Peladon succession crisis
Struggles over the throne of Peladon following the death of King Peladon, featuring political maneuvering between Queen Thalira, Commander Azaxyr of the Ice Warriors, and Earth representatives like Eckersley. Involves human intervention in alien governance and threats of external conquest, with shifting alliances and betrayals.
Arc Timeline
Season 11
8 eventsQueen Thalira refuses to become a puppet as Commander Azaxyr tightens martial law, conscripting Peladon’s citizens to work in the trisilicate mines. Sarah proposes a desperate plan: they must bypass …
Azaxyr’s forces close in on Queen Thalira, trapping her beneath an Ice Warrior’s boot. Ortron intervenes, pulling the warrior off her and begging her to flee. The warrior slays Ortron …
Commander Azaxyr and his human collaborator Eckersley execute a calculated act of psychological warfare in the refinery’s control center. With air supplies in the mines dwindling, Azaxyr calmly chips away …
As the Ice Warriors tighten their blockade around Peladon’s refinery, the Doctor frantically stabilizes the vent door’s failing systems while Sarah monitors his progress. Their dialogue cuts through the urgency …
The Doctor and Sarah breach the refinery’s control room and find the ventilation system disabled, the air in the mines rapidly turning stale. Knowing hundreds of trapped miners will suffocate …
The Doctor leverages the refinery’s ancient transporter system to reactivate the long-dormant statue Aggedor. With Sarah’s encouragement, the ritual succeeds—the creature roars to life, melts two unsuspecting Ice Warriors with …
Commander Azaxyr’s Ice Warriors ambush Gebek’s miners in a narrow corridor, gunning down two victims before Gebek orders a retreat. The Doctor seizes the initiative by unleashing Aggedor, the planet’s …
Eckersley drags Thalira toward a dead end tunnel convinced his spaceship waits just beyond the mountain, banking on her as his only hostage. When the Doctor arrives trailing him with …