The Seeds of Death
Joe Siegler
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The Seeds of Death
This Story: Season 6, Story 5. Production Code XX
Overall: Story 48, Episodes 232-237
Airdates: 25 Jan 1969 to 1 Mar 1969
Written by Brian Hayles. Directed by Michael Ferguson.
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[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 232 - The Seeds of Death 1/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 25 Jan 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 7, 2022
This story features the return of the Ice Warriors. Given this story was complete and IW wasn't at the time, I saw this one first, so it's "my first". Holds a place to me. pic.twitter.com/0O3svipU4p
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 232 - The Seeds of Death 2/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 25 Jan 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 7, 2022
I always felt the T-Mat was a reaction to Star Trek's transporter. Story starts off with a couple of deaths. Since IW aren't in the title, I wonder if they were a secret in 69. pic.twitter.com/8ccuZPwsij
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 233 - The Seeds of Death 2/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 1 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 8, 2022
T-Mat is down, and most of the drama here comes from a rocket from an old scientist being used to get to the moon to fix T-Mat. The Ice Warriors are in control of the moonbase. pic.twitter.com/0IrS2a8cvb
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 233 - The Seeds of Death 2/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 1 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 8, 2022
The IW are unknown to those on Earth, so Kelly and the Tardis crew are walking into a trap. This is an odd episode feel, because all the pieces haven't merged together yet. pic.twitter.com/SeePPHWiNw
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 234 - The Seeds of Death 3/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 8 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 8, 2022
Just realized that this story and Ice Warriors were both by Brian Hayles, and all the eps had a stylized opening that was the same on all their eps. The Doctor and crew are pic.twitter.com/TV4lnX3e4V
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 234 - The Seeds of Death 3/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 8 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 8, 2022
able to land, but have to deal with the Ice Warriors, who are now known to the humans. There's a fun chase of Troughton by the IW I liked. The Ice Warriors plan is revealed. pic.twitter.com/pXcN31micO
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 235 - The Seeds of Death 4/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 15 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 9, 2022
The Ice Warrior plan is to poison the entire earth with chemical bombs (seed pods) via T-Mat, and then quietly take over the whole planet. The various humans on the station pic.twitter.com/sK9Sl6okeb
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 235 - The Seeds of Death 4/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 15 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 9, 2022
work to defeat the Ice Warriors. The Ice Warriors make it to Earth & start killing humans as well, taking over T-Mat bases. Troughton is not in this ep, as he was on holiday. pic.twitter.com/xg6aW9QKvx
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 236 - The Seeds of Death 5/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 22 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 11, 2022
Troughton is back from vacation, so the Doctor wakes up and gets involved with fighting the Ice Warriors. Our people figure out that heat harms the IW. A few Ice Warriors get pic.twitter.com/yE0uRYhF0M
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 236 - The Seeds of Death 5/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 22 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 11, 2022
to Earth and destroy the weather control station. It's discovered that plain water will combat the foam spore. This ep ends with some serious Troughton mugging for the camera. pic.twitter.com/ALvgfFBmqa
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 237 - The Seeds of Death 6/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 1 Mar 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 12, 2022
The Ep5 cliffhanger is resolved with a lot of foam, which apparently caused much laughter on set when filming. The Doctor figures out a way to deal with the Warrior at the pic.twitter.com/ctL1hU2Z6V
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 237 - The Seeds of Death 6/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 1 Mar 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 12, 2022
weather station. The Doctor goes to the moon and deals with the Warriors there, sending the spaceship into the sun. The weather station is repaired; rain deals with the fungus. pic.twitter.com/QQRNDen3tv
