ALPHA CENTAURI: But we were the victims of a vicious and unprovoked attack - by the forces of Galaxy Five. According to the miners it was the spirit of Aggedor - whatever that's supposed to mean. But, er, where is King Peladon? ECKERSLEY: Nexos? ETTIS remains long enough to shout angrily at THALIRA and ORTRON...)
ETTIS: It is the curse of Aggedor! Kill them! Now there is war with Galaxy Five and our people have to make sacrifices. She and Ortron are puppets of the Federation. THALIRA takes her place on the throne and then the guards push the DOCTOR and SARAH forward and onto their knees.) The Queen has listened to enough traitors. The central column of the lance and the probe glow red as the power reaches its peak and the next moment a circular hole is blasted in the wall of the tunnel, creating a small smoking cave filled with seams of trisilicate beyond. The miners are terrified and refuse to work.
Plan: A: Peladon; Q: What is the name of the planet? A: "The Curse of Peladon; Q: What was the name of the episode that took place 50 years before this one? A: Sarah; Q: Who is the Doctor's companion in this episode? A: Queen Thalira; Q: Who has inherited the throne? A: The Federation; Q: Who is at war with Galaxy Five? A: the mineral Trisilicate; Q: What mineral does the Federation need to end the war? A: the miners; Q: Who is refusing to work? A: Ettis; Q: Who is the leader of the miners? A: Aggedor; Q: Who is the ghost of the loyal beast? A: Miners; Q: Who is being killed off? A: a holographic projection; Q: What is the ghost of Aggedor? A: Commander Azaxyr; Q: Who is the leader of the renegade Ice Warriors? A: traitorous federation mining engineer Eckersley; Q: Who is the traitorous federation mining engineer? Summary: Returning to the medieval planet Peladon (50 years after "The Curse of Peladon") The Doctor and Sarah find King Peladon's daughter Queen Thalira has inherited the throne and the galactic Federation is at war with Galaxy Five and The Federation requires the mineral Trisilicate that will end the war. Only to discover the miners led by the mad rebel Ettis are rebelling and refusing to work, as the ghost of the loyal best Aggedor is frightening and killing off Miners, only to discover the ghost of Aggedor is a holographic projection and the culprits are a task-force of renegade Ice Warriors led by Commander Azaxyr and traitorous federation mining engineer Eckersley who have betrayed the Federation to Galaxy Five.