The Seeds of Doom
Joe Siegler
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The Seeds of Doom
This Story: Season 13, Story 6. Production Code 4L
Overall: Story 85, Episodes 422-427
Airdates: 31 Jan 1976 to 6 Mar 1976
Written by Robert Banks Stewart
Directed by Douglas Camfield
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[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 422 - Seeds of Doom 1/6 (Serial 4L Story 85) - 31 Jan 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 4, 2022
This is one that reminds me of Troughton's The Mind Robber in that start has a different feel than the rest of the story (Antartica). It is also the final time we have anything to do pic.twitter.com/2eXqcr5Awz
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 422 - Seeds of Doom 1/6 (Serial 4L Story 85) - 31 Jan 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 4, 2022
with UNIT, although NONE of the existing characters are here (it feels spurious). Thought the feel of this episode was good. While this era of Who isn't my fav, I liked this story. pic.twitter.com/66GRrUzkag
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 423 - Seeds of Doom 2/6 (Serial 4L Story 85) - 7 Feb 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 5, 2022
Going into this, I thought the entire Antarctica segment was in ep1 solely, but that's not the case. This is a weird feeling knowing generally how this story goes, but being surprised pic.twitter.com/rxGt4KykQW
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 423 - Seeds of Doom 2/6 (Serial 4L Story 85) - 7 Feb 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 5, 2022
by specific events. The two that came to take the pod are now openly hostile, and it ends up with the base blowing up, which I always like. :) Liked the atmosphere in these 2 eps. pic.twitter.com/H2IwXJ8ZYa
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 424 - Seeds of Doom 3/6 (Serial 4L Story 85) - 14 Feb 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 6, 2022
Valentine's Day 1976. But that doesn't play into episode. The two who blew up the base get the pod back to the UK & Harrison Chase. Not entirely clear what he wants with it, but you pic.twitter.com/SZALGtCD9J
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 424 - Seeds of Doom 3/6 (Serial 4L Story 85) - 14 Feb 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 6, 2022
know it's no good. The Doctor & SJS eventually follow him there and try and stop the pod, as it will grow Krynoids, and will destroy all animal life. That's the main plot here. pic.twitter.com/XiGGQPOgfD
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 425 - Seeds of Doom 4/6 (Serial 4L Story 85) - 21 Feb 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 8, 2022
I had forgotten how good Liz Sladen is at the huge bug eyed scared look. SJS has passed into legend status for most Who fans. So when I watch these eps again, it reminds me of just pic.twitter.com/eiiWECA24j
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 425 - Seeds of Doom 4/6 (Serial 4L Story 85) - 21 Feb 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 8, 2022
how good she really was. Chase is a bastard. The pod exploded starting the Krynoid infection. Good middle ep. Obviously things starting to go bad, but not sure how it will play out. pic.twitter.com/9BhgRTPYrL
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 426 - Seeds of Doom 5/6 (Serial 4L Story 85) - 28 Feb 1976. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 8, 2022
I was surprised the Doctor in the compost machine from last ep wasn't the cliffhanger. Figured it would be. Tom Baker's rage as the Doctor is very well realized here. Chase has gone pic.twitter.com/iRC9pENkOQ
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 426 - Seeds of Doom 5/6 (Serial 4L Story 85) - 28 Feb 1976. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 8, 2022
insane in his desire to be in awe of the Krynoid, who has grown larger than a house now. Everyone else is making plans to fight it. Chase by the end is totally off his rocker. pic.twitter.com/Q6VpFZvFHj
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 427 - Seeds of Doom 6/6 (Serial 4L Story 85) - 6 Mar 1976. #DoctorWho 1/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 10, 2022
I remembered this story being good, and it still was. Only thing that I don't get is the Doctor made such a huge deal out of the Krynoids consuming all animal life everywhere and the pic.twitter.com/4B3SEqUA62
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 427 - Seeds of Doom 6/6 (Serial 4L Story 85) - 6 Mar 1976. #DoctorWho 2/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 10, 2022
entire threat was defeated with a single (large) Krynoid death at the end. Felt too local of a resolution for a problem presented as such wide scale. But overall, a damn good story. pic.twitter.com/dTdolpgpJa
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 427 - Seeds of Doom 6/6 (Serial 4L Story 85) - 6 Mar 1976. #DoctorWho 3/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 10, 2022
I reached the halfway point via seasons of classic Who. This ep is the last of S13 - halfway through classic. Halfway through classic by number of episodes tho was Planet of Daleks 6. pic.twitter.com/GSbW5sagqI
