Showing posts with label The Curse of Peladon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Curse of Peladon. Show all posts

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: The Curse of Peladon




Doctor Who:
The Curse of Peladon
By Brian Hayles

“Haroon, haroon, haroon. Haroon, haroon, haroon. Haroon, haroon, haroon. Haroon, haroon, haroon. Well, I must say, you seem quite partial to old Venusian lullabies, don't you, Aggedor, old chap, hmm? Right, let's see how friendly you really are.”

The Doctor thinking he has fixed the TARDIS takes it on a test run with Jo.  To their dismay the TARDIS lands on a cliff edge and as the both leave the TARDIS it falls into the abyss below.  The Doctor and Jo make their way to the castle where they are mistaken for the delegates from Earth.  Peladon wants to join the Galactic Federation and the delegates are there to see if Peladon is worthy.  King Peladon very much wants his planet to be a part of the Galactic Federation and it seems someone is keen on them to not join as things are happening to make Peladon look like a bad candidate.   To make matters worse the delegates from Mars are old acquaintances of The Doctor. Someone The Doctor has met before and The Ice Warriors are suspect number one on The Doctor’s list.