Brian Hayles
Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon
by Brian Hayles.
The TARDIS arrives on the storm-lashed planet of Peladon, just as it is being assessed for its suitability to join the Galactic Federation. Mistaken for Federation delegates from Earth, the Doctor and Jo become involved in a series of dramatic events at the conference. King Peladon's Chancellor has died in mysterious circumstances, and his High Priest is vehemently opposed to the Federation's advances. Amongst the other delegates are hermaphrodite hexapod Alpha Centauri, half-automaton Arcturus, and two Ice Warriors whose species the Doctor knows as old adversaries.
Confined together in the Citadel, they struggle to counter myth and superstition with logic and reason. Is the Curse of Peladon about to strike those who form a union with the Federation? Has the Royal beast Aggedor risen to defend the planet's independence? And could one of the delegates actually be working to double-cross the others? The Doctor and Jo must work fast to solve these and other questions, and at the same time stay alive.
Format
PaperbackDate Acquired
7th March 1978Retail Cost
£0.40Number of Pages
142Year Read
1978
Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors
by Brian Hayles.
The world is held in the grip of a second Ice Age, and faces total destruction from the rapidly advancing glaciers. Doctor Who, with Victoria and Jamie, lands at a top scientific base in England, where they have just unearthed an ancient Ice Warrior. Aliens from Mars, preserved in the ice for centuries and now revitalised, the Ice Warriors feel ready to take over....
Can the Doctor overcome these warlike Martians and halt the relentless approach of the ice glaciers?
Format
PaperbackDate Acquired
23rd March 1978Retail Cost
£0.40Number of Pages
144Year Read
1978