Doctor Who Guide: The Seeds of Doom

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Part Five

Series Episode Number: 426

World Premiere: Sat 28 Feb 1976 - 5:47pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Thu 1 May 1980 - 5:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 25 minutes 6 seconds

9.90 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 26 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 15 Dec 1975 in TC8

The Krynoid demands that the Doctor be surrendered to it. But the Time Lord escapes and seeks help. Sarah and Scorby, still trapped on the estate, battle the living plants.

Characters hide uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Sarah Jane Smith		Elisabeth Sladen
Harrison Chase		Tony Beckley
Scorby		John Challis
Sir Colin Thackeray		Michael Barrington
Amelia Ducat		Sylvia Coleridge
Major Beresford		John Acheson
Sergeant Henderson		Ray Barron
Hargreaves		Seymour Green
Krynoid voice		Mark Jones
Chase's Guard		Bryan Nolan (uncredited)
Chase's Guard		Pat Gorman (uncredited)
Kyrnoid		Keith Ashley (uncredited)
Kyrnoid		Ronald Gough (uncredited)
Secretary		Keith Ashley (uncredited)

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		Robert Banks Stewart
Director		Douglas Camfield
Producer		Philip Hinchcliffe
Designer		Roger Murray-Leach
Script Editor		Robert Holmes
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
Makeup		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		George Gallaccio
Assistant Floor Manager		Sue Shearman (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Heather Gilder (uncredited)
Technical Manager (TM2)		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)
Makeup (Assistant)		Catherine Cary-Elwes (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Janet Gilpin (uncredited)
Makeup (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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