The Curse of Peladon

"The spirit of Aggedor has risen again. The ancient curse of Peladon will be fulfilled!"

On its way back to Earth, the TARDIS crash lands on Peladon where strange and violent incidents are threatening to disrupt a conference between visiting delegates from the Galactic Federation and Peladon's King. Is this the feared curse of Peladon and will it force a Galactic war?

Having assumed the guise of Earth delegates, the Doctor and his assistant Jo attempt to diffuse the political time bomb and to uncover the true identity of the beast of Peladon - which they suspect is something far more sinister than a mere paranormal apparition . . .

• David Troughton (Patrick Troughton's son) makes a guest appearance as King Peladon.  He was also seen earlier in his father's last Doctor Who story "The War Games."

• The Ice Warriors return, but not quite as you'd expect.  This time they are the good guys, making for a nice and unusual twist.

• Two other characters that would prove popular and return at a later date are Aggedor and Alpha Centauri.

• Look for automatically swinging stone doors that happen to have thin visible wires attached to them.  Hmm...

• A sequel to this story would be made two seasons later.  "The Monster of Peladon" takes place 50 years after the events in this story.  Alpha Centauri returns in that story as does Aggedor.

• You will likely notice a drop in quality between episodes as some are the original broadcast tapes, while at others are copies of episodes screened in America (thus having gone through a conversion process to be able to be viewed in the U.S.), returned to the BBC when the originals were junked, reconverted back to the PAL standard, and then once again converted back to our NTSC version for this video release.  Needless to say, the quality of these episodes does suffer.