The Curse of Peladon, Episode One

Season 9, Episode 5, Aired
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The planet Peladon, some time in the future. The Doctor and Jo arrive just in time to get involved in the conference to discuss Peladon's admission to the Galactic Federation. But the King's closest counsel has been murdered, apparently by a ghost…
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      • Revealing Mistake: When the TARDIS falls down the mountain, it makes the entire cliff face shake. Edit
      • 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. Edit

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      • Video: Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon (BBCV 4978) released in August 1993. Released in U.S.A./Canada (Warner Home Video E1297) in September 1995. Edit
      • Novelisation: Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon by Brian Hayles (ISBN 0 426 11498 1) first published by Universal-Tandem in 1974. Edit
      • David Troughton, who plays King Peladon, is the son of Patrick Troughton, the second Doctor. He also appeared in Season 6's The War Games, Episode 6 and would go on to appear in Midnight, a Season 4 episode of Doctor Who (2005). Edit

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      • Peladon: Hepesh, you were always telling me a king must choose and choose courageously. Hepesh: Aggedor has shown the way. Peladon: Backwards, into superstition? Edit
      • Jo: What was that? The Doctor: That, Jo, was an Ice Warrior. A native of the planet Mars. Jo: You've seen them before? The Doctor: Indeed I have. And believe me, they're not very pleasant company. Edit

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