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Peladon as 1970s Britain
Watching The Curse of Peladon now is interesting as it is basically about Britain joining the Common Market (it was made around that time) played out as the planet of Peladon joining The Federation of Planets, withe the old guard resistant to this against the king who wants to move forward. There is a whodunnit element and who the baddies are isn’t immediately evident. Patrick Troughton’s son David plays the king (and is also in the new series story Midnight with David Tennant).
The analogy for The Monster of Peladon is the miners’ strikes of the 1970s, so is also political in nature and is set 50 years after the first story. Here there is more of a return to the norm in terms of the villains.
These are by no means the best Pertwee stories (Curse is the better of the two), but neither are they the worst and when looked through the lens of history they have added interest (for me at least) and are well worth seeing.Read full review
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Peladon Tales
The box set came in great condition, on time and Curse of Peladon is great. Monster not so much still excellent boxset!
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The Peladon stories
Both the curse & Monster of Peladon are very good stories & have the usual good moments of humour from Jon Pertwee. Both excelent
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A must for DR WHO fans
Bought as a gift. Entertaining if you are a fan . A good watch. Value for money.
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Great thanks
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very good
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