Not to be confused with the 1969 Second Doctor serial The Seeds of Death.
1976 Doctor Who serial
085 – The Seeds of Doom
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Doctor
Tom Baker – Fourth Doctor
Companion
Elisabeth Sladen – Sarah Jane Smith
Guest
Tony Beckley – Harrison Chase
Kenneth Gilbert – Richard Dunbar
Michael Barrington – Sir Colin Thackeray
Sylvia Coleridge – Amelia Ducat
John Challis – Scorby
Mark Jones – Arnold Keeler/Krynoid Voice
Seymour Green – Hargreaves
Michael McStay – Derek Moberley
Hubert Rees – John Stevenson
John Gleeson – Charles Winlett
Ian Fairbairn – Doctor Chester
John Acheson – Major Beresford[broken anchor]
Ray Barron – Sergeant Henderson[broken anchor]
Alan Chuntz – Chauffeur
David Masterman – Guard Leader
Harry Fielder – Guard
Production
Directed by
Douglas Camfield
Written by
Robert Banks Stewart
Script editor
Robert Holmes
Produced by
Philip Hinchcliffe
Executive producer(s)
None
Music by
Geoffrey Burgon
Production code
4L
Series
Season 13
Running time
6 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast
31 January 1976 (1976-01-31)
Last broadcast
6 March 1976 (1976-03-06)
Chronology
← Preceded by The Brain of Morbius
Followed by → The Masque of Mandragora
List of episodes (1963–1989)
The Seeds of Doom is the sixth and final serial of the 13th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 31 January to 6 March 1976.
In the serial, the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) agrees to go on one final mission in his role as UNIT's scientific advisor to investigate a mysterious pod found in the Antarctic. However, the crazed millionaire and plant collector Harrison Chase (Tony Beckley) is also interested, and has sent his violent henchman Scorby (John Challis) and the botanist Arnold Keeler (Mark Jones) to acquire the malignant alien plant for his personal collection.
TheSeedsofDoom is the sixth and final serial ofthe 13th season ofthe British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast...
the story Terror of the Zygons, and ended with TheSeedsofDoom. This is the second series to feature the Fourth Doctor, played by Tom Baker, with Philip...
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(1978). On television, Beckley played the villainous Harrison Chase in the six-part Doctor Who serial TheSeedsofDoom (1976). He also guest-starred on shows...
regular feature from The Invasion (1968) until TheSeedsofDoom (1976). Originally referred to as the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, executive...
Doctor Who crew who worked on this serial or the following serial, TheSeedsofDoom: production unit manager George Gallaccio, script editor Robert Holmes...
other television appearances include Dixon of Dock Green, Thriller, The Sweeney, Doctor Who (TheSeedsofDoom), Dracula, Beau Geste, Juliet Bravo, Bloomers...
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and Robert Holmes era such as TheSeedsofDoom and The Talons of Weng-Chiang in preparation for it and concluded that the series should return to a more...
ofthe Bailey, Artemis 81, Bleak House, and the sitcom Maggie and Her. Coleridge made a guest appearance in the Doctor Who serial TheSeedsofDoom (1976)...
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played Yendom in The Ark (1966). Hubert Rees had previously appeared in Fury from the Deep (1968) and would return for TheSeedsofDoom (1976). Edward...
episodes ofTheSeedsof Death in reality, but since Brian Hayles is the only name to appear on screen he receives the credit. The notes shed light on the work...
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appeared in "TheSeedsofDoom" alongside Tom Baker. He was to appear with Baker again in 1982 when he took the part of Inspector Lestrade in the television...