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Overview

First aired

Saturday, January 29, 1972

Production Code

MMM

Written by

Brian Hayles

Directed by

Lennie Mayne

Runtime

100 minutes

Time Travel

Future

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Alien Delegates, Authority Figure, By Royal Command, Caste Society, Controlling the Beast, Doctor Who?, Dodgy Parking, LGBTQA+, Mission from the Time Lords, Misunderstood Monster, Political commentary, Religion, Romance, The Doctor Falls

Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!)

Exile on Earth

Inventory (Potential Spoilers!)

Jeweller’s loupe

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Peladon

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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4 Episodes

Episode One

First aired

Saturday, January 29, 1972

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

Brian Hayles

Directed by

Lennie Mayne

UK Viewers

10.3 million

Synopsis

The Doctor and Jo arrive on the medieval planet Peladon, where the Doctor is mistaken for the Earth Delegate of the Galactic Federation and Jo is mistaken for a princess.

Episode Two

First aired

Saturday, February 5, 1972

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

Brian Hayles

Directed by

Lennie Mayne

UK Viewers

11 million

Synopsis

The Doctor is convinced the Ice Warriors are trying to sabotage the conference but his attempts to prove it see him accused of sacrilege.

Episode Three

First aired

Saturday, February 12, 1972

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

Brian Hayles

Directed by

Lennie Mayne

UK Viewers

7.8 million

Synopsis

The Doctor is sentenced to fight Grun to the death and his attempt to escape leads to an encounter with Aggedor.

Episode Four

First aired

Saturday, February 19, 1972

Runtime

25 minutes

Written by

Brian Hayles

Directed by

Lennie Mayne

UK Viewers

8.4 million

Synopsis

Hepesh's plan has been exposed but he is still determined to prevent Peladon joining the Galactic Federation by leading a rebellion against the King.

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Peladon Tales

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DOCTOR: You don't really think that our appearance on the planet of Peladon at this precise crisis in their history was just coincidence, do you?

JO: Time Lords again.

DOCTOR: Yes, I think so.

JO: Ah, you didn't beat them after all.

DOCTOR: No, not yet, but I will, Jo. Just give me time. Still, now we've done what they wanted us to do, I suppose they'll whip us straight back to Earth.

JO: At least we get to see a real coronation before we go, eh?

DOCTOR: Yeah, that's true. You know, I haven't seen a coronation since Elizabeth the first's. Or was it Queen Victoria?

JO: Name dropper.

— The Curse of Peladon

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Episode One

[Throne room]

(It is a dark and stormy night on a distant planet. The castle appears to have been carved halfway up the steep sides of a mountain, yet still boasts impressive battlements and crenellations. It's passages are lit by flaming torches and its guards are semi-clad in leather, and hold pikestaffs. A man in a flowing cloak enters and bows to the young king and his advisor.)

TORBIS: The delegate from Alpha Centauri has arrived, your Majesty. He will present his credentials to you shortly.
PELADON: Thank you, Torbis.
TORBIS: We wait now only for the chairman delegate from Earth. Then the discussions can begin.

(A taller man wearing the same blue robes, and with the same white hair and beard with brown stripe across the top of the head, speaks.)

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