The Seeds of Doom

085 – The Seeds of Doom
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byDouglas Camfield
Written byRobert Banks Stewart
Script editorRobert Holmes
Produced byPhilip Hinchcliffe
Executive producer(s)None
Music byGeoffrey Burgon
Production code4L
SeriesSeason 13
Running time6 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast31 January 1976 (1976-01-31)
Last broadcast6 March 1976 (1976-03-06)
Chronology
← Preceded by
The Brain of Morbius
Followed by →
The Masque of Mandragora
List of episodes (1963–1989)

The Seeds of Doom is the sixth and final serial of the 13th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 31 January to 6 March 1976.

In the serial, the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) agrees to go on one final mission in his role as UNIT's scientific advisor to investigate a mysterious pod found in the Antarctic. However, the crazed millionaire and plant collector Harrison Chase (Tony Beckley) is also interested, and has sent his violent henchman Scorby (John Challis) and the botanist Arnold Keeler (Mark Jones) to acquire the malignant alien plant for his personal collection.