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Doctor Who #013 and the Curse of the Peladon (Doctor Who Library (Target) #13)
by
Brian Hayles
Again, the terrifying cry rang out. The Doctor quickened his pace along the gloomy tunnels of the castle. Suddenly, from the darkness lumbered the mighty Aggedor, Royal Beast and Protector of the Kingdom of Peladon!
The Doctor fumbled in his pocket. Would the device work? As he trained the spinning mirror on the eyes of Aggedor, the terrible claws came closer and closer...
W...more
The Doctor fumbled in his pocket. Would the device work? As he trained the spinning mirror on the eyes of Aggedor, the terrible claws came closer and closer...
W...more
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
August 12th 1992
by Carol Publishing Corporation
(first published June 1st 1975)
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This has to be one of my all time favourite Doctor Who episodes. There are interesting aliens, lots of plot twists, the bad guys who aren't the bad guys, diplomacy and the idea of freedom over religious superstion. There is also Patrick Troughton's son in tights. Jo being totally amazing, climbing mountains in high heels, attacking monsters with torches, brokering intergalactic peace, rescuing herself and not screaming or needing the doctor to save her once. The book must be based on an early sc...more
Not one of my favorites. Even to Doctor Who standards, this is far too cartoony. Prince Valiant in space, complete with hidden underground passages, a beastly monster, and palace intrigue.
What can I say? I've never actually seen the actual episode, but this made me laugh like novelisations rarely do.
http://nhw.livejournal.com/1037395.html#cutid2[return][return]Hayles adapted his own TV script again; and it is generally a good version of a good story, with the excellent point that Alpha Centauri is much less silly on the page than on the screen. I felt that Hepesh, the high priest, was a little more three-dimensional in the original but basically it is a good effort.
I love the Peladon stories from Doctor Who. The idea of an alien world at a medevil level of technology being asked to join a galactic federation and having a bunch of alien ambassadors visit is cool enough, but then you add in the Doctor and it's just that much better.
A fun sci-fi romp. Wish they'd done more with Peladon.
A fun sci-fi romp. Wish they'd done more with Peladon.
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Brian Hayles (7 March 1931 - 30 October 1978) was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. His body of work as a writer for television and film, most notably for the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, lasted from 1963 to 1989.
Hayles wrote six stories for Doctor Who and is best known for his creation of the Celestial Toymaker in the 1966 story of the same name, the Ice Warriors, introduced in th...more
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Hayles wrote six stories for Doctor Who and is best known for his creation of the Celestial Toymaker in the 1966 story of the same name, the Ice Warriors, introduced in th...more
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