Stars: Patrick Troughton, Wendy Padbury, Fraser Hines

Director: Michael Ferguson

Summary: The deadly Ice Warriors have taken over the Moon's relay station and now plan to destroy Earth with a deadly Martian fungus. Will the good Doctor manage to outwit them in time to save the world?

Doctor Who (Patrrick Troughton) is summoned on a treacherous journey to Earth's moon in the 21st century. But the travel station has been seized by Ice Warriors from Mars and the Doctor must now outwit them to save the dying Earth.

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"The Seeds of Death" is the second Doctor Whoadventure to feature the popular Ice Warriors. Broadcast six months before the first manned moon landing, here the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and companions Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) beat Neil Armstrong and co in boarding a rocket to the moon, where they face the icy Martian invaders who have taken over Earth's T-Mat teleportation system in prelude to a full-scale invasion. The plot encompasses weather control, rising global disaster as food shortages sweep the world's cities, and--remarkably--a fungus which can remove oxygen from the atmosphere but which is destroyed by water.

Writer Brian Hayles might flunk Science 101 but he still tells an entertaining yarn filled with typical Whovian moments of danger and derring-do. The effects are prehistoric, but the Ice Warrior costumes prove a triumph of ingenuity over budget, and the central premise of a world-wide teleportation network is imaginative enough. Hayles brought the Ice Warriors back in surprisingly different circumstances in the Jon Pertwee Doctor Whoclassic "The Curse of Peladon" (1972).

On the DVD:Doctor Who: The Seeds of Deathis presented as a two disc set. Disc 1 offers the six-episode serial complete, with reasonable mono sound and sharp, clear black-and-white images. That the programme was shot on film rather than video helps the picture quality enormously. Extras are on-screen trivia subtitles offering behind the scenes information, and a so-so commentary track with Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Michael Ferguson and regular series writer Terrance Dicks. Disc 2 has a new 23-minute documentary, focusing mainly on the Ice Warriors and the actors who played them. This is absorbing stuff for serious Who-fans, but may leave others cold. The Last Dalekis ten minutes of 8mm b/w footage on the making of the lost story "The Evil of the Daleks" (1967), and is again of interest to serious fans. Also included is a brief montage of material censored by New Zealand from now lost episodes, a photo gallery and Tardis Cam No.5, a very short new animation. There are optional English subtitles. --Gary S Dalkin

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Commentary By Actors Director And Script Editor, New Zealand Censor Clips, Documentary
Year:	1968
Release Date:	February 17, 2003
Runtime:	150 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B B C D V D 1151
Keywords:	Death, Who, General, Doctor, Fiction, Science, Seeds, Tv, Horror, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Science Fiction