The Monster of Peladon
Joe Siegler
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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
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 20, 2022
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
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 370 - The Monster of Peladon 1/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 23 Mar 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 20, 2022
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
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 371 - The Monster of Peladon 2/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 30 Mar 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 21, 2022
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
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 371 - The Monster of Peladon 2/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 30 Mar 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 21, 2022
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
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 372 - The Monster of Peladon 3/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 6 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 23, 2022
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
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 372 - The Monster of Peladon 3/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 6 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 23, 2022
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
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 373 - The Monster of Peladon 4/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 13 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 23, 2022
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
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 373 - The Monster of Peladon 4/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 13 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 23, 2022
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
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 374 - The Monster of Peladon 5/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 20 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 24, 2022
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
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 374 - The Monster of Peladon 5/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 20 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 24, 2022
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
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 375 - The Monster of Peladon 6/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 27 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 25, 2022
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
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 375 - The Monster of Peladon 6/6 (Serial YYY Story 73) - 27 Apr 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 25, 2022
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
