/zq2uMJyiE5

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 23, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 374 - The Monster of Peladon 5/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 20 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2

The Doctor spends the first part of this ep "dead" when everyone thinks he was killed. The Queen decides to try and join her subjects against the Ice Warriors. SJS & Alpha pic.twitter.com/RMrhAWuTK3

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 24, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 374 - The Monster of Peladon 5/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 20 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2

The Doctor spends the first part of this ep "dead" when everyone thinks he was killed. The Queen decides to try and join her subjects against the Ice Warriors. SJS & Alpha pic.twitter.com/RMrhAWuTK3

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 24, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 375 - The Monster of Peladon 6/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 27 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2

This ep must have run short, as replay from ep5 was 2mins! :) The Doctor and Gebek rally the Peladon workers to rise up against the IW. In the end, the Doctor uses Aggedor pic.twitter.com/NSyeiPVKqq

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 25, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 375 - The Monster of Peladon 6/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 27 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2

to tip the balance and win. This story was MUCH better once the Ice Warriors were introduced. They should have been here all 6 eps. Ending felt a tad rushed, though. pic.twitter.com/8isBmqVamL

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 25, 2022

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