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Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon (1974)

Directed by Lennie Mayne

Overview

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.

Length 150 minutes

Actors

Jon Pertwee | Elisabeth Sladen | Nina Thomas | Frank Gatliff | Rex Robinson | Ralph Watson | Graeme Eton | Michael Crane | Terry Walsh | Max Faulkner | Roy Evans | Nick Hobbs | Donald Gee | Stuart Fell | Ysanne Churchman | Alan Bennion | Sonny Caldinez | Gerald Taylor