Doctor Who Guide: The Seeds of Doom

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Series Episode Number: 424

World Premiere: Sat 14 Feb 1976 - 5:56pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 29 Apr 1980 - 5:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 51 seconds

10.30 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 32 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 01 Dec 1975 in TC4

The Doctor and Sarah track down the remaining Krynoid pod to the estate of Harrison Chase. The millionaire botanist intends use the pod to change a human victim into a Krynoid.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Sarah Jane Smith		Elisabeth Sladen
Harrison Chase		Tony Beckley
Scorby		John Challis
Arnold Keeler		Mark Jones
Richard Dunbar		Kenneth Gilbert
Sir Colin Thackeray		Michael Barrington
Amelia Ducat		Sylvia Coleridge
Guard Leader		David Masterman
Doctor Chester		Ian Fairbairn
Hargreaves		Seymour Green
Chauffeur		Alan Chuntz
Guard		Harry Fielder

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Robert Banks Stewart
Director		Douglas Camfield
Producer		Philip Hinchcliffe
Designer		Roger Murray-Leach
Script Editor		Robert Holmes
Film Cameraman		Keith Hopper (uncredited)
Film Editor		M A C Adams (uncredited)
OB Lighting		Clive Potter
OB Sound		Vic Godrich
Studio Lighting		John Dixon
Studio Sound		John Holmes
Visual Effects Designer		Richard Conway
Costume Designer		Barbara Lane
Make-up		Ann Briggs
Incidental Music		Geoffrey Burgon
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Production Assistant		Graeme Harper
Production Unit Manager		Janet Radenkovic
Fight Arranger		Terry Walsh
Assistant Floor Manager		Sue Shearman (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Graham Giles (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Bernard Fox (uncredited)
Electronic Effects		Dave Jervis (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Andrew Hunter (uncredited)
Technical Manager(TM2)		Bert Robinson (uncredited)
Senior Cameraman		Paul Kay (uncredited)
OB Vision Mixer		Paul Jackson (uncredited)
OB Cameraman		Simon Fone (uncredited)
OB Cameraman		Frank Hudson (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Steve Haggard (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Catherine Cary-Elwes (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Janet Gilpin (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Gillian Thomas (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Jan Spoczynski (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Briony Brown (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Nansi Davies (uncredited)
Dresser		Arthur Funge (uncredited)
Dresser		Moira Fitzgerald (uncredited)
Pre-Production Secretary		Gillian Bowles (uncredited)
Facilities Booker		Carol Vigurs (uncredited)
Orchestrated by		Alan Merrick (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)

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