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the curse of peladon

story 61 : season 9 : serial MMM : 4 episodes

Producer: Barry Letts
Director: Lennie Mayne
Writer: Brian Hayles
Script Editor: Terrance Dicks
Designer: Gloria Clayton

cast information

Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who); Katy Manning (Jo Grant); David Troughton (Peladon); Geoffrey Toone (Hepesh); Henry Gilbert (Torbis); Alan Bennion (Izlyr); Sonny Caldinez (Ssorg); Stuart Fell (Alpha Centauri); Ysanne Churchman (Voice of Alpha Centauri); Murphy Grumbar (Arcturus); Terry Bale (Voice of Arcturus); Gordon St Clair (Grun); Nick Hobbs (Aggedor); George Giles (Guard Captain); Wendy Danvers (Amazonia);

crew information

Ros Anderson (Assistant Floor Manager); Barbara Lane (Costumes); Terry Walsh (Fight Arranger); PROFILE (Fight Arranger); Fred Hamilton (Film Cameraman); Peter Sargent (Film Cameraman); Michael Sha-Dyan (Film Editor); Dudley Simpson (Incidental Music); Sylvia James (Make-Up); Chris D'Oyly-John (Production Assistant); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Howard King (Studio Lighting); Tony Millier (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Bernard Wilkie (Visual Effects); Ian Scoones (Visual Effects); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Episode One 29 January 1972 at 17:50 24'32" 10.3mil NTSC 2 inch colour videotape
PAL conversion
16mm b/w telerecording
2 Episode Two 5 February 1972 at 17:50 24'33" 11.0mil NTSC 2 inch colour videotape
PAL conversion
16mm b/w telerecording
3 Episode Three 12 February 1972 at 17:50 24'21" 7.8mil PAL conversion
16mm b/w telerecording
4 Episode Four 19 February 1972 at 17:50 24'16" 8.4mil NTSC 2 inch colour videotape
PAL conversion
16mm b/w telerecording
  1. Episode One
    » Recovered from Canada c.1979
    » Conversion from NTSC 2 inch broadcast tapes
    » Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  2. Episode Two
    » Recovered from Canada c.1979
    » Conversion from NTSC 2 inch broadcast tapes
    » Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  3. Episode Three
    » NTSC 2 inch colour videotape recovered from Canada c.1979 (since destroyed)
    » Conversion from NTSC 2 inch broadcast tapes
    » Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  4. Episode Four
    » Recovered from Canada c.1979
    » Conversion from NTSC 2 inch broadcast tapes
    » Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon
Written by: Brian Hayles
Number 013 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
1974 Published by Allan Wingate Ltd, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: Chris Achilleos
1975 Published by Remzi Kitabevi, Turkey in paperback
Translated into Turkish by Reha Pinar
With cover artwork by: Chris Achilleos
January 1975 Published by Universal-Tandem, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Chris Achilleos
ISBN: 0 426 10452 8
March 1976 Published by Tandem, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Chris Achilleos
ISBN: 0 426 11498 1
July 1979 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Chris Achilleos
ISBN: 0 426 11084 6
July 1980 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: Bill Donohoe
17 July 1980 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Chris Achilleos
ISBN: 0 426 20061 6
June 1992 Published by Virgin Publishing Ltd, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson
ISBN: 0 426 11498 1

plot synopsis

Arriving on the planet Peladon, the Doctor is quickly mistaken as the Earth delegate of the Galactic Federation and Jo is thought to be a Princess. With two Ice Warriors present, the Doctor is immediately suspicious, thinking they are behind the various sabotage attempts to destroy Peladon's credibility and chances of joining the federation, but he has to look within the ranks of Peladon's high-ranking officials to find the real villain

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