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The Seeds of Death

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on April 11, 2022April 14, 2025
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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

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 7, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 232 - The Seeds of Death 2/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 25 Jan 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 7, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 233 - The Seeds of Death 2/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 1 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 8, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 233 - The Seeds of Death 2/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 1 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 8, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 234 - The Seeds of Death 3/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 8 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 8, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 234 - The Seeds of Death 3/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 8 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 8, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 235 - The Seeds of Death 4/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 15 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 9, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 235 - The Seeds of Death 4/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 15 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 9, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 236 - The Seeds of Death 5/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 22 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 11, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 236 - The Seeds of Death 5/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 22 Feb 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 11, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 237 - The Seeds of Death 6/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 1 Mar 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 12, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 237 - The Seeds of Death 6/6 (Serial XX, Story 48) - 1 Mar 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 12, 2022

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