The Curse of Peladon

061 – *The Curse of Peladon*
061 – The Curse of Peladon
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Jon Pertwee – Third Doctor;
	Companion Katy Manning – Jo Grant;
	Others David Troughton – King Peladon; Henry Gilbert – Chancellor Torbis; Geoffrey Toone – Hepesh; Gordon St. Clair – Grun; George Giles – Guard Captain; Nick Hobbs – Aggedor; Stuart Fell – Body of Alpha Centauri; Ysanne Churchman – Voice of Alpha Centauri; Alan Bennion – Izlyr; Sonny Caldinez – Ssorg; Murphy Grumbar – Arcturus[broken anchor]; Terry Bale – Voice of Arcturus[broken anchor]; Wendy Danvers – Amazonia;
Production
Directed by	Lennie Mayne
Written by	Brian Hayles
Script editor	Terrance Dicks
Produced by	Barry Letts
Executive producer(s)	None
Music by	Dudley Simpson
Production code	MMM
Series	Season 9
Running time	4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast	29 January 1972
Last broadcast	19 February 1972
Chronology
← Preceded by; Day of the Daleks	Followed by →; The Sea Devils
	List of episodes (1963–1989)

The Curse of Peladon is the second serial of the ninth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 29 January to 19 February 1972.

The serial is set on the superstitious and mineral-rich planet Peladon. In the serial, the alien time traveller the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and his travelling companion Jo Grant (Katy Manning) discover the High Priest Hepesh (Geoffrey Toone) conspiring to stop Peladon from joining the Galactic Federation so that the old ways on the planet are preserved.