{"id":81,"date":"2007-04-17T21:32:58","date_gmt":"2007-04-17T08:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=81"},"modified":"2007-05-13T21:20:43","modified_gmt":"2007-05-13T08:20:43","slug":"the-curse-of-peladon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=81","title":{"rendered":"The Curse of Peladon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Poor Pertwee has taken a bit of a beating in recent years. <\/span>Perhaps it is the Earthbound nature of the stories, or the repetition of UNIT or the Master, or maybe it\u2019s just the lisp and the hair.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But amongst all this The Curse of Peladon<\/em>is a bit of an oddball, not only for the season, or the Pertwee Era, but for Doctor Who<\/em> as a whole. <\/span>It is a political adventure, years before the likes of <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/place><\/city>Babylon 5<\/em>, where a group of aliens gather together and try and sort out issues between them. <\/span>Oh, there is action and adventure and daring-do, but it is basically murder mystery and a story of courtly intrigue. It\u2019s period drama, and that is always what the BBC has done well. <\/span>In fact, take away the colour and this studio bound, flambeaux lit adventure looks more like an 60\u2019s historical adventure, than any of Pertwee\u2019s other forays offworld. <\/span>And as a result it has dated less.<\/font><\/p>\n

Curse of Peladon<\/em> is four episodes worth of good script and characterisation, on an alien world that is very well realised, with monsters who\u2019s motivations are far more modern than there costumes, and tells a story that thoughtful without being preachy.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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As for extra features, I\u2019m not sure if there really is much to add, in fact it is an ideal candidate for the new stripped down, modestly extra-ed, near vanilla releases, although I\u2019d love to see David Troughton sat down in front of a camera and asked about his recollections of his father and his time on the series. <\/span>They could even push the boat out and do a joint release with the Doctor\u2019s other adventure to Peladon, but the joy of this first story will be at the expense of it\u2019s more bulky and unwieldy (more traditional) second.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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