Doctor Who Guide: The Seeds of Doom

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 422

World Premiere: Sat 31 Jan 1976 - 6:00pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Wed 23 Apr 1980 - 5:30pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 10 seconds

11.40 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 59 (UK)

Chart Position: 16 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 17 Nov 1975 in TC4

Learning of an alien seed pod at the Antarctic, the Doctor and Sarah investigate. But they are too late. A man is already turning 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
John Stevenson		Hubert Rees
Charles Winlett		John Gleeson
Derek Moberley		Michael McStay
Richard Dunbar		Kenneth Gilbert
Sir Colin Thackeray		Michael Barrington
Hargreaves		Seymour Green

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Robert Banks Stewart
Director		Douglas Camfield
Producer		Philip Hinchcliffe
Designer		Roger Murray-Leach
Designer		Jeremy Bear
Film Cameraman		Keith Hopper (uncredited)
Film Editor		M A C Adams (uncredited)
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
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
Assistant Floor Manager		Sue Shearman (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Sue Thorne (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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