Two classic Doctor Who adventures set on the planet of Peladon, starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, with Katy Manning as his companion in the first story and Elisabeth Sladen in the second.

In the four-parter The Curse of Peladon (1972), the Doctor (Pertwee) finally seems to have escaped his exile to Earth when he manages to transport Jo (Manning) in the Tardis to the planet Peladon. The pair are mistaken for Earth delegates at a conference to decide whether Peladon should join the Galactic Federation, and discover that someone is attempting to use the legendary royal beast of Aggador to trigger off a war.

In the six-parter The Monster of Peladon (1974), the Tardis arrives on the Planet of Peladon half a century after the Doctor's first visit. The planet has now become of great tactical importance because of its focal position between warring factions. The Doctor and Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) have to act as peacekeepers between rival ambassadors and they must also find the truth behind ‘the spirit’.

3 disc Doctor Who DVD Boxed Set.

Special features include the Peladon Saga behind-the-scenes documentary, a short feature on the Ice Warriors, another on the Doctor Who novelisations, info-text, a photo gallery and more. Curse has a commentary with Barry Letts, Terrance Dicks, Katy Manning, and Chris D'Oyly-John; Monster has Letts and Dicks with Donald Gee, Nina Thomas, Ralph Watson and Stuart Fell. Monster also has a deleted scene reconstructed from the surviving audio!

Watch The Peladon Tales for a rare example of Doctor Who returning to the scene of an adventure decades later, to find out what happened after the happy ending…