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* NamedAfterTheirPlanet: Alpha Centauri and Arcturus are named after the stars their home planets orbit.
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* {{Homage}}: This story is one of times that ''Doctor Who'' has come closest to ''Franchise/StarTrek'', lampshaded by the "Federation" reference. In particular, it bears clear parallels with the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Journey to Babel", with political intrigue among an assortment of distinctive-looking alien characters centering around a planet's application to join the Federation.
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* CivilianVillain: The Ice Warriors claim to want to have given up their militaristic ways, which the Doctor does not believe. In fact, they have.
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* ObscuredSpecialEffects: Alpha Centauri'S UnfortunateCharacterDesign was disguised at the last minute by putting him in a yellow cape. (It doesn't help.)
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* HollywoodTorches: So many the production team got in trouble for it, as the soot damaged the cameras.
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* RedHerring: Given his past difficulties with them, the Doctor naturally assumes the Ice Warriors are the bad guys.
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** In the DVD commentary, both Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts deny there was any deliberate message in the storyline, while admitting that it's entirely possible that the author may well have been inspired to write his story by the political debate at the time.
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** In the DVD commentary, both Terrance Dicks Creator/TerranceDicks and Barry Letts deny there was any deliberate message in the storyline, while admitting that it's entirely possible that the author may well have been inspired to write his story by the political debate at the time.
* HalfHumanHybrid: King Peladon is half-Pel and half-human. His mother was a human princess. He later has a daughter, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E4TheMonsterOfPeladon Queen Thalira]]. It's unknown who her mother was.
* HardHead: Grun is merely unconscious for maybe a minute after he's bashed on the head with a rock.
* HardHead: Grun is merely unconscious for maybe a minute after he's bashed on the head with a rock.
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* HardHead: Grun is merely unconscious for maybe a minute after he's bashed on the head with a rock.
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* BriefAccentImitation: Jo starts speaking in the upper class variant of RP when the Doctor gets her to impersonate a queen.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Alpha Centauri
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: As befits the Shakespearean setting of the Peladon stories, Alpha CentauriCentauri is named after the country (in this case, star system) it represents, rather than having a name of its own.
** The [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar rude implications of its appearance]] are oft commented on by reviewers.
** The [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar rude implications of its appearance]] are oft commented on by reviewers.
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* CivillanVillain: The Ice Warriors claim to want to have given up their militaristic ways, which the Doctor does not believe. In fact, they have.
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks This isn't the first time the Doctor's impersonated an Earth examiner]].
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* AuthorTract: The story was allegedly pro-European Union.
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* PoweredArmor: The Arcturus delegate is housed within a mechanical transport housing somewhat like a Dalek's, although in his case it's mainly for life-support in a non-aquatic environment.
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* TenLittleMurderVictims: Various delegates from alien civilisations who have come to the castle of Peladon in a storm. The Ice Warrior delegate nearly dies in an accident and the delegate from Arcturus is found dying with a vital part of his life support missing. Everyone gets increasingly paranoid and existing racial tensions flare up.
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* HoYay: A mildly famous example in ''Doctor Who'' - there's only one bed in the Ice Warriors' room. This or ThereIsOnlyOneBed?
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Didn't need to be on there twice.
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* RunningGag: When the real delegate from Earth turns up at the end of the episode.
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* RunningGag: RunningGag / TitleDrop: When the real delegate from Earth turns up at the end of the episode.
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* TitleDrop / RunningGag: When the real Earth delegate shows up, she asks: "Doctor who?"
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The story was written as a commentary on Britain entering the European Union.
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-> ''There is no plot! I am being completely honest with you.''
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-> ''There ''"There is no plot! I am being completely honest with you.''"''
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* HoYaya: A mildly famous example in ''Doctor Who'' - there's only one bed in the Ice Warriors' room. This or ThereIsOnlyOneBed?
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* NoSell: Grun isn't impressed when the soldiers punch him. [[TapOnTheHead A rock on the head]], however...
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* NoSell: Grun isn't impressed when NotSoExtinct: Turns out there ''is'' a living member of Aggedor's species in the soldiers punch him. [[TapOnTheHead A rock on the head]], however...tunnels.
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The other committee members - the giant, camp, eyeball-octopus-thing Alpha Centauri, Arcturus, the Ice Warrior lord Izlyr and his subordinate, Ssorg - are worried about the death of Chancellor Torbis, the new king's advisor. High Priest Hepesh opposes entry into the Federation and attributes Torbis's death to the displeasure of Aggedor, the sacred monster of Peladon, who is most certainly not a much bigger {{Series/Alf}}. The Doctor, meanwhile, concludes that a saboteur is at work.
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The other committee members - the giant, camp, eyeball-octopus-thing Alpha Centauri, Arcturus, Arcturus the BrainInAJar, the Ice Warrior lord Izlyr and his subordinate, Ssorg - are worried about the death of Chancellor Torbis, the new king's advisor. High Priest Hepesh opposes entry into the Federation and attributes Torbis's death to the displeasure of Aggedor, the sacred monster of Peladon, who is most certainly not a much bigger {{Series/Alf}}. The Doctor, meanwhile, concludes that a saboteur is at work.
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* MistakenForSpecialGuest: The Doctor is assumed to be the ambassador from Earth.
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** Two stories [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E4TheMutants later]] we learn something like this happened before.
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The other committee members - the giant, camp, eyeball-octopus-thing Alpha Centauri, Arcturus, the Ice Warrior lord Izlyr and his subordinate, Ssorg - are worried about the death of Chancellor Torbis, the new king's advisor. High Priest Hepesh opposes entry into the Federation and attributes Torbis's death to the displeasure of Aggedor, the sacred monster of Peladon.Peladon, who is most certainly not a much bigger {{Series/Alf}}. The Doctor, meanwhile, concludes that a saboteur is at work.
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Hepesh leads a coup and attempts to force the king to reject entry into the Federation once and for all. The Doctor arrives with the real Aggedor, a mountain beast thought extinct which Hepesh had trained to obey him, and which he had used to spread the story of the curse. Hepesh orders Aggedor to kill the Doctor. But the Doctor has already met and befriended Aggedor, who turns on Hepesh instead.
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Hepesh leads a coup and attempts to force the king to reject entry into the Federation once and for all. The Doctor arrives with the real Aggedor, a mountain beast thought extinct which Hepesh had trained to obey him, and which he had used to spread the story of the curse. Hepesh orders Aggedor to kill the Doctor. But the Doctor has already met and befriended Aggedor, who Aggedor via hypnosis, and it turns on Hepesh instead.
Peladon tries to convince Jo to stay and marry him, having fallen in love with her over the course of the story. Jo reluctantly declines, though has enough second thoughts that the Doctor must talk her into returning to Earth. They head off to watch the coronation before their departure, only to run across the other delegates meeting with the actual Earth delegate, who has arrived late and is indignant that someone has been impersonating her. The Doctor and Jo beat a hasty retreat to the TARDIS, where they VWORP away just as the delegates enter the room looking for them.
Peladon tries to convince Jo to stay and marry him, having fallen in love with her over the course of the story. Jo reluctantly declines, though has enough second thoughts that the Doctor must talk her into returning to Earth. They head off to watch the coronation before their departure, only to run across the other delegates meeting with the actual Earth delegate, who has arrived late and is indignant that someone has been impersonating her. The Doctor and Jo beat a hasty retreat to the TARDIS, where they VWORP away just as the delegates enter the room looking for them.
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* RunningGag: When the real delegate from Earth turns up at the end of the episode.
-->"The Doctor? Doctor ''who?''"
-->"The Doctor? Doctor ''who?''"
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[[caption-width-right:350:"[[WebVideo/GameGrumps DOCTOR. I CAN SEE THE FUTURE. DOCTOR, IT'S NOT PRETTY.]]"]]
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'''WARNING! THERE MAY BE UNMARKED SPOILERS!'''
