Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon

The read

It runs long at 2h 30m.

Synopsis

The Doctor returns to Peladon fifty years after his last visit, to find Queen Thalira, daughter of the late King Peladon, on the throne. A tense labour dispute between Pel nobility and miners is worsened when apparitions of their deity Aggedor attack and kill several miners. The Galactic Federation desperately needs trisilicate for its war against Galaxy 5 and sends in brutal Ice Warrior troopers to ensure production. The Doctor discovers a devious plot at the heart of Aggedor's appearances.

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Key crew

• Brian HaylesWriter
• Lennie MayneDirector
• Dudley SimpsonOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Jon PertweeThe Doctor
• Elisabeth SladenSarah Jane Smith
• Nina ThomasQueen Thalira
• Frank GatliffChancellor Ortron
• Rex RobinsonGebek
• Ralph WatsonEttis
• Graeme EtonPreba
• Michael CraneBlor
• Terry WalshGuard Captain
• Max FaulknerMiner
• Roy EvansMiner
• Nick HobbsAggedor

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