Diplomatic Disunity (Negotiating “The Curse of Peladon”)
Episode description
Is it a medieval space opera or a green-skinned fever dream? The Curse of Peladon has it both ways, complete with a courtly Pertwee, a princess-posing Jo, and the most phallic alien ever approved for Saturday tea time. Join us as we decode this gothic interstellar allegory about joining galactic federations (or maybe the European Economic Community), uncover who’s behind the spooky beast attacks, and decide if the Ice Warriors are still chill. Also: shoutouts to Alpha Centauri, the most anxious diplomatic appendage in Who history, and a brief mention of the Time Lords… remember them?
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Timeline:
- Intro 00:00:00
- Previously… 00:03:29
- Whomoji Challenge 00:09:17
- POLL To Open 00:14:36
- TL;DW 00:23:07
- Commentary: The Curse of Peladon 00:25:55
- Four Questions to Doomsday 01:06:06
- What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:11:20
- Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:17:14
- Final Judgment 01:22:32
- Randomizer! 01:28:26
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Story Essentials
- Season 9, Serial 2
- Story number: 60, per the The Pull To Open Codex
- Writer: Brian Hayles
- Director: Lennie Mayne
- Script editor: Terrance Dicks
- Showrunner: Barry Letts
- Aired 29 January–19 February 1972
Pull To Open: The Curse of Peladon
- Season 6
- Episode 18
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
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