History Recap / DoctorWhoS11E4TheMonsterOfPeladon

** Indeed, Ortron's {{Stay In The Kitchen}} vibe comes off more as an {{Informed Attribute}}. While Ortron is obviously dismissive of his Queen, it is hard to imagine him being more amenable to a young king. Also, when the chips are down, and Azaxyr threatens to rule Peladon, he is the first to proclaim that only the Queen has that right.

* BigBadEnsemble: Eckersley/Azaxyr and Ettis.

Written by Brian Hayles. This serial first aired March 23-April 27, 1974.

* SkunkStripe: The miners' hair, which has alternating bands of white and brown, as well as the other native Peladonians, who have stripes of red and white through their hair in various patterns.

* MulticolouredHair[=/=]SkunkStripe: The miners' hair, which has alternating bands of white and brown, as well as the other native Peladonians, who have stripes of red and white through their hair in various patterns.

** BigBadEnsemble: Eckersley/Azaxyr and Ettis.
** GreaterScopeVillain: Galaxy 5.

[[caption-width-right:350:Oh look, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint a marriage proposal]]!]]

"Glorious Goodwood", one of the earliest recorded audio stories of ''Doctor Who'', takes place between this serial and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders Planet of the Spiders]]". It was actually filmed during Jon Pertwee's soon-to-conclude tenure right before he left the role of the Doctor. However, it never made it to air and was reallocated the shelves of the BBC Archives as an unfinished production. It was rediscovered in 2005, after Pertwee had passed, and included on '' Doctor Who at the BBC: Volume 3'', a CD containing stories narrated by Elisabeth Sladen, who was still alive at the time of release.

* MulticoloredHair[=/=]SkunkStripe: The miners' hair, which has alternating bands of white and brown, as well as the other native Peladonians, who have stripes of red and white through their hair in various patterns.

* RedHerring: For those who remember the last Peladon episode where the Ice Warriors turned out to be on the Doctor's side. Here they are back to being villains again.

* [[WhatsUpKingDude What's Up, Queen Girl?]]: It seems anyone, including miners, can walk into the throne room and talk to the queen whenever they want.

* MulticoloredHair[=/=]SkunkStripe: The miners' hair, which has alternating bands of white and brown.
** Presumably a genetic trait of the natives of Peladon, given that it's the same or similar with everyone else who's from the planet.
** HumanAliens

A spectral image of Aggeddor (the titular Monster, a god of Peladon) has been blamed for a number of deaths among the Trisilicate miners. The Doctor discovers that the spectral image is the work of a human engineer, Eckersley, who is working in cahoots with some renegade Ice Warriors to seize the Trisilicate deposits for a rival power bloc.

The Ice Warrior leader, Azaxyr, leads an attack on the throne room, but is killed along with his comrades when the Doctor turns Eckersley's heat ray on them. Eckersley takes the queen hostage, but the Doctor and the real Aggeddor hunt him down. Eckersley is killed, but so is Aggeddor.

The rival power bloc surrenders to the Federation and the Queen offers the Doctor the chancellorship, but the Doctor suggests Gebek, the miners' leader.

** Indeed, Ortron's {{Stay In The Kitchen}} vibe comes off more as an {{Informed Attribute}}. While Ortron is obviously dismissive of his Queen, it is hard to imagine him being more amenable to a young king. Also, when the chips are down, and Azaxyr threatens to rule Paledon, he is the first to proclaim that only the Queen has that right.

* TheDragon: Sskel.

* ScoobyDooHoax

The one with evil Judge Dredd.

[[caption-width-right:350:Oh look, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint a marriage propsal]]!]]

* LesCollaborateurs: Eckersley conspires with the Ice Warriors for a stake in the trisilicate trade.
* TheDragon: Sskel.

* [[{{Unobtainium}} Trisilicate]]

* [[WhatsUpKingDude What's Up, Queen Girl?]]: It seems anyone, including miners, can walk into the throne room and talk to the queen whenever they want to talk to her about something.

** BiggerBad: Galaxy 5.

* GenreSavvy: When the Doctor attempts to slip away with Sarah by saying he's going to check on the TARDIS, Thalira immediately calls out "Goodbye, Doctor!"

* EvilChancellor

The Doctor returns to Peladon, some fifty years after his first visit (''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E2TheCurseOfPeladon The Curse of Peladon]]''). King Peladon's daughter, Queen Thalira, is now in charge, advised by the inevitable EvilChancellor, who promptly arrests the Doctor and Sarah Jane. Alpha Centauri, the effeminate octopoid from the last story, is now the Federation ambassador to Peladon, and clears the Doctor's name.

A spectral image of Aggeddor (the titular Monster, a sacred monster to Peladon) has been blamed for a number of deaths among the Trisilicate miners. The Doctor discovers that the spectral image is the work of a human engineer, Eckersley, who is working in cahoots with some renegade Ice Warriors to seize the Trisilicate deposits for a rival power bloc.

* {{Unobtainium}}: It's called ''Trisilicate''.
* WhatsUpKingDude: It seems anyone, including miners, can walk into the throne room and talk to the queen whenever they want to talk to her about something.

* [[GreenRocks Yellow Rocks]] - Trisilicate