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The Curse of Peladon

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"Klokleda partha mennin klatch, haroon haroon haroon..."
―The Doctor
The Curse of Peladon
Series: Doctor Who -
TV Stories
Season Number: Season 9
Story Number: 61
Doctor: Third Doctor
Companions: Jo Grant
Enemy: Arcturus
High Priest Hepesh
Setting: Peladon
Writer: Brian Hayles
Director: Lennie Mayne
Producer: Barry Letts
Broadcast: 29th January - 19th February 1972
Format: 4 25-minute episodes
Prod. Code: MMM
Previous Story: Day of the Daleks
Following Story: The Sea Devils


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[edit] Synopsis

The Doctor and Jo make a test flight in the TARDIS and arrive on the planet Peladon. Seeking shelter, they enter the citadel of the soon-to-be-crowned King Peladon, where the Doctor is mistaken for a human dignitary summoned to act as Chairman of a committee assessing an application by the planet to join the Galactic Federation.

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[edit] References

  • Peladon is rich in Trisilicate.
  • Peladon is about to be admitted into the Galactic Federation.
  • The Doctor hypnotises Aggedor with a Venusian lullaby. (Which goes something along the lines of "Kokleda partha mennin klatch, aroon aroon aroon, Ablarka sheena teerinatch, aroon araan aroon." Which translates as "Close your pretty eyes, my darling - well, three of them at least.")
  • The Ice Warriors are from Mars.

[edit] Story Notes

  • Working titles for this story included: The Curse and then Curse Of The Peladons.
  • Jon Pertwee sings the Venusian Lullaby to the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen".
  • This story was an allegory of the UK's accession to the Common Market - a highly topical issue at the time of its original transmission.
  • David Troughton, playing King Peladon, shared a flat with future Doctor Colin Baker at this time. Three decades later, Troughton would again guest star in DW: Midnight.

[edit] Ratings

  • Part 1 - 10.3 million viewers
  • Part 2 - 11 million viewers
  • Part 3 - 7.8 million viewers
  • Part 4 - 8.4 million viewers

[edit] Myths

  • The natives of the planet Peladon are called Pels. (They are not called by this name here.)
  • Izlyr is an Ice Lord. (Although he is referred to as a Lord, the term 'Ice Lord' is never used.)

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[edit] Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

  • How and when exactly did the Doctor find out that Hepesh had obtained his live Aggedor specimen from a 'high mountain', as he explains to the surviving delegates at the start of episode 4?  It was a logical assumption.  After all, the animal had to have come from somewhere and then been trained.
  • The Doctor is nearly hit by the swinging secret passage door in episode one. If it's a secret door, he probably couldn't predict how it would open.
  • Jo's hair straightens when she climbs back into the citadel.
  • Why don't the delegates use Arcturus' radio?
  • There's only one bed in the Ice Warriors quarters.  Perhaps only the senior warrior is allowed to sleep while the other must stay awake to guard him.
  • If Centauri's a hexapod, how does it walk?
  • The delegates from Alpha Centauri and Arcturus are not called by name or by what they call their own planets but by the Earth designations for their star systems. But the Doctor is not called "Earth" and Izlyr is not called "Mars". The King is the only one who is actually named after his planet.
  • The corpse of High Priest Hepesh is visibly breathing.

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Video Releases

Released as Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon

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[edit] Novelisation

Main article: Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon

[edit] External Links

Season 9
Day of the Daleks  • The Curse of Peladon  • The Sea Devils  • The Mutants  • The Time Monster
Ice Warrior Television Stories
The Ice Warriors  • The Seeds of Death  • The Curse of Peladon  • The Monster of Peladon

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