It’s a perfect landing!
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shadowhiveSo today I decided to continue the Who Ray run with Curse Of Peladon.
I think this is the first 3rd Doctor ep with no scenes on Earth, as it’s solely set on the titular planet along with a tardis scene. it’s there the Doctor says they’ve made a perfect landing (apparently while attempting to fix the tardis again) although of course they’re not. Like in The Romans on the previous boxset the Tardis is on the edge of a cliff, albeit this time they get out before it falls. That means Jo, who’s dressed in a nice outfit, has to climb up a cliff to get into the peladon castle (where at least she gets to play the role of a princess).
Once there they meet the group of Galactic Federation representatives. At he three representatives arrived separately and don’t seem to have known each other beforehand which seems odd from a security standpoint of nothing else, but it does enable the doctor to take on the earth representative role.
What this does mean though is there’s a subversion. Of the three representative races only one is familiar: the ice warriors. And, as they were antogonistic in all previous appearances you expect that here. However they’re actually good guys and turn out to be pretty level headed. It makes me hope that they appear in a similar role in new who at some point because I loved that (and come on, do the same with the Silurians/Sea Devils).
It’s pretty obvious from the start who is behind everything on the Peladon side (the high priest us shady from his very first scene) that which representative is working with him is much less obvious at first. Although it made me wonder how they actually worked together, what with the high priest being obviously xenophobic and Arcturus obviously wanting to use him for the planets wealth.
Other things:
*Why are the guards essentially shirtless? That seems like an odd decision (both in universe and out) though at least it gives eye candy
*Why is the castle riddled with tunnels yet the King has absolutely no idea? You’d think the royal family would know their castle had such tunnels
*The representatives had ships in orbit… weren’t they worried they’d not heard from them the whole time? And what happened to the earth representative to make her late?
*Theres something oddly adorable about Alpha Centauri, though they are so panicked and terrified
(I’m sure I’m missing something too Oop)
All in all though I enjoyed it.
later tonight I’m gonna watch the special features on the disc (hopefully watching a,l or at least most) and then tomorrow night it’s the last lost symbol and Karl and foolish ghost hunting.
I think this is the first 3rd Doctor ep with no scenes on Earth, as it’s solely set on the titular planet along with a tardis scene. it’s there the Doctor says they’ve made a perfect landing (apparently while attempting to fix the tardis again) although of course they’re not. Like in The Romans on the previous boxset the Tardis is on the edge of a cliff, albeit this time they get out before it falls. That means Jo, who’s dressed in a nice outfit, has to climb up a cliff to get into the peladon castle (where at least she gets to play the role of a princess).
Once there they meet the group of Galactic Federation representatives. At he three representatives arrived separately and don’t seem to have known each other beforehand which seems odd from a security standpoint of nothing else, but it does enable the doctor to take on the earth representative role.
What this does mean though is there’s a subversion. Of the three representative races only one is familiar: the ice warriors. And, as they were antogonistic in all previous appearances you expect that here. However they’re actually good guys and turn out to be pretty level headed. It makes me hope that they appear in a similar role in new who at some point because I loved that (and come on, do the same with the Silurians/Sea Devils).
It’s pretty obvious from the start who is behind everything on the Peladon side (the high priest us shady from his very first scene) that which representative is working with him is much less obvious at first. Although it made me wonder how they actually worked together, what with the high priest being obviously xenophobic and Arcturus obviously wanting to use him for the planets wealth.
Other things:
*Why are the guards essentially shirtless? That seems like an odd decision (both in universe and out) though at least it gives eye candy
*Why is the castle riddled with tunnels yet the King has absolutely no idea? You’d think the royal family would know their castle had such tunnels
*The representatives had ships in orbit… weren’t they worried they’d not heard from them the whole time? And what happened to the earth representative to make her late?
*Theres something oddly adorable about Alpha Centauri, though they are so panicked and terrified
(I’m sure I’m missing something too Oop)
All in all though I enjoyed it.
later tonight I’m gonna watch the special features on the disc (hopefully watching a,l or at least most) and then tomorrow night it’s the last lost symbol and Karl and foolish ghost hunting.
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Date: 2023-03-29 12:54 pm (UTC)Yeah! What is it about them that’s so endearing? They shouldn’t be but they are (apparently their outfit was a last minute edition because they looked…. Well, like something else)
Yeah he doesn’t feel like he has the charisma of a ruler, but I guess that’s kinda the poin too