The Curse of Peladon (TV story)

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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Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Jon Pertwee
 * Jo Grant - Katy Manning
 * King Peladon - David Troughton
 * High Priest Hepesh - Geoffrey Toone
 * Chancellor Torbis - Henry Gilbert
 * Delegate Izlyr - Alan Bennion
 * Sub-delegate Ssorg - Sonny Caldinez
 * Delegate Alpha Centauri - Stuart Fell
 * Voice of Alpha Centauri - Ysanne Churchman
 * Delegate Arcturus - Murphy Grumbar
 * Voice of Arcturus - Terry Bale
 * Grun - Gordon St. Clair
 * Aggedor - Nick Hobbs
 * Guard Captain - George Giles
 * Amazonia - Wendy Danvers

Crew

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

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 on Doctor Who in Midnight.

Ratings

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

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.)

Filming Locations

 * BBC Television Centre (Puppet Theatre and Studio 4), Shepherd's Bush, London

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 deligates at the start of episode 4?

Continuity

 * There are three sequels; DW: The Monster of Peladon (which is a sequel to this story), BFA: The Bride of Peladon (which follows chronologically) and NA: Legacy (which follows on from all chronologically).
 * The Ice Warriors previously appeared in DW: The Ice Warriors and The Seeds of Death (in both cases the antagonists).
 * The Doctor previously uttered his Venusian Lullaby in DW: The Dæmons. In the 1990s, a novel, Venusian Lullaby would be named after this song; the melody of the song is that of the Christmas carol "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen", which would later be featured in the 2008 special DW: The Next Doctor.
 * PDA: The Face of the Enemy occurs co-current with the events of this story.
 * This is only the second serial to feature a TARDIS flight since The War Games and the first since Colony in Space.

DVD, Video and Other Releases
Video Releases

Released as Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon

Released:


 * UK August 1993
 * Australia November 1993
 * US September 1995

Novelisation

 * Main article: Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon


 * Novelised as Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon in 1975 by Brian Hayles.