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Doctor
Who: The Seeds of Death
Released on DVD by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide on 17 February 2003
Patrick
Troughton stars as the second Doctor along with Frazer Hines as
Jamie and Wendy Padbury as Zoe in this episode, first broadcast
in early 1969 and which is released here for the FIRST TIME as a
full, unedited version. The DVD contains the customary array of
spectacular extras including:
- Commentary
by actors Wendy Padbury, Frazer Hines, director Michael Ferguson,
script-editor Terrance Dicks.
- Easter
egg
- New
Zealand censor clips
- The
Last Dalek
- TARDIS-Cam
no.6
- Sssowing
the Ssseedsss documentary
The
time travellers and their TARDIS land on the planet Earth in the
21st century. Human beings have become totally reliant on T-Mat
- a device that beams people and freight instantly to destinations
all around the globe.
Unfortunately
T-Mat is currently malfunctioning, so our helpful time travellers
agree to pilot an obsolete rocket to investigate.
They arrive at the moon relay station only to find the entire place
overrun by Ice Warriors, who are preparing to invade Earth. In preparation
and to try to weaken the earth's resistance in advance, the warriors
are using T-Mat to their own ends. They are sending Martian seed
pods to selected points on the planet's surface where they discharge
a fungus that uses up all the oxygen from the surrounding atmosphere,
making it deadly to humans but ideal for the Martians themselves.
The
travellers manage to use the T-Mat to get back to Earth, where the
Doctor discovers that the only thing effective in destroying the
pods is water. He rushes to the local weather control bureau where
he tries to adjust the instruments so as to cause a downpour Β…
it's Earth's only hope, but will the plan work?
"The real beauty of The Seeds of Death [is] its plot and pace.
Brian Hayles knew how to write material that was fast, but well
thought through." John Connors, Shada 14, March/April 1983
With thanks to Doctor Who: The Television Companion, David J Howe
and Stephen James Walker, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Books
Title: Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death
Price: Β£19.99
Catalogue no: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔDVD1151
Running time: 150 mins
Release date: 17 February 2003
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