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the monster of peladon

story 73 : season 11 : serial YYY : 6 episodes

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

cast information

Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who); Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith); Nina Thomas (Thalira); Donald Gee (Eckersley); Frank Gatliff (Ortron); Rex Robinson (Gebek); Alan Bennion (Azaxyr); Sonny Caldinez (Sskel); Ralph Watson (Ettis); Ysanne Churchman (Voice of Alpha Centauri); Stuart Fell (Body of Alpha Centauri); Gerald Taylor (Vega Nexos); Graeme Eton (Preba); Michael Crane (Blor); Terry Walsh (Guard Captain); Nick Hobbs (Aggedor); Roy Evans (Miner); Max Faulkner (Miner);

crew information

Roselyn Parker (Assistant Floor Manager); Barbara Kidd (Costumes); Keith Hopper (Film Cameraman); William Symon (Film Editor); Dudley Simpson (Incidental Music); Elisabeth Moss (Make-Up); Marcia Wheeler (Production Assistant); George Gallacio (Production Unit Manager); Dick Mills (Special Sounds); Ralph Walton (Studio Lighting); Tony Millier (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Peter Day (Visual Effects); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Part One 23 March 1974 at 17:30 24'59" 9.2mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
2 Part Two 30 March 1974 at 17:30 23'26" 6.8mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
3 Part Three 6 April 1974 at 17:30 24'47" 7.4mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
4 Part Four 13 April 1974 at 17:30 24'50" 7.2mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
5 Part Five 20 April 1974 at 17:30 23'56" 7.5mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
6 Part Six 27 April 1974 at 17:30 23'48" 8.1mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
  1. Part One
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  2. Part Two
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  3. Part Three
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  4. Part Four
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  5. Part Five
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  6. Part Six
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release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon
Written by: Terrance Dicks
Number 043 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
1980 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: Steve Kyte
ISBN: 0 491 02823 7
4 December 1980 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Steve Kyte
ISBN: 0 426 20132 9
June 1992 Published by Virgin Publishing Ltd, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson
ISBN: 0 426 20132 9

plot synopsis

The TARDIS lands on Peladon, fifty years after the Doctor's last visit. Queen Thalira, the daughter of King Peladon, is trying to control the miners of the planet, who are rebelling against using Federation equipment, as it offends Aggedor's spirit, which appears and kills anyone who operates the machines. The Doctor uncovers a conspiracy by enemy agents, led by Eckersley and a group of Ice Warriors, led by Azaxyr. The Doctor has to try and defeat them and return peace to Peladon

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