Chimera (mythology) (that does not occur with depictions of male lions). Sighting the Chimera was an omen of storms, shipwrecks, and natural disasters (particularly volcanoes). While there are different genealogies, in one version the Chimera mated with her brother Orthrus and was the mother of the Sphinx and the Nemean lion (others have Orthrus and their mother, Echidna, mating; most attribute all to Typhon and Echidna). The Chimera finally was defeated by Bellerophon with the help of Pegasus, at the command of King Iobates of Lycia, after terrorizing Lycia and nearby lands. Since Pegasus could fly, Bellerophon shot the Chimera from the
The Monster of Peladon The Monster of Peladon The Monster of Peladon is the fourth serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 23 March to 27 April 1974. The serial is set on the mineral-rich planet Peladon 50 years after the 1972 serial "The Curse of Peladon". In the serial, the engineer Eckersley (Donald Gee) and the rogue Ice Warrior Commander Azaxyr (Alan Bennion) conspire to take over the planet and sell its minerals to Peladon's enemies in Galaxy Five. On the planet Peladon a power