Doctor Who: Monster of Peladon (1974)

Date(s) of Broadcast: 23 March 1974 - 27 April 1974
Number of Episodes: 6
Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Barry Letts
Production Unit Manager: George Gallaccio

SCRIPT
Script: Brian Hayles
Story Editor: Terrance Dicks

DIRECTION
Director: Lennie Mayne

PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Ralph Walton
Film Camera: Keith Hopper

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor: William Symon

MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranged By: Delia Derbyshire
Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson

SOUND
Studio Sound: Tony Millier
Special Sounds: Dick Mills

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Elizabeth Moss
Costumes: Barbara Kidd

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Peter Day

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Gloria Clayton

STUNTS
Fight Arranger: Terry Walsh

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Marcus Wheeler
Assistant Floor Manager: Roselyn Parker

CAST
Jon Pertwee (The Doctor)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Donald Gee (Eckersley)
Nina Thomas (Queen Thalira)
Rex Robinson (Gebek)
Ysanne Churchman (voice of Alpha Centauri)
Stuart Fell (body of Alpha Centauri)
Frank Gatliffe (Ortron)
Terry Walsh (guard captain)
Graeme Eton (Preba)
Gerald Taylor (Vega Nexos)
Michael Crane (Blor)
Nick Hobbs (Aggedor)
Roy Evans (miner)
Alan Bennion (Axaxyr)
Sonny Caldinez (Sskel)
David Cleeve, Terence Denville, Alan Lenoir, Kevin Moran (Ice Warriors - uncredited)
Francis Pidgeon (Thalira's attendant - uncredited)
Gordon Black, Derek Chafer, Pat Gorman, Chris Hodge, Steve Ismay, Tony Lord, David Rolfe (guards - uncredited)
Roy Brent, John Cannon, Max Faulkner, Eden Fox, Bill Haydn, Chris Holmes, Tom O'leary, Ivor Owen, Paul Phillips, Ivan Santon (miners - uncredited)
Bob Blaine (extra - uncredited)
Terry Walsh (double for the Doctor - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

The TARDIS lands on Peladon 50 years after The Doctor's previous visit. The planet's miners are dying after seeing the ghostly Aggedor. The Doctor investigates and uncovers a conspiracy.

Poor sequel to The Curse of Peladon (1972). The Ice Warriors and Alpha Centauri return, but the scenes with Pertwee hypnotising and singing to the cuddly Aggedor make for grim viewing.

UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video

1974
March
23: UK - Part One first television broadcast (on BBC1)
30: UK - Part One first television broadcast (on BBC1)

April
6: UK - Part One first television broadcast (on BBC1)
13: UK - Part One first television broadcast (on BBC1)
20: UK - Part One first television broadcast (on BBC1)
27: UK - Part One first television broadcast (on BBC1)

SEQUEL TO
The Curse of Peladon (1972)

BOOKS

Doctor Who: The Television Companion pp.260-263
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker)

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

aliens, time travel

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009